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
Humans Fest dedicates its 16th edition to armed conflicts and the culture of peace, but accepts any work on human rights in its official section
The Valencia International Film and Human Rights Festival, organised by the Foundation for Justice, will be held from 29 May to 7 June. As a novelty, a cycle will be held on this year's theme, while the films in competition will be able to...
Journalist Pilar Almenar, new director of the Humans Fest
The Valencia International Film and Human Rights Festival, Humans Fest, organised by the Foundation for Justice since 2009, will have journalist Pilar Almenar as its new director in its 16th edition, which will take place throughout the next year. Almenar will be the new director of the festival.
Humans Lab awards the script for “Alcría”, a short film that rescues the history of the disappeared Valencian hamlet of El Pouet
Its author, Óscar Jiménez, is a journalist who has decided to document the neighbourhood that preceded his current neighbourhood: Campanar in Valencia. A total of eight projects have participated in the Humans Fest audiovisual creation laboratory, to which the following were presented...
Almudena Carracedo and Carlos Marques-Marcet offer master classes open to the public in Valencia within the Humans Fest audiovisual creation laboratory
For its second edition, the Humans Lab has selected a total of eight short film projects on human rights from among the more than 60 that have been submitted. Rafa Molés, director and producer from Valencia, will also give an exclusive pitch session for the...
Humans Lab confirms the participation of filmmaker Almudena Carracedo as a mentor and extends the registration period
Carracedo is known for works such as “You are not alone. The fight against the pack” (Ondas Award 2024), “The silence of others” (Goya Award 2019) and “Made in LA” (Emmy Award 2008) Given the exceptional circumstances following the DANA, the registration period...
Director Carlos Marques-Marcet will be a mentor in the Humans Fest 2024 audiovisual creation laboratory
The filmmaker, who received the Goya for best new director with his first feature film, has just won the Platform Award at the Toronto Film Festival for his new film. His participation will inaugurate the second edition of Humans Lab with a master class that will be...
The visit of Paraguayan activists to Valencia: a bridge between the neighborhood struggle and the defense of human rights
From October 13 to 19, 2024, Paraguayan activists Miguel Sanabria Irepa and Hugo Vázquez Parini, representing FEDEM PY, visited Valencia on a tour organized by the Foundation for Justice to raise awareness of the neighborhood struggle for human rights in...
Participatory colloquium at ICAV highlights the value of dialogue in preventing institutional corruption
Last Thursday, October 17, the Illustrious College of Lawyers of Valencia hosted a participatory colloquium on the Paraguayan neighborhood struggle, within the framework of the visit of various neighborhood activists from the country to Valencia. This conference was attended by...
Successful premiere of the documentary Escuela Vecinal/Paraguay at Espacio La Misti
Yesterday, at Espacio La Misti, the long-awaited premiere of the documentary "Escuela Vecinal/Paraguay" took place, a testimony of the struggle of neighborhood activism in Paraguay against institutionalized corruption. This space, known for being a self-managed place and a...