Fraternidad-Muprespa participates with the 365 days for equality initiative

On January 18, it was celebrated at the headquarters of the Institute for Women and Equal Opportunities of Madrid, the “2018–365 days for equality” event, under the presidency of the Secretary of State for Social Services and Equality,Mario Garces.

The presentation and closing was carried out Lucia Cerón, director of the Institute for Women and Equal Opportunities.

Mario Garcés has presented the calendar that “integrates women's rights” and has stressed that “If all the talent of Spanish women were incorporated into the labor market, the GDP would grow by 14%”.

The direction of the event has been carried out by Mabel Lozano, film director who has been presenting a panel made up of pioneering women in their field and during her interventions she has commented that "We have to break the glass ceiling. These pioneering women can serve as an example for the girls of this country.".

Then he took the floor Natalia Fdez. Laviada, the first woman on the management committee of a Mutual Collaborator with Social Security, who commented that “His daily life is the same as that of any man: complicated, frenetic and very exciting” who tries “impress more transformational leadership day by day and be more generous in equal opportunities”.   

After this intervention, two female captains of the Air Force participated,Rocio Gonzalez, first woman to reach 1,000 flight hours in an F18 and Rosa Garcia, first female fighter pilot and member of the Águila squadron. Both have highlighted that what is important is the “education of new generations so that they see that possibilities exist equally for men and women, encouraging women to be what they want to be”.

Ana de Miguel, professor of philosophy at the Rey Juan Carlos University, has asserted that “Feminism is the opposite of ignorance.”

Boti Garcia, HR manager. of the FELGTB has claimed that in the workplace, in this group there are “exclusion, marginalization and invisibility” and we must fight for this situation to end.

Natalia Orive, former first division soccer player, has explained that “women's sports have always been seen as a sub-sport and for her it was a privilege to earn a salary for being a female athlete”.

The event ended with the words of Lucía Cerón who emphasized that “Women have to make ourselves visible and that 51% of female social capital is important to move the world”.