International Women's Day: raising awareness and deconstructing gender stereotypes

Make children actors

The 4th grade class from Villefort college traveled to Mende for this day. The 23 students played non-contact mixed rugby, participated in workshops and were able to interact with the associations present at the Chapter. "This day enters into the well-being project, explains Karim Hani, education assistant (AED) at the college. They are in a human-sized college and they are aware of harassment, equality, violence…"By participating in the workshops, they become actors and not observers. "They are used to interventions in class, but this is different, continues the AED . They are the ones who create the moment."

At the end of the afternoon, round tables allowed for dialogue and debate with sportswomen and managers on the place of women in sport, from amateur to professional level.

The action continues this Saturday, March 9 and is open to the general public, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Chapter, in Mende.

Thirty people gathered for "real equality"

A minute of silence was observed in memory of the victims of femicide. Midi Libre – Célian Guignard

Thirty people braved the cold and rain, this Friday March 8, 2024, to gather at Place de la République, in Mende, at the call of the CFDT, the CGT, the FSU, Solidaires and Unsa. A mobilization which demanded "real equality" between men and women. Their demands: equal pay and careers; the revaluation of predominantly female professions; quality public services meeting needs, particularly in early childhood; means to combat gender-based and sexual violence. 

The demonstrators obviously took the opportunity to welcome the inclusion in the Constitution of the freedom to resort to voluntary termination of pregnancy (abortion), under the slogan "we won". Before the end of this gathering, a minute of silence was also observed in tribute to all the victims of ;a feminicide since the start of the year.