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Arantza Urkaregi

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Arantza Urkaregi
Born23 April 1954 (1954-04-23) (age 70)
San Sebastian
OccupationProfessor at University of the Basque Country
Known formathematics, 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

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Urkaregi was born on 23 April 1954 in San Sebastian, in the Basque Autonomous community in Spain. She studied at the University of Basque Country.[citation needed]

Activist work

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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 talking to the press

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

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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

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  1. ^ a b "Arantza Urkaregi Etxepare :: Inguma - Euskal komunitate zientifikoaren datu-basea". www.inguma.eus. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  2. ^ a b c https://www.berria.eus/hemeroteka/egunkaria/pdfa/?data=2002-12-15&orria=069&zenb=K1NNdDZHRklPY0Ftd3pRNHFlNkxYdz09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ Belaud, Victor. "Basque Country: thousands of education workers strike for a safe return to school and quality education for all students". European Trade Union Committee for Education. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  4. ^ "A strike in education in Basque Country, called for the 15th of September by all the trade unions". Plone site. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  5. ^ "La participación de las mujeres en la actividad política". www.euskonews.eus. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  6. ^ "Spanish Supreme Court outlaws Basque Nationalist Action". Nationalia (in Catalan). Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  7. ^ 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". www.alamy.com. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  8. ^ "Bioestatistika: Oinarrizko Ikastaroa". UPV/EHUko ikasmaterialen sare-argitalpenak (in Basque). Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  9. ^ Etxepare, Arantza Urkaregi; Madariaga, Inma Arostegi (2014). Bioestatistika: oinarrizko ikastaroa (in Basque). UPV/EHU arg. ISBN 978-84-9860-930-1.
  10. ^ Etxepare, Arantza Urkaregi (2010). "Matematikak femeninoak al dira?". EKAIA (in Basque) (23): 89–98. ISSN 0214-9001.
  11. ^ Hernandorena, Edurne Seijo; Etxepare, Arantza Urkaregi (1998). "Emakume matematikariak, historian zehar" (in Basque). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  12. ^ Beraza, Irantzu Barrio; Uriarte, Naiara Arrizabalaga; Etxepare, Arantza Urkaregi; Zelaia, Elisabete Alberdi (2013). "Matematikari Euskaldunen I. Topaketak" (in Basque). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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