The kiss of the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Luis Rubiales, to one of the players of the Spanish team that won the World Cup last August and who has been in the national and international news since then , will reach, among other issues, the municipal plenary session of the Rota City Council because the IU+ Podemos group has presented a motion to debate next Wednesday that, among other points, asks the Municipal Corporation to condemn the events showing its support for the players of the Spanish women’s soccer team.
As this coalition indicates in its motion, the recent international successes of Spanish women’s sport, of which the women’s soccer championship, the gold medals in the walking modality, are a good example
in the world athletics championship or the world runner-up in badminton, “which should make us feel proud as a country”, have been clouded by Rubiales’ kiss to Jenni Hermoso. And based on the wave of rejection that has been generated, this municipal group considers that there is a need to advance in sports in equality and take measures to support women’s sports also from the local level, to guarantee all the rights of women who They practice it on equal terms with men.
“The sexist behavior of the president of the RFEF is unacceptable and Spanish society is clearly showing its resounding rejection of attitudes that represent a clear attack on the sexual freedom of female athletes,” states the writing that also alludes to generalized discrimination. of women’s sports or the lack of support.
IU+ Podemos recall articles of the Spanish Constitution that go along those lines of non-discrimination and equality in access to sport, in addition to a European Parliament resolution on women and sport, the little media coverage of women’s sport or social treatment. discriminatory and sexually
stereotyped in the media, in addition to the need to provide equal treatment with respect to men.
This group believes that there is much to do and that is why at the local level, they propose, in addition to rejecting attitudes like Rubiales’s, that the Rota City Council commit to continue working to eliminate sexist stereotypes in sport; that local media be urged to continue ensuring balanced coverage of women’s and men’s sports, as well as non-discriminatory representation of women: to design and implement through the Sectoral Equality Council a “Municipal Promotion Plan of women’s sports”, in collaboration with local sports clubs, guaranteeing and promoting equal sports practice at all levels in the municipality; or that the municipal plan for prevention and protection against sexist behavior in educational centers and municipal sports activities be continued.
2023-09-18 13:10:02
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