To celebrate the INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY in FUENLABRADA SOCIAL CENTER , started watching a documentary on a women's group in Burkina. In the photo you see how many we were, more than 100 (and the TV was small in proportion ..).
Then we split into two discussion groups:
One did a sharing of opinions on the documentary group, compared with the Dynamique Femme, and write ideas and suggestions on the board, for best performance Social Centre. It was concluded that the center, in addition to functioning as a site of WORK - living is top priority for all present-must continue to function as TRAINING center, practice and theory, and literacy. It was also noted the importance of the center as a place of COEXISTENCE EXCHANGE and of experiences between women of Joal-Fadiouth, and abroad. They suggested to make more films about women in other countries, because the experience of this film seemed very rich, and think they see examples of what happens to other women in the world, we can open new horizons.
I asked what they thought was the role of MEN in this process of development and learning of spoken, to understand if they felt as a support or rather as a liability. Then came the issue of overloading of women, they suffer especially, being enterprising and go away while taking the traditional responsibility of all the housework. They said that they are too late to change things in that regard, and no effort to do so, but try to educate their children so that in the future to share the housework with women.
In the other group aimed to create among a PORTRAIT of a woman of Joal-Fadiouth, what it does, what he thinks, how he lives. Each one was taking notes, and wrote on the blackboard one day typical. This was almost entirely occupied in housework and family or in various productive activities. They were surprised to see in writing what they do, and when they spoke of other activities, rest time, studying, reading, what the interest, few could say something that was not related to the care of others or environment.
In the other group aimed to create among a PORTRAIT of a woman of Joal-Fadiouth, what it does, what he thinks, how he lives. Each one was taking notes, and wrote on the blackboard one day typical. This was almost entirely occupied in housework and family or in various productive activities. They were surprised to see in writing what they do, and when they spoke of other activities, rest time, studying, reading, what the interest, few could say something that was not related to the care of others or environment.
then wrote WISHES for the future, and the result was similar to that of another group: the first point, work, then training as a necessary complement to the first, and at last, the opening to the outside the exchange of knowledge, contacts between women's groups in Senegal, Africa (raised to contact the group of Burkina to fraternize with them) and around the world. Particularly mentioned the desire for closer ties with the Women's Council of its sister city, FUENLABRADA .
The day ended with several well lit and feminist discourses of the main leaders, which led to a condescending smile-very few-men who had joined the celebration, and enthusiastic applause of all women.
whereas this year the day coincided with the great annual pilgrimage to Touba, the holy city, and that half Joal was in the religious event, everyone considered our petite celebration a success, so we came home all very satisfied, and at least I, with much learned.
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