The UAB to commemorate International Women's Day
Once again the UAB organises a series of activities (conferences, sports activities, debates) in commemoration of International Women's Day, celebrated on 8 March, with the aim of strengthening the University's commitment to gender equality. The main institutional event, organised by the Equality and Diversity Service, will be held on 9 March at 12 noon at the conference hall of the Rectorat building.
The institutional day (attendance requires prior registration via the designated form) will begin with a speech by UAB Rector Javier Lafuente Sancho, and will continue with a presentation by Secretary General Esther Zapater of the UAB's main lines of work and gender equality policies.
This year, the central moment of the event will be the recognition of the career and contributions of lecturer Maria Prats Ferret, former director of the Observatory for Equality (now the Equality and Diversity Service) and member of the Geography and Gender Research Group (UAB), for sustained work aimed at consolidating the feminist perspective in geography and promoting gender transversality within the discipline, with a significant impact on both research and teaching. The day will conclude with a performance by the UAB Chamber Choir.
This initiative is part of the UAB's Gender Equality Action Plan and fulfils the measure focused on the organisation of an institutional event on the occasion of International Women's Day. Already incorporated into the first Action Plan (2006), this line of action represented a turning point by institutionalising the commemoration of 8 March at the UAB for the first time.
In the early editions, a substantial part of the day was devoted to presenting data on the situation of women at the university. Now, the initiative preserves this spirit of diagnosis and visibility and, at the same time, renews it with a broader, shared perspective: an invitation to recognition, but also to continue learning, questioning and transforming, day by day, what often remains invisible. In this sense, the event also serves as a platform and a catalyst for the awareness-raising activities that the UAB carries out throughout the academic year.
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EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES ORGANISED ON OR AROUND 8 MARCH:
5 March
- Faculty of Psychology and Speech Therapy
📍From 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. – Aula 115, Faculty of Arts & Humanities
"Per a una justícia reparadora de violències sexuals a Guatemala i Hondures"
Exchange/conversation with Honduran activist Cintia Julissa and Mayan community therapist Elsa Rabanales.
Organised by SUDS, Feminismes
- Faculty of Communication Studies
📍12 noon – In the corridor on the ground floor of the faculty and as an art installation on the first floor.
Inauguration of the exhibition “Lideratge en femení: Dones referents de la comunicació”
The exhibition is a compilation of the career paths of professional women in the communications sector, with the aim of highlighting female talent and creating new role models for students. It brings together a selection of women involved in journalism, audiovisual communication, advertising, corporate communication, and other emerging areas of the sector. All women featuring in the exhibition were invited to share their experiences in various formats, reflecting on the impact of gender on their careers. The exhibition can be visited until 7 April.
6 March
- Faculty of Medicine
📍From 12 noon to 1:45 p.m. – Aula M5-001 (Basic Medical Science Teaching Unit)
Institutional welcoming speech by Albert Selva O’Callaghan, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, who will present the conferences:
"La mirada incompleta: gènere i ceguesa sistèmica en salut", by Teresa Font
"Decidir des de la vulnerabilitat: vivències en la presa de decisions reproductives en dones que viuen amb VIH", by Ariadna Huertas Zurriaga
"Les situacions de violència laboral en l’exercici de la fisioteràpia", by Marlen Moreno Martínez
Finally, Lydia Giménez Llort from the Equality and Diversity Service will present the awards to the best Final Projects with a Gender Perspective.
From 9 to 13 March
- Les dones ens movem
📍Servei d'Activitat Física (SAF) and UAB Libraries
With the slogan "Women on the Move", the SAF is launching an initiative to promote physical activity among women in the university community, help reduce the gender gap in sports participation, and encourage a healthy, active and inclusive lifestyle. The activities will take place at the SAF's sports facilities and some at the UAB Libraries, and registration is free and open to all women in the university community and to anyone who wishes to take part in this movement.
You can check the full programme here.
11 March
- Faculty of Science and Faculty of Biosciences
📍From 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Conference hall
Optica't (@opticat), a student association of the Faculty of Science, organises a round-table discussion dedicated to female scientific leadership, which will feature six researchers from the fields of science, biosciences and engineering.
During the month of March
- Faculty of Economics and Business Studies
📍Bellaterra campus and Sabadell campus
Exhibition of the top undergraduate theses from the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies, awarded prizes in previous editions for their gender perspective.