Andrea Peniche was born in Vila do Conde in 1974. She holds a degree in Philosophy and a Master’s in Gender Studies from the University of Porto. She works as an editor. She is an activist with the feminist collective A Coletiva, one of the organisers of the International Feminist Strike and of the Citizens’ Legislative Initiative Direito ao Cuidado, Cuidado com Direitos/Right to Care, Care with Rights. She is a member of the editorial board of the journal Anticapitalista.
Andrea Peniche is the author of Elas Somos Nós: O direito ao aborto como reivindicação democrática e cidadã (2007) and has contributed to several collective works and publications on feminist issues and political philosophy, including: Dicionário da História Partidária (2015), O Capital de Karl Marx 150 Anos Depois (2018), Combates contra a Extrema-Direita (2019), Não Posso Ser Quem Somos? Identidades e Estratégia Política da Esquerda (2020), and O Século XX Português. Política, Economia, Sociedade; Cultura, Império (2020).