The global political trend that has been maintained over the years has been mostly plagued by electoral posters featuring male faces, turning the political speeches of times past into a kind of tie party. But now, Spain is a "trending topic", thanks to the team of Ministers that make up the new Government of our country.
In the past, women have been excluded from politics (including the prohibition to vote), conditioned by the prevailing culture of a society that blurred them from important decision-making. Almost as represented in the scene of 'The Odyssey', where Telemachus scolds Penelope for proposing to the soldiers that the songs be more cheerful upon the return home of the Greek heroes, and adds: "Here the word must be a matter for men, especially for me, who has the power of this palace."
But, fortunately, women have gained space of power throughout the world, even more so in our country. This translates into the social need to want more Penelopes, such as Carmen Llop, Raquel Sánchez, Diana Morant, Isabel Rodríguez or Pilar Alegría, present as new ministers of the Government of Spain, and fewer far-right Telemachus.
Without a doubt, Pedro Sánchez has added profiles of women specialized in gender violence, women at the head of the Federal Secretariat of Education and Science, including the youngest senator in Spain, characteristics more than enough to form a Government that advances at breakneck speed in equal opportunities.
Spain has put in fifth gear and overtakes Sweden by proclaiming Sánchez's Government as the one with the most female prominence in Europe. Thanks to that, there is already a model of public, political and professional woman. Society coexists with her, and the next generations have other images to look at. She is no longer the shadow of the politician, but has her own personality. For the first time in history, we climbed to the podium where there are more women than men at the head of the different ministries. A path that José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero began, with the Equality Law of 2007.
The most feminist government we have had? Well, in all likelihood, it is. But what really makes a government feminist or not today is the fact that, despite the increase in the female quota in public institutions, the real progress does not depend so much on the number of women that make it up, but on the policies that are promoted.
It is no coincidence that we have seen how more and more attention is paid to the elimination of all forms of violence against women. Of course, we must presume this Government formed by feminist men and women, without any fear (or any complex) in saying it openly. The glass ceilings have always been destroyed with the great upheavals of political change.
With the roar of women's voices at the top of the podium, a more inclusive policy has been achieved. Without any doubt, with decisions like the one of this Executive, the best is yet to come, with a list of women (mostly) and men who will work for social, digital, green and feminist recovery. Now yes, progress together with the presence of more political leaders, is a reality that already intertwines hands in Spain.
Jenifer Galán Duarte, councilor of the PSOE in the City Council of Teguise