Montserrat Cervera Rodon

Montserrat Cervera Rodon (Barcelona, July 27, 1949) is a Catalan anti-militarist, feminist, and women's health activist, involved in various feminist actions and campaigns such as the right to abortion.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cervera and the second or maternal family name is Rodon.
Montserrat Cervera Rodon
Personal details
BornJuly 27, 1949
Barcelona, Spain
Spouse
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(divorced)​
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Alma materUniversity of Barcelona
Known for

Biography

Montserrat Cervera Rodon has a degree in Contemporary history from the University of Barcelona, specializing in the oral history of women. Her professional life has always been linked to feminist non-governmental spaces and groups, especially the Centro de Análisis y Programas Sanitarios (Caps) (Center for Analysis and Health Programs)[2] where she worked for 25 years, since 1997, focusing on women's health from a feminist perspective.

"Nosotras sabemos que la violencia, el militarismo y el patriarcado no llevan a la seguridad ni a la libertad, sino a la destrucción y la muerte."
(We know that violence, militarism and patriarchy do not lead to security or freedom, but to destruction and death.)
-Montserrat Cervera Rodon (5 March 2022)[3]

She was a member of the Revolutionary Communist League (LCR) during the years of anti-Francoist struggle through the university movements and the student union. She was imprisoned in Madrid for almost three years following her arrest during the preparation of a demonstration, which is why she was unable to attend the 1976 Jornadas Catalanas de la Mujer (Catalan Women's Conference), although she continued to make an impact. She was released in November 1976 and joined a women's committee; since then, she has continued to be linked to feminist movements and the struggle for women's liberation.[4]

In 1985, around May 24, Dia Internacional de las Mujeres por la Paz y el Desarme (International Women's Day for Peace and Disarmament), with Dones Antimilitaristes (DOAN) and having the support of many feminist groups, Cervera organized a line of women and a protest camp against the army and against the construction of a military academy for women in Tortosa.[5] The mobilization had a great impact in experiential and political spheres, provoking a crisis in the municipal government and causing the PP to go into opposition.[6][7]

In 1987, with the DOAN group, Cervera attended the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp, an important event for the antimilitarist movement.[8]

Cervera participates in women's health networks RedCAPS and Xarxa de Dones per la Salut in Catalonia.[6][3] She is on the advisory board of the magazine Mujeres y Salud (MyS).[9] She participates in the feminist space of Ca la Dona,[10] in the antimilitarist group "Dones per Dones",[11][12] in the Xarxa Feminista de Catalunya network,[13] and in Novembre Feminista.9[14][15]

In June 1922, Cervera was a panelist at a Round Table of the Counter-Summit for Peace organized by the Platform for Peace Against Wars. NATO No Bases Outside.[16]

She has a son,[17] and daughter.[1]

References
  1. Aguayo, Andrés (17 February 2018). "Jaume Roures, el hombre sin sombra". Vanity Fair (in European Spanish). Condé Nast. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  2. "CAPS - Centre d'Anàlisi i Programes Sanitaris". www.caps.cat (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  3. Cervera i Rodon, Montserrat (5 March 2022). "Ni guerra que nos destruya, ni paz que oprima a las mujeres". www.sinpermiso.info (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  4. "Montserrat Cervera Rodón". ajuntament.barcelona.cat (in Spanish). Arxiu Històric - Ajuntament de Barcelona. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  5. "Entrevista a Montserrat Cervera – Antimilitaristas Madrid". antimilitaristasmadrid.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  6. Pérez Alonso, Edith; Gimena, Mar R. (8 March 2022). "Montserrat Cervera: "Si tienes una cosa clara en la cabeza, ve con tus amigas y hazla"". www.elsaltodiario.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  7. "Acampada de mujeres en Tortosa" (PDF). Viento Sur (in Spanish). 1985.
  8. "Las Mujeres de Greenham Common estamos en todas partes vindicando nuestra genealogía antimilitarista reciente". La Independent (in Catalan). Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  9. "Nosotras". matriz.net (in Spanish). Mujeres y Salud – Revista de comunicación científica para mujeres. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  10. "29/05:: Ciutats Relacionals, Ciutats Vivibles". Ca la Dona, un espai de dones i per a dones (in Catalan). 10 May 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  11. Gusi, Tona (11 September 2010). "Què en pensa... Montserrat Cervera i Rodon. DONES X DONES". La Independent (in Catalan). Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  12. Cervera, Montse. "Para una paz que sea la nuestra". Revista Por la Paz (in European Spanish). Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  13. "Qui som". Xarxa Feminista de Catalunya (in Catalan). Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  14. "Novembre Feminista". Novembre Feminista (in Catalan). Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  15. "Tribunal Popular Feminista, contra la violència vicària y l'assetjament sexual en l'àmbit del treball - Coordinadora Feminista". Coordinadora Feminista - Federación Estatal de Organizaciones Feministas (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  16. "Visions del moviment feminista contra les guerres i l'OTAN. Propostes feministes de pau". Ca la Dona, un espai de dones i per a dones (in Catalan). Barcelona. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  17. "La Llibreria Pròleg deixa a contracor el local de Ciutat Vella". beteve.cat (in Catalan). 10 January 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
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