The Department of Equality and Murcia Acoge organized last Friday the activity "Coffee and Stories" within the program of activities of the Day of the Book, in the Sociocultural Center "La Cárcel";
an initiative to raise awareness and promote equality among the female immigrant population through an intercultural library initiative.
The activity had the collaboration of the Social Work of La Caixa and was coordinated by the technicians of this Council and Murcia Acoge;
with the participation of several neighbors of Maghrebi origin resident in this municipality.
The Department, in collaboration with the Murcia Acoge Association, has given shape to a space of knowledge of the environment among the female immigrant population of Totana, carrying out different activities that will be carried out during the 2018/19 course at the Municipal Library "Mateo García ", coinciding with the celebration of March 8, International Women's Day.
To this end, the technical collaboration of the Center for Attention to Gender Violence in Totana (CAVI) has been provided, which has offered a space of approximation and knowledge of resources regarding equality in Totana and the Region of Murcia.
In addition, enriching debates have been promoted on the situation of immigrant women in our contemporary society, the problem of gender inequality, the expectations of change, the conception of feminism between cultures, among other issues.