The University of La Laguna will once again demonstrate its commitment to equality by organizing a series of advocacy, educational, and cultural activities to mark International Women's Day. Since the official date of the day, March 8th, falls on a Saturday this year, the planned events, made possible thanks to the involvement of various entities within the academic institution, will begin the following week. full program It is already published, although it is not yet finalized, so more activities could be added or their schedules modified in the coming days.
On Wednesday the 12th at 12:00 noon, the public reading of the manifesto drafted by the Network of Equality Units of Spanish Universities, in commemoration of March 8th, will take place. It will be held in the central plaza of the Guajara Campus (the space between the departmental buildings of Philology, Psychology and Speech Therapy, and Geography and History) and will be read by the board of directors of the Network. Gender Equality Unit of the institution, with the presence of the rector, Francisco García.
As a new feature, prior to the reading of said manifesto, at 11:00 hours in the same Guajara square, the artist M.Lohrum (artistic pseudonym of the also professor of the Faculty of Fine Arts) Madeleine Lohrum[Name of instructor] will lead a performance, which will be recorded on video, in which a group of people will create a collective drawing. Students of the institution who wish to participate in this artistic activity can register through [link/website/etc.]. a form which has been enabled for that purpose.
That same day, at 12:30, the following will take place in the Chemistry Section of the Faculty of Sciences: round table “Women, Work and Society,” organized by the university section and the Official College of Chemists of the Canary Islands. It will be moderated by Candelaria Sánchez, dean of the professional organization, and will feature presentations by Raquel Malo, president of the ASINCA Provincial Board in Santa Cruz de Tenerife; Jessica Machín, CEO of TalentMta Consultores; Elena Pastor, Vice Dean of the Degree in Chemistry at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of La Laguna; Dayana Martín, technician of the Technological Institute of the Canary Islands; and a representative of the Official College of Psychology of Santa Cruz de Tenerife yet to be determined.
Later that afternoon, on March 12th, also at 6:30 p.m. in the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism, a film forum will take place featuring the documentary “Patriarchy, the Harmful Organism,” produced in 2023 and directed by Teresa Soler Garrido and Albert Sanfeliu. Following the screening, there will be a discussion led by Pilar Matud, Professor of Personality, Assessment, and Psychological Treatments at the University of La Laguna and an expert in Gender Violence Intervention; and Ana Hernández, from the Mercedes Machado Feminist Association. Admission is free, but to manage capacity, registration is required at [website address missing]. this form.
On Friday, March 14th, two activities are scheduled: on the one hand, the second edition of the student congress “My favorite philosopher”Organized by the Philosophy Department, the event will take place between 9:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. in the César Manrique General Lecture Hall on the Guajara Campus. Coinciding with Philosophers Month, this event will feature presentations, posters, and infographics developed by students with faculty support, exploring the work of various female philosophers of their choice. If there are multiple presentations on the same philosopher, the discussions will be held in a roundtable format.
On the other hand, that same one, the University Institute for Women's Studies At 12:00 noon, the organization will present its traditional awards recognizing the scientific careers of outstanding female researchers. The list of recipients is currently being discussed and will be ratified by the organizing body. This year's awardees will be Margarita Ramos Quintana, from the University Institute of Business; Verónica Pino Estévez; from the University Institute of Tropical Diseases and Public Health of the Canary Islands; and Miriam Candelaria Rodríguez González, from the Institute of Materials and Nanotechnology.
This ceremony will take place in the Aula Magna of the Central Building and, prior to the awards ceremony, at 10:30 a.m. there will be a round table discussion, “Making the Invisible Visible: Women, Science and Dissemination,” in which Verónica Martín, head of the Communication and Scientific Culture unit of the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (IAC); Laura García Donate, coordinator of the “Girls with Science ULL” initiative; and Elizabeth Enseñi Mba, member of the Association of African and Afro-descendant Women (in) the Canary Islands will participate.
On Tuesday the 18th, the scheduled activity is the presentation talk of the “Guide to incorporating a gender perspective in the organization of sporting events”The event will begin at 8:15 a.m. and will be repeated on March 25th in the afternoon at 5:30 p.m. The co-authors of the work, Elvira Hidalgo Rodríguez and Ana Gaspar Vallejo, graduates in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences and technicians from the Sports services of the University of La Laguna and the Tenerife Island Council, respectively, will participate.
The library of the Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism will host the event on Friday, March 21st. Fifth Conference on Women and the Economy, This year's conference focuses on women's work in the agricultural sector, traditionally invisible and undervalued compared to men's despite its importance. It will also analyze the challenges faced by female farmers in the Canary Islands, including access to financing, training, and work-life balance.
The program of activities concludes on Monday, March 24th with the seminar “Gender order and constitutionalism: proposals for parity reconstruction”, which will take place in the Library of Law and Social Sciences at 5:00 p.m., taught by Ruth Rubio Marín, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Seville, and Octavio Salazar Benítez, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Córdoba, authors of the recently published book “The order of gender in the Spanish Constitution”.
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