Councilwoman Women and Equal Opportunities, Josefa María Sánchez, and the municipal charge of Sports, José Antonio Valverde Reina, have closed the course on "Table Tennis", jointly organized for the first time, aimed at women over 30 years in order to promote female participation in physical exercise and sporting activity in the locality.
This free sports training activity that has developed in the Multipurpose Room of City Hall "Manolo Ibáñez, is part II of the objectives of the Equal Opportunity Plan, particularly in the area of Culture, Recreation and Sports, as is "to promote women's sport."
The foundation of this course was to make sections of the population who have not had access to the sport can do so now with the aim of promoting women's sport, explained Councillor Women and Equal Opportunities, Josefa María Sánchez.
Physical activity and sport, according to the Councillor for Sports, José Antonio Valverde Queen, "take on increasing importance in the lives of people, because its practice is related to fundamental aspects of daily life and well-being (improved health, social skills and instills healthy habits while forging a positive attitude towards life, etc..). "
Women's participation in physical activity and sport has been and still is today, less than men, according to María Josefa said Sanchez, who argued that "women have traditionally been excluded from the sports world , considered socially incompatible with the role that was assigned to the family. "
Through this initiative, both councils are intended to encourage the practice of sport as "a complementary and enriching the sport is taken as a healthy habit, and also is a factor to aid in the incorporation of women in society."
Municipal representatives, who congratulated the 16 students who have completed the course, which has been given on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 13 May to 24 June from 4:30 to 5:30 or 8:15 to 9:00 and room, they handed over the diploma, encouraging these women to continue with physical exercise.
