Nevenka Fernández García (born 25 October 1974) is a Spanish economist. She was councillor of Finance of

Ponferrada Ponferrada () is a city of Spain, located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Ponferrada, the second most populated municipality of the Province of León, is also the capital city of El Bierzo, the only Comarcas of Spain, ''comarca'' ...

between 1999 and 2000. Nevenka Fernández is known for being the first Spanish woman to obtain the conviction of a politician, (mayor of Ponferrada for the Popular Party), for

sexual harassment Sexual harassment is a type of harassment based on the sex or gender of a victim. It can involve offensive sexist or sexual behavior, verbal or physical actions, up to bribery, coercion, and assault. Harassment may be explicit or implicit, wit ...

Career

With a degree in economics from the CEU-San Pablo University and a master's degree in Auditing from the

Complutense University of Madrid The Complutense University of Madrid (, UCM; ) is a public research university located in Madrid. Founded in Alcalá in 1293 (before relocating to Madrid in 1836), it is one of the oldest operating universities in the world, and one of Spain's ...

, she worked at

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Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

. She finished her degree shortly before the 1999 municipal elections when Carlos López Riesco made her the offer to be number three on the list of the Popular Party of Ponferrada led by . After the electoral victory, she took over the Finance Department of the

City Council. In September 2000 she asked for a leave from the City Hall due to depression and in March 2001 she denounced Mayor Ismael Álvarez for sexual harassment. The Popular Party did not support her and her colleagues sided with Ismael Álvarez. After difficulties in finding work in Spain following the sexual harassment complaint, she emigrated to

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, and later to Ireland, where she currently lives.

In popular culture

In 2024 the film

I'm Nevenka ''I'm Nevenka'' () is a 2024 biographical drama film directed by Icíar Bollaín from a screenplay by Bollaín and Isa Campo starring Mireia Oriol and Urko Olazabal. It depicts the sexual harassment case involving Ismael Álvarez and Nevenka Fe ...

was finished shooting, directed by

Icíar Bollaín Icíar Bollaín Pérez-Mínguez (born 12 June 1967) is a Spanish filmmaker and actress. She is best known for directing '' Te Doy Mis Ojos'' (''Take My Eyes''), which won 7 Goya Awards. Bollaín has won other awards for acting and script-writing ...

who co-wrote the script with Isa Campo. The film was shot in Zamora because no municipal permission was obtained to shoot it in

. The actress who plays Nevenka is Mireia Oriol, while the actor Urko Olazabal plays Ismael Álvarez.

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