Albacete/Toledo (EFE) region, such as schools or museums.
This has been announced by the regional president, Emiliano García-Page, during the celebration of the institutional act of Women’s Day, in Almansa (Albacete), where he has indicated that a mandatory protocol will be established so that schools, educational centers, libraries , museums and all kinds of institutions celebrate “as it deserves an act that requires explanation, vindication, but also a party, at least to celebrate everything that has been achieved”, he stated.
García-Page has added that next year it will be mandatory and has indicated that there will be those who say that things should not be imposed and also that “there are quite a few people who raise problems with the quotas, ensuring that we are already equal before the law”.
However, she regretted that “things are not like that”, since there are still “many obstacles and difficulties for women to be in all kinds of social strata”.
According to García-Page, this type of norm to give oxygen and “open spaces for women” does not have to be “eternal, because they would achieve the opposite effect”, but social inertia “is not enough” and “we have a responsibility”. in the world of non-stop because “everything ends up sinking”.
For an inclusive feminism
The Minister of Equality, Blanca Fernández, has defended that feminism “must be inclusive, without excluding anyone because they are a man or because they have one ideology or another” and has defended that she prefers to talk about equality because “there is no one who dares to verbalize that a woman is less than a man”.
He has stressed that “there is still a lot to do” and has defended that the Government of Castilla-La Mancha works for equality “from all the ministries”.
As an example, he has indicated that 65% of the unemployed in the region are women, although it has been reduced, in recent years, by 14.5 points, which he has attributed to the work of the Employment Council.
The pandemic showed the inequalities
The director of the Institute for Women, Pilar Callado, from Almansa, for her part, recalled that “the pandemic showed us even more the inequalities that women suffer in all areas of life.”
It has warned that “there is still a lot to be done and achieved, 95% of the people employed part-time by childcare and family members are women, who continue to dedicate twice as much time to caring for the home and family”.
He has also referred to the fact that “to change this situation, the Corresponsables plan was launched, being the first autonomous community to promote these measures, even in the smallest municipalities.”
He recalled that 648 town councils have already joined it and 3,300 jobs have been created, of which 80% are women, while pointing out, on the other hand, that “in the face of gender violence you can only be on one side, that of the victims, and this government is”.
Redoubling efforts for rural women
The president of the Provincial Council of Albacete, Santiago Cabañero, wanted to have a memory for rural women, “because they suffer from the double lack of opportunities” and therefore, “there we will have to redouble our efforts because they start from further back”.
He has also advocated “dealing with denialist discourses, which feed hatred and fear.”
The mayor of Almansa, Javier Sánchez Roselló, has stressed that “we have a duty to protect the path that other women started” and has reiterated that “feminism should not be exclusive, partisan or monopolized by anything or anyone”.
In addition, it has asked the institutions to work to “create a stable regulatory pact to protect victims of gender violence.”
Five award-winning women
In the act, Llanos Ortiz Vico, from Almansa and classical dance teacher; Isabel Valdés Aragonés, a native of Calzada de Calatrava (Ciudad Real), journalist specializing in gender for ‘El País’; Carmen Herráiz Pérez, from Sisante (Cuenca), a philologist, researcher and educator, and Cristina Moreno, from Guadalajara, the first woman to access the rank of Civil Guard officers and the first to be a lieutenant colonel.
Amparo Molina Alía, a nurse from Toledo and founder of Médicos del Mundo Castilla-La Mancha, has also been distinguished.
The International Prize for Gender Equality ‘Luisa de Medrano’ has been for Ana Peláez, recently appointed president of the UN Committee for the Elimination of all forms of discrimination against Women.
The Federation of Rural Women’s Associations of Castilla-La Mancha (FADEMUR) has been recognized for its firm commitment in the field of equality.
And the Prize for Good Practices in gender equality and against sexist violence has gone to the Hellín Women’s Center for the project “Training days for professionals who intervene with women and minors who are victims of gender violence”.