Laia Plaza-Hernández (She/Her) graduated in Psychology and Anthropology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. She also holds a Master's degree in "International Cooperation" and another in "Gender Studies" from the University of Barcelona. She has developed extensive experience working for various organisations as a coordinator, consultant, and/or researcher in Gender Programmes at the national, regional, and international levels. She has focused on the areas of sexualised violence and nightlife environments; gender, gender-based violence and drug use; sexual and reproductive health and rights; gender mainstreaming through Equity and Diversity Plans and Protocols; and gender and diversity advocacy, mainly on projects based in Europe, North and West Africa and Latin America from a gender/feminist, intersectional and human rights approach. She has developed part of this experience at Fundación Salud y Comunidad (www.fsy.org ) / Noctambul@s Observatory ( https://www.drogasgenero.info/noctambulas/ ), an organisation she currently works for as a Gender expert in the context of international programmes. Besides, she is a PhD candidate on sexual and reproductive rights at Rovira and Virgili University (URV), Tarragona, Spain.