“Once again the Government of Spain and the Delegation of the Government want to show our firm commitment to a feminist country, with the promotion and protection of the rights of women and girls, real and effective equality between women and men, as well as with public policies that address and respond to the inequalities faced by women.”
The Delegate of the Government in Melilla, Sabrina Moh, has assured, on the occasion of March 8, International Women’s Day, that Spain consolidates itself as a feminist country “thanks to the impulse of society and a Government that takes firm steps to make gender equality the cornerstone of social transformation”.
In this regard, he has referred to the commitment of the Executive of the Nation to the recognition of rights and the development of public policies that allow progress towards equality. “We will continue to demand its consolidation and the need to continue moving towards a society without gender gaps, a more egalitarian society and, ultimately, with greater democratic quality,” he said.
As every March 8, the highest representative of the Government of Spain in the city has assured that the Government Delegation claims the rights “of all women” in “a day in which we remember the common cause that has mobilized us throughout history and that reminds us of the path we have traveled and invites us to continue moving forward”.
“In addition to looking to the present, we must continue to expand each and every one of the advances for the future, and raise awareness among all citizens, so that both men and women join the feminist struggle,” he stressed. “This March 8, millions of women around the world will take to the streets for and for equality,” she said.
Spain, referent of equality
The head of the Government Delegation referred to the progress that has been made to consolidate Spain as a reference for equality between women and men and in advances in rights, as confirmed by the Gender Equality Index 2024 of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). “Spain remains the fourth most advanced country in terms of gender equality within the European Union,” he said.
“This year 2025, in which we commemorate 50 years of freedom in Spain, we want to recognize the contributions of feminism to the strengthening of our democracy and the improvement of our country,” he said. Because, he recalled that the dictatorship in Spain represented “a setback in the rights and freedoms of women, relegating them to the domestic sphere, subjecting them to an oppressive system and denying them the autonomy that they had barely begun to conquer with effort”.
Therefore, the Delegate of the Government has defended that public policies of equality “are the instrument to improve not only the lives of women, but of all citizens. Because when women advance, society advances and democracy advances.”
Likewise, Moh has referred to the renewal of the State Pact against Gender Violence, “which represents the great consensus that exists in Spain to fight unanimously and firmly against this structural violence, and that for its eradication requires the commitment of all institutions.”
Finally, she wanted to acknowledge the active work of the feminist movement and women’s associations, which has been and is essential for advancing equal opportunities between women and men. “No democracy can be considered complete if half of its population, despite having equal rights, cannot exercise them and make them effective in the same way. Equality is an ethical requirement of democracy,” he said.