The province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife He mobilized yesterday against the social scourge of machismo. The councilstown councils or institutions such as the University of La Laguna They showed their resounding rejection on the eve of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
The political representatives of Tenerife Council They read a manifesto at the main entrance of the headquarters in the Spain Square. In this way, the insular Corporation joined the commitment of millions of women and men “challenged by justice and effective equality to raise their voices against sexist violence, also promoting actions to provide us with economic and personal resources that help “promote comprehensive legal advice and avoid the helplessness and defenselessness of victims.”
The groups that have adhered to the text and the agreements were present at the event, all of them (PSOE, PP and CC) minus the representatives of the extreme right of VOX. The text of the manifesto was read by the councilors Marián Franquet (PSOE), Águeda Fumero (PP) and the island president, Rosa Davila (DC). The text alludes to recent cases of sexist violence. This year is being especially serious, with 50 women murdered and two more cases under investigation, of which three murders have been committed in Canary Islandstwo of them in Tenerife.
The University of La Laguna (ULL) has been celebrating this week – and will do so for a few more days – various events to show its frontal rejection of attacks against women. Under the motto Research and knowledge to prevent sexist violence, a gathering of teachers, staff and students took place yesterday on the steps of the central building to make visible the unanimous position of the higher academic center against this scourge.
The rector of the ULL, Francisco García, pointed out that “research constitutes a fundamental tool for change” because, in his opinion, “knowledge is essential to combat sexist violence.” “Our research work not only seeks to understand the origin of a reality that undermines the integrity of women, but also to find public policies and practical solutions that can be implemented to prevent and reduce gender violence,” he explained.
García maintained that the University of La Laguna “is committed to continuing to work on building an environment free of violence in all its forms, and to promoting gender equality among the entire educational community,” for which it has prevention and actions that include the Gender Equality Unit, the Institute of Women’s Studies and the training in equality and prevention of gender violence offered by the master’s degree in this subject. For her part, the director of the Gender Equality Unit, Marina Barreto, stated that this type of violence “continues to be an obstacle to peace today, and that we must work towards the search for real equality. “which challenges us all as citizens.” She pointed out that “this unit must be a support space from which this phenomenon must be detected, prevented and acted upon, for which we must have zero tolerance.”
There were also events on the non-capital islands of the province. Yesterday, the City Council of San Sebastián de La Gomera paid tribute to the 52 murdered women victims of sexist violence so far this year, with an act full of symbolism. Angélica Padilla, mayor of the capital of Gomera, proceeded to read the Institutional Declaration that the Canarian Federation of Municipalities (Fecam), to which the City Council adhered.
In El Hierro, the City Council of El Pinar de El Hierro commemorated the day with an exhibition in the Plaza del Mentidero carried out by the 4th year ESO students of the IES Garoé.
And in La Palma, the Los Llanos de Aridane City Council inaugurated, together with the directors of the IES José María Pérez Pulido, the mural The Color of Diversity. It is a work by the artist Andrea Trigos, which seeks, according to the author, to “unify, through the artistic tool, equality, integration and diversity in all its possible extension.”
The events were repeated on the eve of the commemoration of the day against sexist violence, which is celebrated today, in many municipalities in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. In Adeje, the full City Council reaffirmed “its unwavering commitment to the eradication and prevention of gender violence in all its manifestations.” All the political forces present in this plenary session (PSOE, Canarian Coalition and Vox, Podemos was not present at this session) voted in favor of this institutional proposal.
In the North, Los Realejos hosted a new edition of the March Against Sexist Violence of the Network of Municipalities for Gender Equality of the North of Tenerife, which makes up fifteen towns, a regional meeting that brought together more than a thousand people under the motto This fight unites us.
The great march of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women will be held today in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. It will be at 12:00 p.m., it will depart from weyler square and will travel through Méndez Núñez and El Pilar streets to conclude in the Plaza de la Candelaria.
Business groups also joined the rejection of a majority of Canarian society against sexist violence. There is the Provincial Federation of Metal and New Technologies (Femete). Reflecting on the barriers imposed by gender stereotypes in sectors where women are underrepresented, as well as sharing and rewarding good business and training practices, was the objective of the in-person conference Do We Look in Violet?, which was held yesterday at the Femete headquarters (La Laguna). The president of Femete, Juan Antonio Jiménez, commented on the actions undertaken by this Federation “to promote equality and the professional development of women, as well as their incorporation into positions of responsibility, especially in sectors linked to the industry that are traditionally found masculinized.
Femete looks in violet
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