Celebrated each year on March 8, International Women’s Day commemorates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.

The theme of International Women’s Day 2022, ‘Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow’, recognises the contribution of women and girls around the world to the fight against climate change and towards building a more sustainable future for all.

This year, Mazarrón will celebrate the occasion by launching an Awareness Campaign for Equality on Wednesday March 2, which will include informative talks, readings and awards presentations in educational centres across the municipality.

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The celebrations in Mazarrón for ‘8M’, as International Women’s Day is colloquially known in Spain, will have the honour of hosting Red Cross manager Tomasa Ruíz González, affectionately called Tomi, who is best known for her work with the La Canadica Neighbourhood Association and the LGTBI collective Understand Mazarrón. Tomi also participates very actively in the religious life of the local community and was involved in creating APROAMA, the Mazarrón Animal Protection Association which is partly responsible for the management of the new cat boxes that have been installed around town to control ferile cat populations.

WHAT’S ON

These are all the events taking place for International Women’s Day in Mazarrón

Wednesday March 2: the SENSIBILIZAT project will visit the Day Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities
Friday March 4: starting at 8pm, the Inauguration of the Exhibition ‘Album de Mujeres, Fotografias y Lives’ will take place at the Cultural Centre
Sunday March 6: the highlight of 8M, the 2022 Mazarronera Woman Award, will be presented by Tomasa Ruíz González at 12 noon at the Cultural Centre
Tuesday March 8: (‘International Women’s Day’) at 12 noon in the Town Hall there will be a reading of the ‘Institutional Manifesto’ by the Mazarronera Woman
Friday March 11: María Guerrero Escusa, doctor in psychology and president of the Telephone of Hope in Murcia, will present a conference entitled ‘Love properly understood begins with one’ in the Town Hall at 7.30pm
Sunday March 13: Organised by the Friends of Nature Hiking Club of Mazarrón, the Woman Hiking Route 2022 will begin at 10am.