The autonomous jury of the Meninas Awards 2023 meets to know the list of finalists of each province

• 63 proposals have been presented and the winners will be announced soon for the Gala that takes place on November 24 at the Apolo Theater in Miranda de Ebro • The awards recognize the work and achievements of natural persons, institutions or groups that stand out for the prevention or eradication of gender violence • The jury has subsequently known the actions carried out by the City of Covalent in terms of awareness of violence against women

October 20, 2023.- The autonomous jury of the Meninas Awards 2023 has met in the facilities that the Hydrographic Confederation of the Douro has in the Reservoir of the Rope of the Well. There it has been given to know the list of finalists of each province as well as the candidates to obtain the recognition granted by the Government Delegation in Castilla y León and also to obtain the Menina de Honor Award. The winners will be announced in the coming days. The XI Gala Meninas 2023 will be held on November 24 at the Apolo theater in Miranda de Ebro.

The regional court of the first Meninas is presided over by the government delegate in Castilla y León, Virginia Barcones. It is also composed of the nine sub-delegates and sub-delegates of the Government, the heads of the Unit on Violence against Women, the coordinator of the Units against Violence against Women of the Government Delegation, the head of National Police Operations, Jesús del Amo, and the accidental chief colonel of the XII Zone of the Civil Guard, Julio Andrés Gutiérrez.

The Meninas Awards value the work and achievements of individuals, groups, entities and institutions that stand out or have stood out for their contribution to the prevention and/or eradication of violence against women. They are strictly honorary recognitions that reward:

• Actions accredited in work of awareness and sensitization.
• Pioneering actions in the field of prevention.
• Promotion and development of programs aimed at eradication.
• Promotion and promotion of programmes for the assistance, protection and recovery of women victims of any kind of violence, as well as their sons and daughters.
• Carrying out training activities in the field of equality between women and men.
• To be a reference in its field of action for women suffering from gender violence.
• And the development of awareness-raising and awareness-raising actions on equality that contribute to the promotion of new models of social relationship.

The process for the selection of winners in this year’s edition began in mid-September. From the respective subdelegations, proposals were requested from candidates from their territorial area to universities, Public Prosecutor’s Office, Social Services Management, Press Associations, Women’s Councils or Equality, Social Services areas of the provincial deputies and, of course, associations or entities working in the field of gender violence.

Once the deadline for the presentation of candidacies is over, a provincial jury has chosen in each province a third of people, associations or entities that were raised yesterday as a proposal to the meeting of the regional jury. A total of 63 proposals have been submitted. It will be in the coming days, once the candidacies of the Units against violence against women have been reviewed, when the winners will be decided.

The Gala Meninas 2023 will take place in the Burmese town of Miranda de Ebro on November 24. The next day is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

AWARENESS-RAISING WORK IN COVALENT

After the meeting, the regional jury of the Meninas 2023 Awards visited the town of Covalent, where they met with their mayor, José Llorente Alonso, the multiple initiatives that the City Council has developed in terms of awareness thanks to the contributions of the State Pact against Gender Violence.

In this sense, in 2019, 150 power banks (batteries for mobiles) were distributed serigraphed with a logo reading “Without a yes, it’s NO!” among the students of the IES Picos de Urbión, as well as the printed documentation of the initiative “There is a way out of Gender Violence” developed by the Government Delegation in Castilla y León.

A year later, in this town of Soriana, a motivational workshop for women was held with the title ‘Quiérete a ti yourself’, coaching and self-esteem, with the assistance of approximately 50 women. This activity was complemented with another one to promote reading with the motto of ‘Extraordinary Women’, in which books were acquired for the CEIP Manuela Peña.

During the year 2021, training workshops were held under the title ‘Social networks and gender violence’. It was aimed at the women of the municipality and students of 3rd and 4th ESO of the Picos de Urbión Institute.

In 2022 the City Council installed four banks with the name of four women relevant to the story and a QR code that redirected to a web page with the story of the protagonists. Through these codes, information was provided on the Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai; the most awarded gymnast of all time, Simone Biles; the writer, politician, lawyer and defender of women’s rights and promoter of women’s suffrage in Spain, Clara Campoamor; and the Spanish scientist Margarita Salas, the first Spanish woman to enter the National Academy of Sciences of the United States thanks to her research. From each of them there was the possibility to download relevant information.

Already during this year, the Consistorio pinariego has transformed a very visible and well-located public space into a small park frequented by elderly people. There were purple colored benches, a table, paper basket and gardeners, as well as a plaque with the slogan ‘Equality for women is progress for all’.

TRAINING AND INFORMATION DAYS

Before the celebration of the Gala Meninas 2023, the Units against Violence against Women of the Government Delegation in Castilla y León have organized several training and information days in the field of training and information on gender violence.

The first two of these talks are in collaboration with the University of Valladolid. The first is held on November 7 in the auditorium of the María Zambrano Campus in Segovia. The title of this day is ‘The digital dimension of violence against women’, and will consist of talks and round tables that will deal with cyberbullying, risk on social networks as well as tools to prevent and avoid being a victim of these practices. The registration period for this day, which can be attended by a presence or telematics, is open until November 3rd. Prior registration is mandatory and can be done through the QR Code printed on the poster of the conference.

The second of the days in collaboration with the University of Valladolid is held on November 9 in the auditorium of the UVA headquarters in Palencia. Its motto is ‘Against Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation of Women and Girls’ and will consist of two colloquiums with the titles ‘Pornography as a gateway to prostitution and how to deactivate trafficking’ and ‘The prosecution of crime, cooperation and coordination, assistance and recovery of victims of trafficking’. The registration period for this day, which can be attended by a presence or telematics, is open until November 6. Prior registration is mandatory and can be done through the QR Code printed on the poster of the conference.

The third talk will take place on November 13 in the auditorium of the Government Delegation in Castilla y León. It will deal with sexual exploitation and the Aliens Act, is aimed at professionals and will consist of several presentations in which members of the State Security Forces and associations collaborate.