8 March Award - Maria Aurèlia Capmany
Every year since 1987, Barcelona City Council has called for nominations for the 8 March Award, which is named after Maria Aurèlia Capmany as a tribute to the great Catalan writer, to commemorate International Women's Day.
The first aim of the award is to acknowledge initiatives and projects conceived to make Barcelona a city free of male violence. The second aim of the award is to offer economic resources and institutional support to help set up the winning projects.
Target population
Non-profit natural or legal persons, associations and entities from the city of Barcelona.
2024: 38th edition of the award
Adopting the slogan “Let's break glass ceilings”, the 2024 award aims to support projects that help promote affirmative action to eliminate vertical segregation in various economic and social sectors, as well as projects that foster leadership and the empowerment of women within organisations.
More information
- General rules [Ca] (pdf 360.31 KB)
- Rules for the call for entries for the 8 March 2025 Award [Ca] (pdf 214.68 KB)
- Application form [Ca] (docx 66.38 KB)
- Form for the project’s description and budget [Ca] (docx 61.48 KB)
- Project’s summary sheet [Ca] (docx 40.78 KB)
- History - 8M Award winners [Ca] (pdf 296.25 KB)