Chiclana starts this Tuesday the activities for 25N

Chiclana's programme for 25N, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, begins this Tuesday, November 10, with the 3rd Women's Day, from 9.00 to 14.00 hours, at the Wine and Salt interpretation centre. That same day a workshop on prevention and coping with gender violence begins for students of CEPER Dionisio Montero, which will have a second session on November 30. The calendar of events extends throughout the whole month. On Thursday, November 12, from 9.00 to 14.00 hours, the Quick Painting competition «Brushstrokes against Gender Violence» is held for Secondary school students at the Box Youth Initiatives Centre, organised by the Mª Luz Sánchez Carmona Association of Progressive Women. On Monday the 16th, at 11.00 hours, there will be an awareness workshop for people associated with AFEMEN at the entity's headquarters.

On November 24 comes the symbolic action «Memory in the Air», by the Ágora Violeta Women's Association, which continues the following day in the Plaza de las Bodegas. That afternoon the book «Dalia, una niña de nadie», by Manuel García Requejo, is presented at the Municipal Library. The big day will be Wednesday, November 25. At 11.00 hours the March against Gender Violence sets off from the Plaza Mayor to the Plaza de las Bodegas, where a manifesto from the Women's Council will be read and various activities will take place. Students from the city's secondary schools, women's associations and the general public take part. That night, the façade of the Ayuntamiento, the Puente and the Fuente del VII Centenario will be lit up in violet. On November 26, at 11.00 hours, the Live Library Project is held at the Wine and Salt interpretation centre, organised by the Arrabal Association. At 19.00 hours there will be the prize-giving and opening of the exhibition «Brushstrokes against Gender Violence» at the Casa de la Cultura. Throughout November, awareness messages are projected in the city centre with the slogan «25N. Chiclana de la Frontera against Gender Violence». This year's slogan is «Women need wings, but also a safe home. Housing, dignity and feminism». The municipal delegate for Women, Mª Ángeles Martínez Rico, has stated that the programme seeks to make visible the work of associations, citizens and the educational community against a violence that «continues to grow», and has argued that eradicating it is «a job for everyone». The councillor has thanked the work of the Women's Council and the groups in drawing up the programme, according to information from the Chiclana de la Frontera Ayuntamiento.