- From March 3 to April 14, the City Council, with the collaboration of the Women's Association, the Multiesport Club, Aprosdeco and the Music Band, has programmed almost twenty cultural, sports and leisure proposals
This 2023, Women's Month has been going strong in El Poble Nou de Benitatxell. The Department of Equality and Gender Policies, in charge of Víctor Bisquert, with the collaboration of the Women's Association, the Multiesport Club, Aprosdeco and the Music Band, has prepared almost twenty different proposals for all tastes and ages that They will start on Friday, March 3 and will run until April 14.
under the motto 'Poor women invisible, essential', it is intended to vindicate the care and domestic work that women have traditionally done, often made invisible because they are not paid. It is also a commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the official founding of the Housewives Association, renamed a few years ago as the Poble Nou de Benitatxell Women's Association. “The Association of Women has a very important weight in the organization of this programming and that of 25N, as well as in other relevant events of the festive and cultural calendar of the municipality. They are a very active part of Poblera society and this year we want to pay them a small tribute for their 25th anniversary", stated the Councilor for Equality and Gender Policies, Víctor Bisquert.
This tribute to all the women of the association will materialize Friday, March 10, at 19:30 p.m. in the Plaza de Les Pesqueres, with the presentation of the documentary video 'Dones pobleres invisibles, essentiales'. In it they narrate how the association was born and how they have lived these years as part of it. “The women say that they had to meet at eleven at night because it was their only free moment of the day. The video is a reflection of how hard these and many other women who combine working life and invisible tasks at home work, as well as the great sociocultural work within the association. It is necessary to value them and show the indispensability of care in families and the people through associations”. After the premiere of the documentary, there will be an aperitif, the humorous theater 'Me Duelo' and the awards ceremony of the Fotodona 2023 contest.
The programming will start earlier, Friday, March 3, with the inauguration of the Fotodona exhibition in the Municipal Market and the performance of the pianist Estela Malonda, with Cuban, Latin and fusion music. On Saturday the 4th there will be another important event: the official presentation of the new women's soccer team, which already has around 20 players. Then there will be sports games for girls and boys.
Monday and Tuesday there will be a walk and snack in Les Fonts and an assembly of the Women's Association. On Wednesday March 8, International Women's Day, merchandising will be distributed in the morning for the 'Invisible, essential gifts of the poor' campaign, and in the afternoon the clown conference 'Woman, life and laughter' will be held. And Thursday there will be a snack and games with the Women's Association.
For the weekend there are the most varied proposals: both cultural, such as the storyteller for equality 'Colorina colorada' on Saturday the 11th or the first Women's Concert offered by the Music Band on Sunday the 12th; and playful, with the Associació de Dones fellowship meal on Saturday or the exhibition of classical dance and modern dance by the students of the Multiesport Club on Sunday.
The programming will be extended for a few more weeks with other events such as the 'Library on equality. Challenges for the future' with Marina Gilabert, the talk 'Tinc al cor un formigueig de versos' with the writer from Puebla Empar Ferrer, the exhibition 'Paisatges de la meua terra', by the artist from Puebla Maria Monfort, or the poetic gathering with the poets Ofelia González and Lídia Santacreu.
III Donut Solidarity Course
How could it be otherwise, the Cursa de la Dona continues to be one of the central events on the programme. This year, emphasis has been placed on the solidarity component of the race, involving the Aprosdeco Association in its organization and dissemination, to which all the profits from the sale of numbers and shirts will go.
The race will be Sunday March 26, from 10:30 a.m., in the Plaza del Mercat. Online registration will soon be open at www.somesport.com and in person at Social Services (C/ Mercat, 2). The price is 3 euros with t-shirt included.
Aprosdeco is a non-profit association of mothers, fathers, relatives and tutors of people with intellectual functional diversity that since 1974 has been committed to innovating, promoting and making available to people with functional diversity all the resources and support to improve their quality of life. Poble Nou de Benitatxell maintains a close relationship with this association, of which several people from the municipality are users.
library in equality
The Municipal Library plays a very important role in promoting gender equality in El Poble Nou de Benitatxell. It is attached to the Libraries in Equality Program of the Classic and Modern Association, whose purpose is to contribute to the visibility of women writers of all times and in all areas of culture, and many of the activities it promotes have a gender perspective.
That is why they have wanted to give it great weight in 8M with a specific program of activities, among which are workshops on gender equality with the students of CEIP Santa María Magdalena, storytelling, the discussion with Marina Gilabert on the challenges of the future of the Library, the talk on poetry with the writer from Poblera, Empar Ferrer, or the poetry gathering with Ofelia González and Lídia Santacreu.
