After 25N, calm did not arrive. On the contrary: the political climate surrounding equality politics in Toledo is worsening, and the division between the government and opposition teams is becoming clearer. Monthly focus … The local women’s council, far from serving as a rallying point against sexual violence, The stage was again offered this Tuesday Divided into four blocs – PP, PSOE, IU and Progressive Women – and a statement laden with blame for a lack of institutional coherence.
once again, sesibutu walkway, While La Vega was under construction, it hosted the monthly march against gender violence organized by the local women’s council. An event marked once again by the growing confrontation between the government and the opposition, as well as by the particularly critical voice of the Progressive Women’s Group, responsible for reading the statement.
Sexual violence: 365 days
In its statement, Progressive Women warned that gender violence remained a “social emergency” and criticized a lack of continuity in public policies and procedures: “The fight against violence against women is not about meeting four times in the local council, reading a manifesto on the first Tuesday of the month and demonstrating twice a year.” They noted that sexual violence – physical, indirect, psychological, sexual, economic and institutional – is “not a special or isolated problem,” but the result of a system that continues to allow “control, fear and silence over women’s lives.” They demanded adequate protection and resources, effective justice, prevention and education, and zero tolerance for “denial and concealment.”
B: Anti-Violence Unit
Social Affairs Counselor Marisol Ilescas once again called for unity to combat sexual violence, expressing her regret at the recurrence of “exchange of accusations that forget the murdered women and their families” every month. Eliscas stressed the commitment of the municipal government, recalling that this month alone 24 awareness-raising activities were organized, in addition to the permanent initiatives of the Toledo School for Equality. He called for putting aside the political confrontation, saying: “The best way to combat sexual violence is unity, not politics or standing in the face of such a serious problem.” She also defended the need to respect all forms of feminist demands and called for “reason, sensitivity, and unity” after the tensions witnessed by the events of November 25.
PSOE accuses the mayor
Deputy Socialist Spokesman Anna AbellanShe denounced that the mayor “distorts the local women’s council” and implements “graphic” policies, while adopting Fox’s own concepts and replacing the term “sexual violence” with “domestic violence.” He pointed out that 41 women have been killed so far this year, five of them in November: “Behind every number there are women with names and titles. “We cannot normalize this violence.” Abellán criticized the abolition of the old Department of Equality, the suppression of institutional calls for 8-M and 25-N, and the disappearance of the Princesa Galeana Award from municipal budgets. He also accused the mayor of acting alone on official occasions: “He talks about unity, but when the noose has to be placed in the city hall on November 24, he does not notify anyone and takes the photo alone.” The Socialist Workers’ Party called for “real unity, with real policies, not window dressing.”
EO: Criticism of the N-25 program
Representative of the International Federation in the local council, Elisa Fernandez, pHe rebuked the city council for programming the film La Infiltrada to high school students, questioning its connection to gender violence by focusing on ETA and not on raising awareness against masculinity.
Likewise, he denounced the incident at the 25N demonstration, when the reading of the manifesto was interrupted by Christmas music at the Zokodover Ball: “There was not even coordination between the councils to avoid this disrespect.”
Fernandez announced that IU will make claims to increase investment in equality and activate the third equality plan. He criticized that the 2026 budgets are “the same again,” and are limited to maintaining the shelter and the women’s center, without provisions for new policies.