Emakunde and the women’s associations have drawn up a list of dates that could be festive in 2024. On November 5, 1933, women were allowed to vote for the first time in the Basque Country.
Euskaraz irakurri: Emakumeek M8a eta A25a jaiegun izendatzea alboratu dute, et azaroaren 5aren alde egin dute
Ema science and the women’s associations have refused to classify 8M and 25N as vacation days and have submitted a working paper with a list of feminist anniversaries. The list was drawn up in response to a request from the Basque Parliament to the government.
This parliamentary requirement urged a reflection process with the social actors to designate feminist anniversaries in the Company calendar 2024. Now the women’s associations have until March 31, in the plenary session of the Emakunde Advisory Committee, to present their proposal to choose the holiday of 2024.
As reported by Emakunde, since the start of the debate, March 8 (International Day of Working Women) and November 25 (International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women) have been excluded, to preserve and protect the protest character of these two days. They have described the name as “dangerous” as a holiday on the work calendar. As they have said, this may hinder rather than promote feminist goals.
Among the data presented, November 5 was the one with the greatest consensus by women’s associations. In 1933, women voted for the first time in Euskadi, two weeks earlier in Spain. According to documents from the time, they even took part in the vote for Gernika’s Statute of Autonomy. In a well-known photo by Indalecio Ojanguren that women appear voting in Eibar.
The report decided to suggest dates around feminist events or achievements, and not names of relevant women in history, to avoid the restrictive nature that a proper name and its specific history can entail and to favor to the designation of a broad name. and including date.
In addition to November 5, 13 more days have been discussed, such as the February 18 (in 2005 the Equality Act was approved) and the September 4 (In 1995, the IV. World Conference on Women was held in Beijing).
Source: EITB
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