Women's organisations from the social and solidarity economy will meet in Seville to reflect on the economic, climatic, political, migratory and sexual dissidence challenges we are facing today.
Among the speakers will be María Palomares Arenas, executive director of the Calala Fondo de Mujeres foundation, Blanca Crespo from REAS Andalucía, Pastora Filigrana from the cooperative Abogadas Andaluzas and Antonia Ávalos from the cooperative Mujeres Supervivientes. All of them lead and work in social organisations that play a vital role in the advancement of women's human rights in Spain.
This talk, open to the general public, is part of the private conference: “Feminist Solidarity Economy in Resistance” which will take place from 27 to 29 September in the Andalusian capital, where women's organisations will be able to share initiatives, generate synergies and collaborative projects, promote alliances to seek funding and build new narratives on the importance of their role in society.
These groups promote women's economic autonomy and social leadership because, in addition to being sources of self-employment and employment, they provide their communities with essential social services such as support in cases of gender violence, soup kitchens for people experiencing difficulties, legal, socio-labour or migratory guidance, training in new technologies for the elderly and women without resources, among others.
According to Antonia Ávalos of the cooperative Mujeres Supervivientes, “women's social organisations act from diversity and political and bodily pluralities. In the neighbourhood, with our neighbours, spinning together pains, worries, injustices... and then spinning together the answers. To feel less alone when we think we are going to be thrown out of our homes, when we don't have enough to eat, to pay the electricity bill, when we are mistreated, to work collectively on the daily emergencies that, in the end, dignify lives. And these answers, Feminists offer them through accompaniment, affection and tenderness.”.
The organisation and part of the financing of the conference is covered by the Dalia Fund, a solidarity initiative led by Calala Fondo de Mujeres and promoted by seven partner organisations: La Comala, Mujeres Pa'lante, Mujeres Supervivientes, Labcoop, Iacta, Metzineres and Otro Tiempo. We also have the backing of a network of 50 affiliated feminist organisations and cooperatives from all over the country.
The talk will take place on Wednesday 27 September, from 18:30 to 21:00 h, at Casa Pumarejo, Plaza de Pumarejo 3, Seville. Attendance is open to the public until full capacity is reached and it will be necessary to register in advance at this link.
Below is a list of the speakers for journalists interested in interviewing them, preferably at the end of the talk. For more information, please contact Suyén Martínez by email: suyen@calala.org o calala@calala.org
Profiles of the speakers
María Palomares Arenas
Executive Director of Calala Women's Fund
Graduate in Journalism, with training in Gender and Development and Culture of Peace. She has worked in different non-governmental development cooperation organisations. As a feminist activist, she participates in local groups such as Dones x Dones and Feministes Indignades, and has been a member of the International Network of Women in Black since 1996.
Blanca Crespo
REAS Andalusia
Journalist and communicator, specialising in solidarity economy and transition alternatives. Founder of the association La Transicionera, which has been seeking to facilitate eco-social transitions since 2014. Head of communications at REAS Red de Redes. Activist in various movements, such as the solidarity economy, feminist and climate justice movements. Coordinator of the blog Me Cambio.
Pastora Filigrana
Cooperativa Abogadas Andaluzas
Graduate in Law from the University of Seville, currently a practising lawyer at the Seville Bar Association. Specialist in Labour and Trade Union Law, expert in Immigration Law. Master's Degree in Human Rights, Interculturality and Development from the University of Pablo Olavide in Seville. Cooperativist. Activist for the Defence of Human Rights in different social movements, member of the Andalusian Union of Workers (SAT), feminist and mixed race gypsy.
Antonia Avalos
President of Women Survivors
Migrant Woman, Professor of History at the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Mexico. PhD in Anthropology in Interdisciplinary and Gender Studies. Member of the Asociación Sevillana de Psicoanálisis de la Buhaira (ASPB). Decolonial feminist activist, she belongs to the Network of Latin American and Caribbean Women in Spain. She believes in a world with social justice and love for the transformation of women's lives, where poetry and SOLIDARITY are part of human relations. Despite the injustice of the racist-patriarchal system, she believes in politics as a daily praxis of care and affection, giving hope a chance and preserving Nature.
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