Coinciding with this annual meeting, the Plataforma Unitària contra les Violències de Gènere (United Platform Againts Gender Violence), the organizing entity, presented its new logo.
The Plataforma Unitària contra les Violències de Gènere celebrates its twentieth anniversary and, as usual, marks this milestone at the 20th Forum Against Gender Violence, which took place last week at the Francesca Bonnemaison Women's Culture Centre in Barcelona.
The Forum began with an address by the president of the Platform, Montserrat Vilà, who introduced the entity's new logo. In this new phase, it retains the central figure of the woman but now breaking an arrow, as Vilà assured, "it is time to break the patriarchal misogynistic arrow."
This was followed by institutional speeches by Raquel Albiol from the Barcelona Provincial Council, Raquel Gil from the Barcelona City Council, and Eva Menor, Minister of Equality and Feminism of the Generalitat of Catalonia. Menor stated that "feminism is more necessary than ever and must be more united than ever," while Gil and Albiol reaffirmed the institutional commitment of the Provincial Council and City Council to the fight for equality.
Next, after a poetic action in memory of Afghan women, the first round table of the day began, revolving around free consent and the right to one's own body.
The conversation was moderated by Laia Serra, a criminal lawyer specializing in equality, who started her speech by reminding that "98% of sexual violence is not reported, so the response must come from another place, not from the judicial field." Serra also emphasized that "it is important to recognize women as political subjects, in addition to being victims, in processes of sexual violence" and highlighted the "indispensable" work of feminist organizations that accompany survivors of violence.
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