The promoter of the inclusive athletics club Run for You or the journalist Andrea Ropero, among the Meninas Awards 2025 of the Government Delegation in Madrid

• Also the work of the Women's Family Unit of the National Police Station of Parla has been recognized; the agent of the Civil Guard Jessica Galeano Salamanca, component of the Viogén Team of the 3rd company; or the Association of Women Judges of Spain (AMJE), for its program "Educating in Equal Justice".
• The second deputy and secretary of the Congress, Isaura Leal, completes this year’s awards.
• The awards ceremony will be held on Monday, November 24, at the headquarters of the Giner de los Ríos Foundation, and will be chaired by the Minister of Equality, Ana Redondo.
• During the gala will be screened a video framed in the program ‘Spain in Freedom.50 Years’ with a summary of what has been achieved these years in the field of women’s freedom and the fight against Gender Violence.
• You will also be able to watch the finalist videos of the III Edition of the Short Video Contest against Gender Violence of the Government Delegation, whose winners will be announced on Wednesday, November 26.

The Spanish Government Delegation in Madrid recognizes the fight against gender violence of six people, institutions and entities that it has distinguished with its recognition Meninas 2025 on the occasion of the 25N, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

The ceremony of handing over the recognitions will take place on Monday the headquarters of the Giner de los Ríos Foundation, will be chaired by the Minister of Equality, Ana Redondo, who will be accompanied by the delegate of the Government of Spain in the Community of Madrid, Francisco Martín, and the subdelegate of the Government, Pilar Trinidad, among other authorities. The master of ceremonies will be the director of Today for Today Madrid of Cadena SER, Marta González Novo, recognized in the previous edition.

In the course of the gala, the finalist videos of the III Edition of the Contest of Short Videos against Gender Violence of the Government Delegation will be screened, four for each of the two categories in which you could participate. The winners of this contest will be announced on Wednesday, November 26 at their own awards ceremony.

A video will also be screened in tribute to the 50 years in Libertad with a summary of what has been achieved in recent years in the field of women’s freedom and the fight against Gender Violence.

Recognitions

In this VIII edition of the Meninas, the recognitions of the Government Delegation have highlighted the following institutions and people:

- NATIONAL POLICE: WOMEN’S FAMILY UNIT (UFAM) OF THE NATIONAL POLICE STATION OF PARLA

Composed of personnel specialized in the defense of equality and in the fight against forms of violence against women. It has a group of police officers, women and men, specialized, trained and updated to attend to all these violence from a comprehensive perspective, guaranteeing the safety, well-being and personal and psychological recovery of both the victims and their environment, if they have been involved or affected.

During the year 2025, the UFAM of Parla has processed a total of 380 complaints related to gender violence and domestic violence, having clarified all the facts reported in our locality, with an effectiveness of 100%, a total of 239 arrests. In relation to crimes against sexual freedom, the UFAM of Parla has received a total of 16 complaints for Sexual Assault and another 35 complaints for other crimes related to sexual freedom. In the area of protection for victims of gender violence and sexual violence, the UFAM of Parla currently coordinates the direct protection of more than 150 women, making continuous contacts with them, as well as protection and advisory tasks, with an absolute level of efficiency and effectiveness.

- CIVIL GUARD: JESSICA GALEANO SALAMANCA

Component of the VioGén Team of the 3rd Company for 13 years, whose work and leadership is not only distinguished by its professionalism, great interest in its work and effectiveness, but by its human character and proximity to the victims, generating confidence in the most vulnerable moments, offering personalized and constant support. This makes the civil guard a model to follow in the fight against gender violence, for its dedication, perseverance and tenacity.

- CARMEN GIMÉNEZ ABAD

Athlete and president of Run for You, an inclusive athletics club in the Community of Madrid and a showcase for other people to take the step to perform physical activity.

In 2010, he suffered an aggression of male violence. The injuries suffered in this aggression prevent the mobility of her legs, which forces her to change her shoes for the wheels of a chair.

In 2020, together with other colleagues, they founded the Run for You Project, an inclusive project dedicated to finding shared spaces between people with and without disabilities, to make adapted sport visible and to help the initiation into adapted sport, providing materials and human resources.

- ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN JUDGES OF SPAIN (AMJE)

For its program “Educating in Egalitarian Justice”, as an initiative of transformative education that seeks to promote equality and non-discrimination between youth and society in general, through the dissemination of the concepts of egalitarian justice, the identification of stereotypes and gender violence, and the approach to the judicial world. Her activities include talks, court visits and the staging of gender-sensitive trials, thus promoting critical thinking and social awareness.

- ISAURA LEAL

Deputy and second secretary of the Congress of Deputies, she has developed a public trajectory marked by her commitment to equality between women and men and to the eradication of all forms of male violence.

Her constant work and political leadership have contributed decisively to placing the fight against gender violence as a State priority, inspiring other women in the field of public service and politics.

- ANDREA ROPERO

Journalist and communicator, currently in the program ‘El Medio’ of La Sexta, Andrea Ropero has stood out for her commitment to the dissemination of values of equality and respect for women’s rights from her work in mass media.

Through her interviews and reports, she has made visible the social consequences of male violence and has given voice to victims, experts and feminist groups, contributing to sensitizing citizens and promoting a critical look at structural inequalities.