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The University celebrates a day for equality in Welcome Week

With the start of the new academic year of the University of Valencia and within the programming of activities to welcome its new students, the Equality Unit has organized a day to be held on Thursday 20 October at the Rector's Office Assembly Hall.

With the Conference of the University of Valencia for equality. Challenges in health, communication and constitutional change, the aim is to raise awareness of the importance of gender equality, with special attention to people who have recently joined. One way to bring students, the rest of the university community and the whole of Valencian society closer is one of its values, such as equality between men and women.

The fotos of the Conference (author: Miguel Lorenzo) are posted on our Facebook page.

The contents of this day divided into three different tables aim to raise awareness about the importance of transversal teaching with a gender perspective in relevant areas of professional development in the field: Health, communication, education and law.

The university community in the area of ​​Health will find in Table 1 relevant subjects of sexual and reproductive health, with a logical approach to gender. Table 2 warns of sexist messages that take refuge in the media: advertising, social media, etc. And finally, Table 3 is the most open content. It aims to provoke debate regarding approaches, content, legal framework, etc. that it should have the so-called State Pact on Equality and Against Gender Violence so often demanded.

In the program you can access the presentations of the papers, as well as view the full videos, by clicking on the corresponding links.

Program

9.00 Opening Video

  • Esteban Morcillo. Rector of the University of Valencia (UV)

  • Carmen Montón. Minister of Universal Health and Public Health (GVA)

  • Antonio Ariño. Vice-Rector for Culture and Equality (UV)

9.15 Performance on the prevention of gender violence (Classroom of Performing Arts of the UPV)

9.45 Table 1: Sexual and reproductive health under debateVideo

  • Moderator: Manuela Alcaraz. Director of Public Health of Valencia. Ministry of Universal Health and Public Health. 

  • María Pérez. Vice President of the World Association for Sexual Health "Sexual rights in the world: declaration, degree of development and satisfaction"

  • Felipe Hurtado. Gender Identity Unit of the Valencian Community. Valencia Doctor Peset “The right to equality and non-discrimination: Gender identities, gender expressions, the bodily diversity of people and sexual orientations require the protection of sexual rights”

  • Melisa Darocas and Delia Pop. Reference unit of the C.V. on ablation / female genital mutilation "The right to autonomy and integrity of the body and to a life free from torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment"

  • Lola Alfonso. Manises Health Center. Women's care group of the Valencian Society of Family and Community Medicine "The right to a life free from all forms of violence and coercion"

11.00 Open turn of words / Debate

11.30 Coffee break

12.00 Table 2: Media and social media, the refuge of inequality Video

  • Moderator: Begonya Pozo. Vice-Dean of Culture, Equality and Communication of the Faculty of Philology, Translation and Communication of the UV
  • Pilar Aguilar. Film criticism. Paper: Women in cinema
  • Fani Grande. Screenwriter, writer and blogger (“Eva’s femur”) Paper: Gender on social media
  • José Luis Diego. Valencia Local Police. Expert of the European Commission for security projects. Paper: Social networks and violence against women
  • Lola Bañón. RTVV journalist. Professor at the Faculty of Philology, Translation and Communication of the UV. Paper: The media and gender stereotypes
  • Giulia Colaizzi. Professor of Theory of Languages ​​and Communication at the Faculty of Philology, Translation and Communication of the UV. Paper: Communication and gender

13.15 Open turn of words / Debate

14.00 Participatory lunch

16.00 Fun activity: Feminist monologue by Patricia Sornosa 

16.30 Table 3: Towards a State Pact for Equality and against Gender Violence Video

  • Moderator: María José Añón. Professor of Philosophy of Law and Secretary General of the UV
  • Elena Martínez. Co-director of the university master's degree in Law and Gender Violence at the UV. Paper: Gender Violence
  • Marina Subirats. Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Paper: Coeducation
  • Capitolina Díaz. Full Professor of Sociology at UV and President of AMIT. Paper: Conciliation and co-responsibility
  • Rosa Peris. Former director of the Women's Institute (2004-2009), secretary of Equality of the PSPV and regional deputy. Paper: State Pact
  • Mar Esquembre. Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Alicante. President of the Feminist Network of Constitutional Law. Paper: Constitutional change

18.00 Open turn of words / Debate

18.45 Award ceremony "Imagining equality" Video

19.00 Conclusions of the day

  • Amparo Mañés. Director of the UV Equality Unit

19.30 Closing of the day: Miguel Soler. Regional Secretary of Education and Research, Ministry of Education, Research, Culture and Sport Video