Atzealdea Women’s participation

The city of Sabadell has taken several measures to guarantee that gender equality is well represented in organisations that work with the municipality and participate in the decision -making on issues related to the reception and inclusion of migrants and ethnic minorities. The Gender Plan 2018-2022 addresses these issues in axes 3 and 4 on ‘Diversity and Intersectionality’ and ‘Visibility and Social and Political Participation’. These axes contemplate different lines of action that include the empowerment of migrated and Roma women and the promotion of their associative activity; as well as the diversification of the participants in the different spaces of participation and decision making incorporating the intersectional perspective.

The city also promotes mixing and interaction among diverse neighbours through different actions aimed at establishing links and coexistence ties. For example, the ‘major festivity’ of the neighbourhoods, sport contests, activities in public libraries and civic centres. The Mescla’t (see ICC database of good practices for futher details) initiative is a good example of fostering interaction. In addition, some reception programmes addressed to foreign people aim at facilitating their autonomy and active participation in the different spaces of the city.

The “Espacio Mujeres” (Women's Space) programme has been launched in different neighbourhoods of the city, to provide personal tools to women and to create links within the community. The program offers relational learning spaces located in four points in the city (Sabadell north, Sabadell south, Can Puiggener and Torre-romeu and different activities focused on topics related to the physical and mental health of the participants (knowledge of the environment, female health, personal growth, women's rights, sexist violence, etc.). The Espacio Mujeres also offers to foreign women with little command of the language, the opportunity to participate in activities in the neighbourhood and the city.

Sewing our rights is an initiative inspired by a reflection on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: the women from Sabadell have met to share their experiences and sew them. Therefore, each work is accompanied by an article of this fundamental legislation of the rights of individuals. Workshops take place in civic centres, and women are encourage to share their stories with other women in the neighbourhood. Work were exhibited at the civic centre were the workshops took place. > More information

2020
  • Diminuer la taille du texte
  • Augmenter la taille du texte
  • Imprimer la page