Miriam González Durántez
The Catalyst
Ideas with a spark, energy, range and the ability to start things.
Miriam González Durántez is a prominent advocate for gender equality and a leader in nonprofit work focused on poverty alleviation. This interview reveals her ability to connect with diverse audiences and her commitment to driving impactful change through collaboration and innovative approaches.
“Talking about your husband is always difficult, right? Because you don't know him as a public figure. You know him as your husband, the person who is there all the time. I do think that Nick is very, very level-headed. He has a lot of perspective always on things, and he's somebody who I think has always had a hinterland.”
“When I was born in Spain at the end of the dictatorship, and I was really lucky that I managed to, you know, my early years were the years of the transition to democracy in Spain. That was a period of remarkable social mobility. But it is true that at that time there were very few female role models that I could look up to.”
“But then, for example, I have been for four years living in California and you would not believe how many women either don't work or there is, I think, that that model of the ideal family means that they tend to go for one member of the family working, another one not working.”
“Was her physics teacher. She has taught three or four generations of people in my village. So in a way the things that I saw myself, something that worries me is that many years later there are still girls who feel that obviously there are more female role models that they can have access to than I had at my time.”
The Rest Is Politics: Leading — 32. Miriam González Durántez: Navigating Silicon Valley, the Cameron-Clegg years, and the fight for gender equality
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