The Villa de Noja hosts during the week of November 21 to 27, under the motto ‘Let’s move forward together’, different activities and initiatives on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Womenel 25N.
On November 25, at 12:00 noon, the City Council will place the commemorative flag of this day. Likewise, that same day a tent will be set up in the Plaza de la Villa from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in collaboration with the Child and Youth Service of the Consistory, EnNojate365. In this space, people who want to can create their own badges with exclusive designs that show their rejection of violence against women. In addition, there will be a wish tree where messages of equality, respect and/or tolerance can be left.
As explained by the Councilor for Social Services and Equality, Rocio Gandara, these initiatives aim to “make visible the commitment of society against this type of violence that is produced solely for being women”, in addition to “showing that it is more necessary than ever for men and women to be united in the face of this threat”. The mayor has also recalled that these 25N activities are added to all those that are being organized during the week, such as the lighting of the most emblematic buildings of the Villa in purple every night until Sunday 27.
Two initiatives that are maintained from previous years will also end on this date. On the one hand, the ‘Stomping against Gender Violence’ campaign, in which the Department of Sports collaborates and in which anyone can participate by sharing a photograph of the distance traveled. The images must be sent to WhatsApp 644 516 229, indicating the Facebook or Instagram account to tag the author. On the same day, the 27th, the total distance traveled will be published.
For another, ‘Photographs in purple’, in which to participate you just have to send one or more photos to the same WhatsApp number or upload it to your personal social networks tagging @ayuntamientodenoja with the hashtag #fotografiasenmorado. The objective is to make visible the fight to eliminate gender violence. All images, which must be original and in vertical format, will be used to disseminate the initiative on social networks and the City Council’s websites.
The mayor of Noja, Miguel Angel Ruiz Lavin, has pointed out the “importance of a day like 25N”, in which “women and men come together to say ‘enough is enough’ to this type of violence”. With these acts, the councilor has affirmed that “Noja intends to show his commitment against sexist aggressions”, defending an “effective and real equality in which the gender of the person is not a factor to live with insecurity”.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
The boys and girls of the Palacio Public School will also have a fundamental role in this 25N, since “their training in equality is the cornerstone to be able to eliminate violence against women in the future”, as Ruiz Lavín has pointed out. Therefore, on November 23, the play ‘Heroínas’ will be performed, organized by the Municipal Library of Villa for the students of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade of the educational center.
In addition, the ’25N in the classrooms’ proposal aims to convey a message of equality to all the minors in the school, always adapted to the age of each level and always based on care and respect for other people. In this initiative, which is launched thanks to the collaboration of the CEIP Palacio educational team, students who are not from the center or any other interested person may also participate, requesting participation on WhatsApp 644 516 229 or by going to the Office of Tourism.
On the other hand, on Sunday 27 the play ‘Penelope released. The female Odyssey’, by Art on Stage. Directed and starring Marta Lopez Mazorrawill take place at the Playa Dorada Leisure Center at 6:00 p.m., with free admission until full capacity is reached.
To all this is an awareness campaign on social networks promoted by EnNojate365 from November 21 to 25, from general information, definitions and typology related to 25N, to preventive actions against gender violence, going through telephone numbers and recommendations, exposition of figures real under the motto ‘Did you know…?’ and recommended reading for adolescents, in collaboration with the Municipal Library.
Finally, a flyer will be distributed with all this information and the announcement of the activities for all audiences that will take place every day.
