“Let's break the glass ceiling”: Barcelona City Council begins Women's Day with the reading of a manifesto
“Today, 8M, Women's Day, Barcelona City Council wants to express its firm commitment to the feminist struggle.” This is how the mayor of the city, Jaume Collboni, began the reading of the feminist manifesto “Let's Break the Glass Ceiling”.
At 9:00, the Saló de Cent of the City Council hosted, for the first time in its history, the reading of the complaint of “all the inequalities and discrimination that women suffer in all areas and in a structural way, for the simple fact of be.”
The document refers to Spain's accession to the UN women's rights convention and recalls “the central role” of all citizens and public administrations in guaranteeing equality. “The data from the last year indicate that it is not enough, that there continues to be a problem that affects and challenges society as a whole,” Collboni added.
Breaking the glass ceiling, ending the wage gap, promoting work-life balance as well as the co-responsibility of men and women for home care are the priority tasks on which the public administration must focus so that equality “becomes a reality.” ” for all the women.
The Catalan capital will host different activities and events throughout the day to celebrate Women's Day that will culminate with the demonstration that will depart at 6:00 p.m. from the Gràcia gardens. “Women, lesbians and trans” have been called by Assembly 8-M for a transversal mobilization to denounce “precariousness, borders and genocides”, which will have the participation of Feministes per Palestine.
The strike backed by the priority unions will affect the Metropolitan Transport Area, which has announced that 85% of its services will be maintained on the TMB metro and bus network, on the Rodalies lines operated by Renfe, on the Ferrocarriles de the Generalitat and on the city's tram service.