Women and feminism

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.

Awards ceremony

The presentation ceremony will be held in the Saló de Cent at Barcelona City Hall on Monday, 11 March 2024, at 5.30 pm.

Programme:

Presented by Rosa Andreu

• Welcome from the Second Deputy Mayor, Maria Eugènia Gay Rosell, and the Councillor for Economic Promotion and Work and Feminism, Equality and Democratic Memory, Raquel Gil Eiroá.

• Presentation of the video “Your body, your realm of pleasure” by the organisation Sida Studi on the implementation of the winning project from the 2023 edition under the slogan “Sexual freedom, the irrepressible desire for freedom”.

• Screening of videos from the 2024 campaign “Breaking the glass ceiling”.

• Presentation of the 38th edition of the 8 March Award – Maria Aurèlia Capmany 2024, by the Councillor for Feminism, Equality and Democratic Memory, Raquel Gil Eiroá.

• Performance by the singer-songwriter Sandra Bautista.

• Reading of the panel's decision and awarding of the 8 March Award – Maria Aurèlia Capmany for 2024 by the Second Deputy Mayor, Maria Eugènia Gay Rosell, and the Councillor for Feminism, Equality and Democratic Memory, Raquel Gil Eiroá.

• Close with a performance by the Me Too Choir from Dona Cançó.