Under the slogan “Building alliances against sexism towards women”, the call for the 17^th edition of the 25 November award brought together projects based on strategies to prevent sexist violence in four main spheres which account for a large part of daily life for women and citizens: commerce, culture, sport and education.

Combatting gender violence from the neighbourhood

“Totes som Punt Lila” is a pioneering project to tackle sexist violence by involving local people, facilities, shops and businesses in Sant Antoni. The approach adopted by the local residents’ organisation, Associació Veïnal de Sant Antoni, creates a network of close collaboration between neighbourhood people and bodies, focusing on awareness among everybody living in the neighbourhood when it comes to identifying cases of sexist violence and on the work of community networks to provide support and assistance in these cases.

The initiative offers specific actions, such as specialised information and awareness gazebos, recognition of unsafe routes and spaces and the rollout of night-time exploratory walks. At the same time, the intention is to choose and train shops and businesses to become purple points in the neighbourhood of Sant Antoni.

As the winning project for the award, the association will receive 15,000 euros and municipal support to be able to implement the initiative.