Organisations and facilities in Sants-Montjuïc are joining in with 25N, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, with a special programme of over twenty activities throughout the month of November.
MAIN EVENT IN SANTS-MONTJUÏC
Thursday, 23 November, at 6.30 pm
Plenary chamber at the District Office for Sants-Montjuïc (C/ Creu Coberta, 104)
Places limited. To attend, please send an email to: dte03_personesiterritori@bcn.cat
Commemoration of 25N with a special theatre production Dones sense veu, by the theatre group from the Comerç de Ciutat Vella centre for the elderly and the CapaMar group, from the Sants-Montjuïc Programme for Senior Citizens. Based on real-life accounts, the show denounces the violence suffered by elderly women throughout their lives.
Organised by: Circuit contra la Violència Masclista de Sants-Montjuïc
POBLE-SEC
WHAT FLOWERS TO TAKE TO A GRAVE?
Tuesday, 14 November, from 6.30 to 8 pm
Function room at the El Sortidor community centre (Pl. Sortidor, 12)
Film forum for adults by Mireia Sallarès
Prior registration at elsortidor.inscripcionscc.com
Screening of an experimental documentary essay by Elena Gilda. Based on the video, there will be a discussion reflecting on questions such as the link between violence and mental health.
LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE. ANTI-PATRIARCHAL RECIPES, AMOURS AND CURES
Thursday, 16 November, from 6.30 to 9 pm
El Sortidor community centre (Pl. Sortidor, 12)
Workshop for adults by Columba Zavala, Mariana Alva and Lina Ruiz de Las Jamaiconas
Price: €8 for the ingredients
Prior registration at elsortidor.inscripcionscc.com
Reading of extracts from the book Como agua para chocolate by the Mexican writer Laura Esquivel, where we find the ingredients of the recipe we’ll be cooking, and also looking at topics which link with the feminist perspective.
MUSEUM OF IMPOSSIBLE RELATIONSHIPS: YELLOW
Friday, 17 November, from 7 pm to 8.30 pm
Function room at the El Sortidor community centre (Pl. Sortidor, 12)
Theatre for adults by Cia. Rommelen
Prior registration at elsortidor.inscripcionscc.com
The protagonist writes in a diary everything that happens to her while living as a recluse after suffering a nervous breakdown, and where she clings on to freedom.
POBLE-SEC FROM A DISSIDENT PERSPECTIVE
Saturday, 18 November, at 11.30 am
Various locations in Poble-sec
Activity for adults by the El Sortidor and Albareda community centres in collaboration with the Cooperativa La Eroteca, Enredem and the Neighbourhood Plan
Prior registration at albareda.inscripcionscc.com
A tour to discover five initiatives promoted by dissident groups. At the end of the activity there’s a finger buffet with Km.0 products.
CURES, KNOWLEDGE AND FLAVOURS
Monday, 20 November, from 6.30 to 8.30 pm
El Sortidor community centre (Pl. Sortidor, 12)
Workshop for adults by Lucia Zaratti from Sindillar
Price: €6 for the ingredients
Prior registration at elsortidor.inscripcionscc.com
A group of women from the Sindillar union explain their knowledge and recipes about care and well-being.
PLACARD AND T-SHIRT WORKSHOP FOR 25N
Tuesday, 21 November, from 10.30 am to 12.30 pm
Casal Concòrdia (C/ Concòrdia, 33-35)
Workshop for adults by the Coordinadora d’Entitats del Poble-sec
Workshops where participants can make placard and print t-shirts with a slogan for 25N.
MUSIC IN DISSIDENCE, MUSICAL DISDAIN
Thursday, 23 November, from 7 pm to 8.30 pm
Albareda community centre (C/ Albareda, 22)
Talk for adults and young people by the vocalist and producer Megane Mercury
Prior registration at albareda.inscripcionscc.com
Session in the ‘Musicalment Parlant’ cycle to talk about musical role-models and influences past and present, such as Yves Tumor and others.
SCANDALOUS SOULS WHO DON’T FIT IN THE WORLD
Wednesday, 29 November, from 7 to 8 pm
Albareda community centre (C/ Albareda, 22)
Theatre for people over 14 by Orientación Colectiva Loli
Prior registration at albareda.inscripcionscc.com
A show against homophobia, reflecting on the taboo, embarrassment, silence, gender identity and sexual orientation in a country that has silenced people, censoring them against their liberty.
PERFORMING ARTS AND MENTAL HEALTH: BODIS IN EXPLORATION AND ‘CACHADA’
Thursday, 30 November, from 6 to 8 pm
El Sortidor community centre (Pl. Sortidor, 12)
Activity for adults
Prior registration at elsortidor.inscripcionscc.com
‘Cossos en Exploració’[Bodies in exploration] is a show celebrating diversity and breaking down the barriers about what we think a body is. In the Cachada, five itinerant salespeople from El Salvador explain their lives.
THE SLEEPING VOICE
Friday, 1 December, at 7 pm
El Sortidor community centre (Pl. Sortidor, 12)
Performance for adults by the Grup Teatre La Coquera
Prior registration at elsortidor.inscripcionscc.com
Narrative produced from the novel by Dulce Chacón portraying what many women suffered and were forced to keep hushed up during the Spanish Civil War.
HOSTAFRANCS
FILM FORUM
Tuesday, 21 November, at 6 pm
Magòria community centre (Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 247)
With Pandora
MAIN EVENT AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE
Thursday, 23 November, at 5.30 pm
Magòria community centre (Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 247)
LA FONT DE LA GUATLLA
SIN MIEDO [FEARLESS]
Friday, 24 November, at 12 noon
Escola Superior de Música Jam Session (C/ Montfar, 16)
Presentation and debate around the 25N anthem Sin Miedo, by the Mexican singer-songwriter Vivir Quintana. Students from the Escola Superior de Música Jam Session and members of the association Ca La Dona will be taking part. The event rounds off with a joint performance of the song by all participants.
CELEBRATION FOR INTERNATION DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Tuesday, 28 November, from 6 pm to 8 pm
Font de la Guatlla community centre (C/ Rabí Rubèn, 22)
Activity for all types of audiences by the Escola Superior de Música Jam Session and the women from the Font de la Guatlla Magòria local residents’ association.
Students from the Escola Superior de Música Jam Session will be performing some songs.
LA MARINA
DON’T LET THE MONSTER IN
From 6 November to 30 December, 10 to 2 pm and 4 pm to 10 pm
Exhibition area at the Espai Jove La Bàscula (C/ Foc, 128)
Digital animation display for all audiences.
Screening of a short animated film showing to what extent a woman can distort reality when she is suffering gender violence within a relationship. The author, Lucía Guardiola, was one of the winners in the MAB call (Mostres Artístiques a la Bàscula) 2023.
ART AGAINST MALE VIOLENCE
Wednesday, 22 November, at 6 pm
Main hall at the Espai Jove La Bàscula (C/ Foc, 128)
Screening for young people aged between 12 and 30
Prior registration at labascula.cat
Screening of short films by young people denouncing the gender violence still present in today’s society.
FEMINIST MEMORIES OF LA MARINA
Thursday, 23 November, from 6.30 pm to 8 pm
Sala Maremar (Escola Bàrkeno. Pg. Zona Franca, 56-64)
Screening of a documentary produced through the debating space ‘Fem Safareig a la Marina’, headed by CooperAcció and La Maria Community Development Plan
With an eco-feminist perspective, and through the experiences of the women interviewed, this documentary looks at various moments and historical chapters in the neighbourhood to generate a meeting space to talk about changes in the local area, the struggles of local people, the community and care network, the role of women in the neighbourhood and more.
WOMEN’S FOOTBALL MATCH BETWEEN ESCOLA DE FÚTBOL ÁNGEL PEDRAZA AND UE SANTS
Friday, 24 November, at 7 pm
La Bàscula sports complex (C/ Foc, 132)
Activity for all the family, organised by the Escola de futbol Ángel Pedraza and UE Sants
The players will be wearing special shirts to raise awareness about 25N.
PROJECT #SEACABÓ (IT’S OVER)
Friday, 24 November, 5.30 m to 7 pm and 7 pm to 8 pm
La Bàscula football pitch (C/ Foc, 132)
Activities for all the family by the Centre Cultural Estrelles Altes in collaboration with the Unió d’Entitats de la Marina, the Escola de fútbol Ángel Pedraza and Unió Esportiva Sants
Workshops on awareness and the prevention of male violence suffered by women, particularly in the sphere of sports.
DIVERSE WOMEN
From 30 November to 30 January 2024
Inauguration: Thursday, 30 November, at 7 pm
Casa del Rellotge community centre (Pg. Zona Franca, 116)
Exhibition for all audiences by ECOM
Photography display about the discrimination suffered by women with disabilities in the various areas of work and their daily lives.
SANTS
FILM FORUM
Tuesday, 21 November, 5 pm to 7 pm
FAB Casa del Mig (C/ Muntadas, 5)
Screening for young people between the ages of 12 and 15 by Joves de Sants-Montjuïc and Aquí T’Escoltem
A film will be shown to raise awareness about 25N. A small debate will follow with information on where to turn in the case of male violence.
Registration at Jovessants-montjuic@bcn.cat or via WhatsApp on 601 648 514
WHAT CAN’T BE SEEN BUT MUST BE SHOWN + REVOLUTION (IS) LIKELY
Thursday, 23 November, at 7 pm
Lleialtat Santsenca (C/ Olzinelles, 31)
Double session of short films by Maria Ruido which explore the memory of the Spanish transition, constructed from images of militant films that contradict the official images of the end of Francoism and the start of democracy, showing unshown memory or at least hegemonic visibility.
All activities are free unless otherwise stated.