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"The commemoration of 8M is an opportunity to draw attention to the work and effort of many women who, individually and collectively, fighting from different areas to ensure that women and men enjoy the same opportunities. But it is also the time to remember that the equality requires commitment and permanent work to be an expression of the sum of wills and actions of public authorities, civil society organizations and citizens ".

With these words concluded the institutional manifesto this morning on the occasion of International Women's Day, was read in the Consistory aquiline by the mayor of Equality, Isabel Maria Torrente, the mayor of Celebration, Encarnacion Navarro, as well as representatives of different local associations such as the Association of Widows, Homemakers, Amia, AECC, or Happy Breastfeeding Association Against Gender Violence.

The day of 8M was preceded by an extensive program of activities from the Department of Equality are scheduled on the occasion of this day.

So, last Sunday a cyclist ride under the slogan Pedaling for Equality concluded in the forecourt of the auditorium where was read, by the 7N platform of a manifesto that all women were reminded it was held that day day are rendered invisible by society.

After reading, the mayor of Equality, Isabel Maria Torrente, presented to Maria Dolores Garrido, a volunteer at the Women's Federation of the Region of Murcia, the financial donation collected during the charity concert Ellas few months ago developed in Eagles.

"A concert whose aim it was to raise funds to finance the bus which go to the state march against sexist violence in Madrid on 7 November. The concert far exceeded our expectations and managed to raise more than necessary. We decided unanimously to donate the surplus money in projects related to care for victims of gender violence and the Federation of Women of the Region of Murcia develops projects aimed at preventing and / or treating different situations of inequality or ill-treatment, "they said from the platform.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Águilas