Emakunde and the women’s associations have drawn up a list of dates that could be festive in 2024. On November 5, 1933, women voted for the first time in the Basque Country.
Euskaraz irakurri: Emakumeek M8a eta A25a jaiegun izendatzea alboratu dute, eta azaroaren 5aren alde egin dute
Emakunde and the women’s associations have refused to declare 8M and 25N as holidays, and have presented a working document that includes a list of feminist anniversaries. The list has been drawn up in response to the request of the Basque Parliament to the Government.
This parliamentary requirement urged a reflection process with the social agents to designate feminist anniversaries in the 2024 business calendar. Now, the women’s associations have until March 31, in the plenary session of the Emakunde Advisory Commission, to present their proposal to choose the holiday of 2024.
As reported by Emakunde, since the beginning of the debate, March 8 (International Day of Working Women) and November 25 (International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women) have been ruled out, to preserve and protect the protest character of these two days. They have described as “dangerous” its name as a holiday in the work calendar. As they have said, this may hinder feminist goals more than promote them.
Among the dates presented, November 5 has been the one with the greatest consensus by women’s associations. In 1933, women voted for the first time in Euskadi, two weeks before in Spain. In fact, they participated in the vote for Gernika’s Statute of Autonomy, according to documents from the time. In a well-known photo by Indalecio Ojanguren that women appear voting in Eibar.
In the report, it has been decided that dates around feminist events or achievements be proposed, and not names of relevant women in history, to avoid the restrictive nature that a proper name and its particular history could entail and to favor the designation of a broad and inclusive date.
In addition to November 5, another 13 days have been discussed, such as the 18th of February (in 2005 the Equality Law was approved) and the 4th of September (In 1995 the IV. World Conference on Women was held in Beijing).
Source: Eitb
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