8 March, International Women's Day 2021
The feminist movement has become an unstoppable and diverse collective wave made up of women from different backgrounds and with different ideologies fighting together against inequality.
8 March stands for centuries of fighting. On 8 March, we commemorate the femicide of a group of female textile workers who were burned to death in New York while claiming their employment rights. Although this was over a century ago, we will also remember all those women throughout history who have fought, and those who are still fighting, for actual and effective equality.
XXXV 8 March - Maria Aurèlia Capmany Award 2021
Every year, to commemorate International Women's Day, Barcelona City Council calls for entries for the 8 March - Maria Aurèlia Capmany Award, which focuses on an issue with a social and gender impact. The issue chosen for this 35th edition is “24 hours a day, 365 days a year - Let’s democratise care work”.
The deadline for submitting projects is 17 March 2021.
“Barcelona Fotògrafes” Exhibition
An exhibition that reconstructs the history of the city and reclaims the role that women have played in the history of photography on these shores, through the images of 21 women photographers.
Opens on 6 March, at Plaça Comercial, opposite El Born CCM. Free admission.
A plan to combat the digital gender divide
Barcelona City Council is launching more than 50 initiatives devised to promote gender equity in the city's ICT industries, and to promote feminism as a central pillar in the construction of a digital society. The BcnFemTech training programme is one of these initiatives, and will enable 50 women who are currently in vulnerable situations to enter the labour market as professionals in programming and web development.
