- Workshops on nutrition and habits will take place for women, craft care workshops, feminist thinking space that Azucea Metidieri and a healthy march will learn from.
Equality delegate between women and men, Ana Aragosese, presented this morning Health actions that, under the slogan «our well problems» These will be organized on the occasion of the International Day of Action for Women’s Health, commemorated on May 28.
The delegate explained that the decision to declare May 28 as «International Day for Women’s Health» was made at the meeting of the members of the World Women’s Network for Reproductive Rights, organized at the end of the International Meeting V on Women’s Health, in Costa Rica, in May 1987.
A field that was born with «the purpose of reaffirming the right to health as a human right of women to which they must have access without restrictions or exclusions of any kind and throughout their lives.»
In this sense, she indicated that «it is essential that all public institutions, as well as all of society, persevere in and access to health, strengthening the exercise of a universal right that remains in the shadows in many parts of the world.»
Therefore, the delegation of equal opportunities between women and men this month is dedicated to health in its different facets. For this, several activities are proposed that continue with the empowerment of the social participation of women in Mérida in the field of equality and, therefore, are aligned with those II The equality plan of the Mérida apartment More precisely in axis 8, strategic objective of quality of life 1: promote health with a gender perspective.
There will be Workshops on the influence of nutrition and habits in women To educate to promote health in the different stages of women through nutrition. In these workshops, the relationship between food and female pathologies will be addressed, as well as the demystification of nutritional myths. In addition, strategies for a balanced diet adapted to the needs of each woman will be taught. These workshops have been divided by ages and two will take place for women between 20 and 45 and two for women over 46.
Workshops for Women between 20 and 45 will take place on May 14 and June 4 at 6:00 p.m., at Campoamor Center and will last two hours. In the case of workshops for women over 46 years old, These will take place on May 29 and June 3, also, after Campoamor Center. The number of places is limited. Registration will be done with the next form from 12:00 pm tomorrow, Tuesday, May 6.
On the other hand, Car Care Craft Workshops -care facilitated by the women of the «practical and rushed» association to work to return to our roots through crafts to work on creativity, as well as the expression of emotions through crafts.
Aagagese explained that these workshops «are intended for the women in our city to empower them through the solidarity economy, handicrafts, and recycling, promoting autonomy, sisterhood, and social justice from a feminist and sustainable perspective that challenges gender inequalities.»
Specifically, 4 craft workshops will be organized to transform materials into unique pieces that promote sustainability and social inclusion.
The workshops are as follows:
- Recycled wood crafts workshop: May 26
- Textile craft workshop with recycled fabrics: May 26
- Craft workshop for making natural wool soaps: June 2
- Artisan workshop with seashells: will take place on June 2
All these workshops will take place at the Centroamor Celar Center from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, the number of places is limited, and registration will be done with the next form they can access from 12 noon tomorrow, Tuesday, May 6. Initially (if there are no places known), you can only choose one workshop per person.
The actions also include a new activity of Feminist Thinking Space that together for a month for health, will deal with the issue «Sexuality and Menopause» said Azucea Metidieri Equality and sexologist. This action will take place in the meeting room of the Alcazaba Cultural Center on May 27, at 6:00 p.m.
Finally, on May 28, «Women’s Health March» for a complete and healthy life, includes physical, emotional, and social well-being, and not just the absence of disease; therefore, health is conditioned by biological aspects, but also by the cultural, social, political, and economic context.
Aagagese explained that «it is in this context that health inequalities manifest as a result of the gender roles attributed to men and women in health.»
That is why, on that day, at 9 a.m., a healthy march will take place in collaboration with the sports delegation and the elderly of the Municipal Council, which will consist of walking from the Plaza de Las Méridas del Mundo to the Parque Seven Chairs. Subsequently, sports activities will be carried out for all those who wish to join.
The objective, according to Aragose, «is to appreciate the importance of sports in our lives and know that a healthy life involves the practice of exercise.»
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