8M in the city’s neighbourhoods, districts and facilities
Barcelona City Council is marking this year’s International Women’s Day with the slogan “Breaking the glass ceiling”, to combat the segregation which prevents women from accessing positions of responsibility in the professional sphere and which sustains gender stereotypes and traditional models. Barcelona will be marking the occasion in full, with numerous activities all around the city: themed cycles, lectures, workshops, concerts and more.
These are the main events being organised in each district, but you can find a variety of activities for all types of audiences on the 8M website.
CIUTAT VELLA
Ceremony: Lighting up the façade of the district office in purple to mark International Women’s Day
Date: 8 March, from 6.30 pm to 10.30 pm
Place: District Office, Plaça de Vicenç Martorell
NOU BARRIS
Ceremony: Feminist waves: from origins to the present. Reading of the manifesto, performance and round table
Date: 15 March, from 6 pm to 8 pm
Place: Plenary chamber at the District Office, Plaça Major
HORTA-GUINARDÓ
Ceremony: Discussion about the glass ceiling
Date: 7 March, from 6 pm to 8.30 pm
Place: Centre Cívic Casa Groga
SARRIÀ – SANT GERVASI
Ceremony: Reading of the manifesto and fair for women’s organisations
Date: 9 March, at 6 pm
Place: Plaça del Consell de la Vila
LES CORTS
Ceremony: Round table “Glass ceiling and sticky floor. Women’s world of work”
Date: 5 March, at 6 pm
Place: Centre Cívic Tomasa Cuevas – Les Corts
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Ceremony: Lighting up the façade of the district office
Date: 8 March, from 6.30 pm to 10 pm
Place: Plaça de Comas
GRÀCIA
Ceremony: Round table with the slogan “Sport also has a woman’s name”, with the speaker Judith Solanas and various women directors and sportswomen from Gràcia. Concludes with a women’s water polo match
Date: 7 March at 6.30 pm
Place: Can Toda municipal sports centre
L’EIXAMPLE (WOMEN’S COUNCIL)
Ceremony: Women’s circle by the Fundació Aroa, institutional speeches and the 8M manifesto, choral performance #metoo, by Dona Cançó, social dance display for integration with Descaballadas and Punt Lila Eixample to introduce organisations and services
Date: 9 March, from 11 am to 2 pm
Place: Casa Elizalde courtyard, C/ València, 302
SANT MARTÍ
Ceremony: Breaking the glass ceiling
Date: 6 March, at 6 pm
Place: Plaça del Mercat del Clot
SANT ANDREU
Ceremony: Reading of the manifesto, round table “Women’s voices” and graphic performance by a resident artist from the Fabra i Coats art factory. Presented by the comedian Vanessa Lokiu
Date: Tuesday, 5 March, at 6 pm
Place: Espai Bota at the Fabra i Coats
SANTS-MONTJUÏC
Facilities and organisations in the district are marking International Women’s Day with fifty cultural and community activities from February through to April. Find them all here.
