SubjectFeminism and women
“I wanted to show the Barcelona of those who have a harder time of it”
Belén Funes
Belén Funes is a film director. Her first film, La hija de un ladrón (A Thief’s Daughter), has garnered, among other accolades, the Goya Award for Best New...
Isn’t culture for me? Diversity and inequalities in cultural participation
The two key words in the first survey on cultural participation and needs in Barcelona are diversity and inequality. The survey reveals that the desire to take part...
“Sometimes I wonder: with so much information, when do we think?”
Lídia Heredia
Each morning, we can start the day listening to Lídia Heredia on her TV3 programme Els matins. Credibility, rigour and professionalism are words that...
The generational gapYoung women, between inequality and empowerment
Young people are dominating new discourses on gender and challenging much of the discrimination, contempt and violence that older generations had systematised....
Violence against women, a global and local scourge
One in five women in the world has suffered sexual abuse in childhood and one in three has been the victim of physical or sexual violence. According to the 2016...
Let’s embrace the debate and broaden our perspective
It was not so long ago that we referred to “crimes of passion” and the Spanish Civil Code enforced “the duty of marital obedience”. We have dispelled the stereotype...
“I feel much freer in music, playing the piano, than in life”
Clara Peya
Seeing Clara Peya (1983) on stage, sitting in front of the piano, is an unforgettable experience. She approaches it, surrendering her body and her soul to a new...
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