Biography:Arantza Urkaregi
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| Born | April 23, 1954 (age 69) San Sebastian |
| Occupation | Professor at University of the Basque Country |
| Known for | mathematics, union organizing |
Arantza Urkaregi is a mathematician, union organizer, and feminist politician. Within mathematics, she writes, researches, and teaches predominantly about statistics.[1] With regards to her political work, she was involved in the communist party in Basque and the early feminist movement there.[2]
Life
Urkaregi was born on April 23, 1954, in San Sebastian, in the Basque Autonomous community in Spain. She studied at the University of Basque Country.[citation needed]
Activist work
In her 20s, she became involved in EMK (the Basque communist party) and Basque feminist organizations.[2] For example, she was largely involved in the first meetings of the Basque feminist movement in December 1977. While these meetings fit into the broader theme of feminist movements in the 60s and 70s, they are especially important because of the particular anti-feminist pushback in Basque. These meetings in December 1977 were actually inspired by similar Spanish feminist meetings. Overall, these meetings, which had attendance far exceeding expectations, were key in demonstrating the existence of, and support for, a Basque feminist movement.[2]
Urkaregi has also been deeply involved in a Basque teachers union (Steilas), which recently (in 2020) went on strike in protest of insufficient support for teaching in the midst of COVID-19.[3][4] She has also been on the Bilbao City Council as a member of the Abertzale Sozialistak group.[5] Particularly, Urkaregi has been active in Basque separatist groups, such being the spokesperson for Basque Nationalist Action, which was outlawed by the Spanish government in 2008 for supposed ties to ETA.[6] In 2009, she was arrested along with other members of the group.[7]
Academic work
As demonstrated by Inguma, which is a database for publications in the Basque scientific community, Urkaregi has published extensively about biostatistics.[1] There are over 50 publications attributed to her here, including a biostatistics textbook,[8][9] articles about feminism and math,[10][11] and courses.[12]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Arantza Urkaregi Etxepare :: Inguma - Euskal komunitate zientifikoaren datu-basea". http://www.inguma.eus/egilea/ikusi/arantza-urkaregi-etxepare.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Error: no
|title=specified when using {{Cite web}}". https://www.berria.eus/hemeroteka/egunkaria/pdfa/?data=2002-12-15&orria=069&zenb=K1NNdDZHRklPY0Ftd3pRNHFlNkxYdz09. - ↑ Belaud, Victor. "Basque Country: thousands of education workers strike for a safe return to school and quality education for all students" (in en-gb). https://www.csee-etuce.org/en/policy-issues/covid-19/294-latest-updates/3942-basque-country-thousands-of-education-workers-strike-for-a-safe-return-to-school-and-quality-education-for-all-students-2.
- ↑ "A strike in education in Basque Country, called for the 15th of September by all the trade unions" (in en). https://www.ela.eus/en/news/a-strike-in-education-in-basque-country-called-for-the-15th-of-september-by-all-the-trade-unions.
- ↑ "La participación de las mujeres en la actividad política". https://www.euskonews.eus/0119zbk/gaia11901es.html.
- ↑ "Spanish Supreme Court outlaws Basque Nationalist Action" (in Catalan). https://www.nationalia.info/new/8732/spanish-supreme-court-outlaws-basque-nationalist-action.
- ↑ Limited, Alamy. "Spokesperson for Basque banned political party Herria Aurrera, Arantxa Urkaregi, is led away from its headquarters by police during an operation directed by Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon in Bilbao January 23, 2009. Spanish police arrested eight leading members of Basque separatist groups on suspicion of having links to ETA rebels and searched 18 buildings in raids early on Friday, the Interior Ministry said. REUTERS/Vincent West (SPAIN Stock Photo - Alamy" (in en). https://www.alamy.com/spokesperson-for-basque-banned-political-party-herria-aurrera-arantxa-urkaregi-is-led-away-from-its-headquarters-by-police-during-an-operation-directed-by-spanish-judge-baltasar-garzon-in-bilbao-january-23-2009-spanish-police-arrested-eight-leading-members-of-basque-separatist-groups-on-suspicion-of-having-links-to-eta-rebels-and-searched-18-buildings-in-raids-early-on-friday-the-interior-ministry-said-reutersvincent-west-spain-image400052220.html.
- ↑ "Bioestatistika: Oinarrizko Ikastaroa" (in eu). https://ikasmaterialak.ehu.eus/matematika/bioestatistika-oinarrizko-ikastaroa.
- ↑ Etxepare, Arantza Urkaregi; Madariaga, Inma Arostegi (2014) (in eu-ES). Bioestatistika: oinarrizko ikastaroa. UPV/EHU arg. ISBN 978-84-9860-930-1. http://www.inguma.eus/produkzioa/ikusi/bioestatistika-oinarrizko-ikastaroa.
- ↑ Etxepare, Arantza Urkaregi (2010). "Matematikak femeninoak al dira?" (in eu-ES). EKAIA (23): 89–98. ISSN 0214-9001. http://www.inguma.eus/produkzioa/ikusi/matematikak-femeninoak-al-dira.
- ↑ Hernandorena, Edurne Seijo; Etxepare, Arantza Urkaregi (1998) (in eu-ES). Emakume matematikariak, historian zehar. http://www.inguma.eus/produkzioa/ikusi/emakume-matematikariak-historian-zehar.
- ↑ Beraza, Irantzu Barrio; Uriarte, Naiara Arrizabalaga; Etxepare, Arantza Urkaregi; Zelaia, Elisabete Alberdi (2013) (in eu-ES). Matematikari Euskaldunen I. Topaketak. http://www.inguma.eus/produkzioa/ikusi/matematikari-euskaldunen-i-topaketak.
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