The central Plaza del Alpargatero de Cehegín became, yesterday, the scene of the institutional act that, on the occasion of the International Women's Day, is held every March 8.
Co-owned by the Mayor of Cehegín, José Rafael Rocamora, and a large part of the Municipal Corporation, Associations, students of IES Alquipir of the town, as well as public in general, the Councilor for Women, Antonia Fernandez, converted the traditional Reading the manifesto in a moment of claiming the role of women in society.
"We will continue to promote a society based on equality, and we invite institutions, associations and citizens of Cehegín to commemorate this day, highlighting the collective achievements achieved and making public our commitment to a society free of discrimination against women," said the councilor Who recalled that "I, today, here, in this reading of the manifesto of the International Women's Day, as Councilor for Women, I encourage you, cehegineros and cehegineras, to unleash the knot for equality.
The words of Antonia Fernández, before almost a hundred people, were accompanied by a reading of the students of IES Alquipir, who highlighted the role of women in today's society and recalled figures such as the rate of female unemployment continues Being much higher than the male etc.
After the manifesto, the attendees were able to participate in a public reading of the book "Manual de Igualdad", the author of which is the author Vanesa Leiva.
In the same, participated the authorities of the municipality, as well as the Associations cehegineras assistants and collaborators with the council in this emblematic act as the Homemakers, Widows, Progressive Women, The Garden, Water and Land and individual individuals who left their Granite of sand to achieve a more just society.
The day ended in the afternoon with a lecture at the House of Culture, which was given by the mayor of Cehegín and the Councilor for Women, which was run by the Municipal Archivist, Francisco Jesus Hidalgo.
In the same one was made a thorough review by the evolution of the world of the ceheginera woman in the last five hundred years.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cehegín