La Línea presents the events for 25N with workshops, a demonstration and conferences
The Municipal Advisory Council for Equality and Gender has announced the activities for November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, with workshops for students, a citizens' demonstration and manifestos.
3rd year ESO students in La Línea will take part in a workshop to prevent gender violence. It is given by a company awarded the municipal services contract for Equality activities and will be held at the Palacio de Congresos. At the end, attendees will march to the Jardines Saccone, where students from Colegio Santiago will read a manifesto. According to the Ayuntamiento, both the workshop and the demonstration are open to all citizens who wish to join.
Conference and committee
The Asociación Victoria Kent has presented the VIII Conference on Gender Violence, which this year will address the mutations of the phenomenon and how the forms of violence are changing. It will be held on November 26 in person at the Escuela Politécnica de Algeciras and on the 27th online.
Also on November 26, an ordinary session of the Commission on Gender Violence of La Línea is scheduled, at which a report on the work of the Ayuntamiento's Action Roundtable against Gender Violence will be presented.
Fakali workshops
Fakali has announced its programme: two workshops on gender violence to be given by staff from the Concejalía de Igualdad and the Centro Municipal de Información a la Mujer (CMIM) on November 27 at 10.30 hours at the Nakera Romí headquarters. The organisation also plans a workshop at its headquarters followed by the reading of a manifesto that will give a voice to women victims of gender violence.
Council meeting
The deputy mayor delegated for Equality, Zuleica Molina, chaired the meeting at which this programme was presented and thanked the involvement of the municipality's women's association movement, the political parties and the trade unions.
To take part
The 3rd year ESO workshop at the Palacio de Congresos and the subsequent demonstration to the Jardines Saccone are open to all citizens. The Fakali workshops are held on November 27 at 10.30 hours at the Nakera Romí headquarters.