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## The Rector of the UJI calls for challenges to be met on International Women's Day

03/03/2020 |
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The commemoration of International Women's Day began at the Universitat Jaume I in Castelló with the reading of a manifesto by M.ª José Senent, vice-president of the Isonomia Foundation; Sonia Reverter, director of the University Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies; Mercedes Alcañiz, director of the Equality Unit; Pilar Safont, vice-rector for Language Promotion and Equality, and Eva Alcón, rector of the UJI.

In her subsequent speech, the rector commented that it is a day of celebration "for all that has been achieved, such as legal and educational equality or incorporation into the labour market and public space", but also of vindication for all the challenges that still remain to be achieved "because we still do not enjoy real equality, because women do not have the representation that corresponds to us in places of economic and political decision-making, in academia, in research.... and because we still have to make a lot of progress on issues such as co-responsibility in household tasks and in the care of children and the elderly, a challenge that also affects men", she said.

Rector Alcón recalled that the UJI has defended equality as an institutional principle since its inception and mentioned the work carried out for decades by the University Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies or the Isonomia Foundation, which are "examples of an enviable and pioneering work, to which other resources have been added such as the Equality Unit or the research of many research groups. The rector recalled that the Spanish Minister for Equality, Irene Montero, has announced the recognition of feminist and gender studies as an area of knowledge when it comes to evaluating a scientific career or assessing the research sections of teaching and research staff.

Finally, the rector commented that this year's celebration coincides with the bicentenary of the birth of Concepción Arenal, the first female university student who attended classes as a listener but without the possibility of obtaining a degree, "a woman ahead of her time and a pioneer of feminism in Spain, whose rebellion against established norms laid the foundations of a struggle that, two centuries later, has resulted in more than half of university students being women".

Photographs: [https://www.uji.es/com/fotonoticies/archivo/2020/03/día-de-la-mujer-uji-03-03-2020/](https://www.uji.es/com/fotonoticies/archivo/2020/03/día-de-la-mujer-uji-03-03-2020/ )

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