Mararía will address the prevention of sexual violence in its 2024 Reflection Days, with a meeting on June 6 and 7 at the Lancelot Playa hotel in Arrecife. In the days corresponding to the 30th anniversary of its constitution, the social and cultural association for women Mararía will delve into the prevention and intervention in sexual violence, with two days of training, reflection and debate around the patriarchal culture of macho aggression, the prostitution system and pornography.
The presentations that structure the conference, by women specialists in equality and gender perspective, will take place in the hotel auditorium, on Thursday, June 6 in the morning and afternoon and on Friday the 7th in the morning. In addition, the meeting, generically called 'Keys for the prevention and intervention in sexual violence: Identification and Management of Critical Knots' will be broadcast live through the association's YouTube channel for online monitoring.
After the opening ceremony presided over by the authorities, the activity will begin at ten o'clock with the conferences "Isn't it that bad? Culture of rape and sexual violence', by the doctor in Sociology from the ULL and expert in sexual violence, pornography and prostitution, Esther Torrado; and then 'Body and sexuality: a perfect target', by the doctor in equality from the University of Salamanca and former Secretary of State of the Presidency, Soledad Murillo. The morning session will be closed by the director of the ONGd Haurralde in Human Rights of Women and president of the COMPI coordinator, Patricia Viviana Ponce, with the talk-colloquium 'Global dimensions of sexual violence'.
The poster announcing the annual meeting corresponding to the 30th anniversary reproduces an original work signed by the Lanzarote painter Tayó, who has donated the piece as a contribution and recognition of the social work of the entity.
The association has reported that attendance is free and free, upon registration through the link provided by the association.
Violet points
In the afternoon, starting at five in the afternoon, Pilar Fernández, a university expert in social and institutional protocol and president of the Federation of Organizations of Lorca, and Irene Tortosa, a social integrator, FOML technician in charge of the area of advice, support and training and president of the Association of Women of Lorca, will talk about the violet points as security shelters in the prevention of gender violence.
The morning of Friday, June 7 will open with a presentation on pornography on the feminist political agenda, by Lydia Delicado, doctor in interdisciplinary gender studies from the University of Alicante, who will speak online. Then, the chief inspector of the Family and Attention to Women Unit (UFAM) of the National Police Station of Arrecife, will speak about crimes against sexual freedom and indemnity, detection and police investigation.
The conference will conclude with the talk by the head of the Violence against Women Unit of the Island Directorate of the General State Administration in Lanzarote, Margara Bello, and the biodanza activity 'Bringing hearts closer'. This meeting has been organized by the Mararía association and the Coordinator of Women's Organizations for Participation and Equality (COMPI), with funding from the Canary Islands Institute of Equality and the collaboration of the Lancelot Playa hotel.
