The Council of Tenerife held this Tuesday official act to commemorate the ‘International Women’s Day’ and manifest the institution’s commitment to equality and the empowerment of women and girls, as well as to guarantee their full and effective participation and combat prostitution.
During the act, the spokespersons of all the political groups represented in the insular corporation (PSOE, Ciudadanos, Sí Podemos Canarias, PP and CC-PNC) proceeded to the shared reading of the institutional motion approved in plenary.
Specifically, and by order, Concepción Rivero (Cs), María José Belda (Yes We Can Canarias), Zaida González (PP), Coromoto Yanes González (CC-PNC), the CEO of Equality and Prevention of Gender Violence intervened , Priscila de León and the third vice president and island councilor for Social Action and spokesperson for the PSOE, Marián Franquet.
Before beginning the reading, the insular president, Peter Martinwanted to remember the suffering and vulnerability faced by all women and girls that are involved in armed conflicts.
“It is women who have to flee, who have to take care of their families and who are at greater risk of sexual and gender-based violence,” she said.
For this reason, she said, “in this claim I would like us all to keep this problem in mind, and focus on women and girls, who already have a different starting point, and whose circumstances worsen when they are immersed in a conflict like the one that Ukraine is now going through”.
Marián Franquet, for her part, thanked the presence and involvement of all the directors and members of the island corporation “on such an important day for the history of women”, and highlighted the importance of joint action.
Franquet read the agreements of the motion, among which the Cabildo’s commitment to gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.
In this way, the corporation undertakes to guarantee their full and effective participation, to put an end to any type of discrimination and to fight for the elimination of all forms of violence (such as trafficking, sexual exploitation, child marriage or mutilation). female genitalia).
In a second section, the motion states that the Cabildo de Tenerife will declare itself an Abolitionist Institution of Prostitution, and establishes that it will continue promoting public policies on labor, justice and social policy that offer an effective response and a way out for women who they are in that situation.
In the same way, it undertakes to denounce, through institutional channels, the brothels and premises dedicated to the sexual exploitation of women on the island.
“Sexual exploitation is one of the most terrible forms of violence against women, For this reason, this March 8th we make a call to build a great political and social consensus aimed at the abolition of prostitution in our country”, collects the text.
Likewise, the island corporation is committed to continuing to advance in the development of gender policies, through the Tenerife Violeta Strategic Framework as a transversal tool, to achieve equality standards in Tenerife society.
PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE 8M
The Cabildo de Tenerife will launch from this Tuesday and during the coming weeks a program of visibility and awareness actions to commemorate International Women’s Day.
In addition to reading the institutional manifesto, the Insular Palace will be lit up in purple today and will be covered with a commemorative canvas.
In the same way, a commemorative object made by users of the accommodation resources and the disability care centers of the Social and Socio-Health Care Institute (IASS) was delivered.
The Santa Cruz bus interchange also hosted this Tuesday the exhibition ‘The conquest of women’s rights’, which covers the struggle of women and the achievement of their rights throughout history, from the right to vote, to the right to education or work, in addition to reviewing the rights that still remain to be conquered.
On the other hand, the corporation has launched the communication and awareness campaign ‘Focus’ on equality for a fairer and more sustainable society, and has released a new training pill from the Violet Classroom that explains why the ‘International Women’s Day on March 8′.
In the coming weeks, actions will be carried out to prevent, detect and intervene in violence against women, through activities aimed at Secondary Schools, Third Sector entities and various professional groups; The documentary Como Ella Miles, by Canarian director Estrella Monterrey, will be screened; the ‘IV Contest of Micro-stories on diversity and disability: My voice my word’ will be held, aimed at women with disabilities; and it will develop the retrospective exhibition Woman, from the Giro-Arte Plastic Arts workshop, in collaboration with Sinpromi, among other actions.
