Feminists of the Alliance Against the Erasure of Women have reported that the funds of the State Pact against Gender Violence They were also used in celebrate Pride.
On April 2, the women’s organization asked the Ministry of Equality to investigate the “inappropriate” use of State Pact funds in different activities, for which it cited cases such as ‘Feminist Perreo Festival‘, from the General Directorate of Youth of the Government of the Canary Islands; the ‘Hornazos Workshop. Kneading your own traditions. Taking advantage of Holy Week’, from the Olula del Río City Council, in Almería; or ‘Creative Writing’, from the Colmenarejo City Council, in Madrid.
This Friday Against the Erasure of Women has expanded the list of cases, where, in its opinion, There has been an “inappropriate” use of these funds by different public organizations. in question. Specifically, the organization points out that town councils such as Ibiza, Miranda de Ebro (Burgos), Punta Umbría (Huelva), Aznalcázar (Seville), Isla Cristina (Huelva), Posadas (Córdoba) or Peñaranda de Bracamonte (Salamanca), among others, have funded Pride month celebrations with the funds.
Likewise, he has stated that, in charge of these funds, Talks and conferences against “lgtbphobia”, campaigns in favor of sexual and “gender” diversity, LGBT film festivals or LGBT titles for libraries have been paid for.
Feminists have highlighted the case of Puertollano City Councilwho say that in 2020 he published the ‘Guide: I can be whatever I feel like I am: Transsexuality, Transgender, Intersexual‘.
On the other hand, they have indicated that Some of the initiatives they denounce have been specifically directed at minors, as in the case of the ‘Sex&Chill’ programs. Intervention Program with Minors of the Diversas Association’, ‘School in Transit. Accompaniment of trans students’ or ‘Disentanglements. Affective-Sexual Diversity Education 1st of ESO’, promoted in 2020 and 2021 by the Government of the Canary Islands.
«As we already did in our letter sent to the Minister of Equality on April 1, We demand the reimbursement of the amounts generated by these activities and that they be investigatedmaking available to the Pact Monitoring Commission and the Women’s Participation Council the complete list of activities carried out with these funds,” they stressed.
Likewise, they have emphasized that The “inappropriate” use of the funds of the State Pact “acts to the detriment of the victims“, reduces resources for their protection, removes social attention from the problem, becoming a practice that in many cases even acts contrary to the defense of women’s rights.”
Equality promised to investigate the use of funds
For its part, the Ministry of Equality committed recently with the organization investigate the use of funds of the State Pact against Gender Violence in various activities.
Previously, the department that directs Ana Redondo announced that she would investigate “a dinner for women” which will be held on May 4 in the Cerdedo-Cotobade Council, Pontevedra. An activity that is announced with the logos of the State Pact against Gender Violence and the Ministry of Equality.
According to the statement it issued, “it will study the case and, if the aforementioned dinner is co-financed with funds from the State Pact, will be considered a non-financeable activity“so “it cannot be attributed to the funds of the Gender Violence Pact and the withdrawal of the logos of the State Pact, the Ministry of Equality and the Government of Spain will be requested immediately.”
Likewise, the statement shows that “the activities financed from these funds must necessarily be framed in one of the axes and measures provided for Local Entities in the consolidated document of measures of the State Pact against Gender Violence.” .