Women and Human Rights
Women's rights
The equal enjoyment of human rights by women and men is a universally accepted principle reaffirmed by the Vienna Declaration, which was adopted by 171 countries at the World Conference on Human Rights in June 1993.
The areas covered by the Declaration are:
- Equal access to basic social services, including education and health services
- Equal opportunities for participation in political and economic decision-making
- Equal pay for equal work
- Equal protection under the law
- Elimination of gender discrimination and elimination of violence against women
- Equal rights of citizens in all spheres of life, public (such as the workplace) and private (such as the home).
FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE AND WOMEN'S SUPPORT
Although it is undeniable that in the last 25 years, women have made significant progress in the development and have moved towards equality with men in areas such as education and health, their opportunities for participation in some areas, such as economics or politics, remain limited..
In some countries, legislation also does not allow them to enjoy the same protection and rights as men.
At Fundación por la Justicia we consider that women play a key role in the development of their societies. For this reason, an important part of the projects that have been carried out over the years have been centred around three essential components:
- Equal opportunities for all people in society
- Sustainability of these opportunities, from one generation to the next
- Empowering people, so that they participate in and benefit from the development process
PROJECTS
Learn about the armed conflict in Colombia
Understanding the Colombian armed conflict is sometimes difficult. That's why we want to bring it closer to the Valencian Community thanks to our collaboration with the Colombian Commission of Jurists, who have firsthand knowledge of what this conflict has meant and continues to mean...
Humans Fest, the qualifying festival for the Goya Awards in the short film categories
Humans Fest, the Valencia International Human Rights Film Festival organized by the Foundation for Justice since 2009, has been officially recognized by the Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a qualifying festival for...
Gaza cannot wait. The Foundation for Justice joins the urgent manifesto.
This manifesto is not a plea. It's a cry. It's a fist on the table of indifference. It's an urgent call to the world's conscience. Today, the signatory organizations—the National Committees for UNICEF and UNRWA in Spain, Oxfam Intermón, Doctors Without Borders...
30 years promoting rights, building opportunities: The Foundation for Justice celebrates its anniversary in Valencia
The Foundation for Justice celebrated its 30th anniversary on June 16th with an event at the Valencia Botanical Gardens that drew nearly 200 people. A day of gratitude, remembrance, and looking to the future, which highlighted three decades of defending human rights...
"No dogs allowed" and "My sweet land", both premieres in Spain, win the Official Feature Film Section of the 16th Humans Fest
The German production directed by Steve Bache, which addresses the taboo of pedophilia, receives the award for Best Fiction Feature Film. Sareen Hairabedian's feature film, which depicts an armed conflict through the eyes of a child, has been recognized as Best...
The Valencian Parliament renounces the prosecution of corruption
The reforms implemented during this past year and part of the previous one, as well as the approval of Law 5/2025, ultimately dismantle the AVAF as an independent office for the fight against corruption. The undersigned civil society organizations...
À Punt, the official media outlet of the Humans Fest, dedicated this year to the role of journalism in conflicts
À Punt is once again the official media outlet for the Valencia International Film and Human Rights Festival, Humans Fest. The Valencian public broadcaster has signed an agreement with the Foundation for Justice of the Valencian Community (FxJ), which is responsible for the...
Humans Fest brings 10 new feature films to Valencia in the Official Section of its 16th edition and awards its honorary prize to Hernán Zin.
The festival, organized by the Foundation for Justice, will be held from May 29 to June 7 and will once again bring screenings to the neighborhoods (La Torre, Nazaret, and Orriols). This year's honorary award recipient, reporter and documentary filmmaker Hernán Zin, will attend...
The ICAV hosts a Foundation for Justice conference on new challenges in the fight against money laundering.
Leading experts will analyze the legal, institutional, and social challenges of changing European regulations in Valencia. The Valencia Bar Association (ICAV) hosted this morning's conference on money laundering,...







