On the occasion of International Women’s Day, 8M, the Deputy Delegate of the Government in Las Palmas, Teresa Mayans, read today a manifesto before the main façade of the headquarters of the Delegation of the Government in the capital of Gran Canaria to claim equal opportunities between men and women.
Accompanied by the government delegate in the Canary Islands, Anselmo Pestana, Teresa Mayans pointed out that today, as every March 8, women around the world raise their voices to improve their rights and ask for improvements in their personal and working conditions.
“We could believe that in the 21st century everything has already been achieved, but the fight must continue so as not to lose the acquired rights, in these turbulent times like those we live in, and to continue to achieve more, both in our environment of developed countries and for those whose women have no voice to claim such basic improvements as their Human Rights,” said the deputy delegate of the Government in Las Palmas.
“These days, it is also necessary to remember and put on the table such unfair differences as the wage gap, the ‘glass ceiling’, job insecurity, the reduced working hours imposed or the feminization of poverty. In short, it is a day dedicated to the fight for equality, participation and empowerment of women in all areas of society,” she added.
In the words of Teresa Mayans, the “8M Movement every year becomes stronger and more powerful, like every woman who participates in it and the increasing number of men who join the cause because they know that gender equality benefits the whole society.”
The Government’s deputy delegate recalled that the United Nations wanted to dedicate this March 8 to the digital inclusion of women, noting that “the safe access of women and girls to digital technology offers new possibilities to solve the humanitarian and development challenges that make it possible to realize the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda.”
“The presence of the digital world is a reality that allows us to improve our lives, from managing a course to operating with the bank, however, 37% of women in the world do not have access to it. If they do not have access to the Internet and there is no system that also makes them feel safe navigating in the digital world, they will hardly be able to develop the digital skills necessary for their progress, which generates loss of opportunities in their daily lives and more specifically to access careers related to science and technology,” said Teresa Mayans.
“This 8M we must remember and join all those women’s and feminist activists and organizations that fight for the advancement of transformative technology and for access to safe digital education. They highlight the importance of protecting the rights of women and girls in digital spaces and, of addressing gender violence online and that facilitated by new communication technologies,” said the Government’s deputy delegate, who has called to go out to the streets to demonstrate to “call for an equal society in rights and opportunities, free of male violence.”
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The reading of this manifesto precedes the conference Women of the State Security Forces and Bodies in Scientific Areas, organized for next Friday by the Government Delegation in the Canary Islands to give visibility to the work of the women of the National Police and Civil Guard who work in the investigation and clarification of criminal events.
The day will be opened by Teresa Mayans, the General Chief of the Area of the Civil Guard in the Canary Islands, Juan Hernández, and the Superior Chief of Police of the Canary Islands, Jesús María Gomez, and will be closed by the Government delegate in the Canary Islands.
This Wednesday, March 8, as part of the events of International Women’s Day, high school students from the IES Guanarteme in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria visited the headquarters of the Government Delegation in the Plaza de la Feria in the capital of Gran Canaria.