Awareness-raising and advocacy

Exhibitions by women who survived sexist violence—empowered women, who have decided to break the silence. These exhibitions use photographs and words that enable them to express themselves freely in the world surrounding them.

—Dones supervivents (“Woman survivors”)

—Resistències de dones a Catalunya i Palestina (“Women’s resistance in Catalonia and Palestine”)

—Senyes d’identitat, retrats de dones (“Signs of identity, portraits of women”)

We support the struggle of women in Palestine against the Israeli occupation and the patriarchy as well as the work of civil society organisations working for the rights of the Palestinian people.

In Catalonia, we carry out awareness-raising and advocacy actions aimed at exposing the situation of Palestinian women, their struggles and strategies of resistance, and the challenges facing organisations that defend the human rights of the Palestinian people. We work with Palestinian partners and join forces with networks and other bodies. The results of this collective work include film forums with Sodepau, publications with the Escola de Cultura de Pau (UAB), and the website “Tasharuk: Gènere, cultura i resistències a Palestina” (“Tasharuk: Gender, Culture and Resistance in Palestine”), among many others.

—Tasharuk, website

—Film forums with Sodepau: Palestina amb ulls de dona (“Palestine from a woman’s eyes”)

—Publications with Escola de Cultura de Pau (UAB)

We collaborate with the Institut de les Desigualtats (“Inequality Institute”) on projects against gender Islamophobia and to promote anti-racism.

— XVII Forum against Gender Violence

— XVI Forum against Gender Violence

At Hèlia, we prioritise working in networks and political advocacy to promote feminism at all walks of life. This is why we are an active part of the following spaces, from which we actively advocate for women’s rights:

• CSW – United Nations Commission on the Status of Women
• Plataforma CEDAW Catalunya
• WAVE – Women Against Violence Europe
• CNDC – National Women’s Council of Catalonia
• LaFede.cat – Organisations for Global Justice (Line of Feminisms and Working Group on Palestine)

• Unitary Platform against Gender Violence
• Barcelona Municipal Women’s Council (Working Group on Sexist Violence against Women)
• Eixample District Women’s Council
• Eixample Circuit against Sexist Violence against Women
• Xarxa 210

• Commission on feminisms and social change (Sagrada Família Community Plan)
• Feminist movements based on 8 March and 25 November

Since 2016, we have been organising the yearly Congress for Eradicating Sexist Violence against in the social and health services together withSEPC Clínic, the Comission on Intrafamiliar and Gender Violence at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, the Centre for Health Analysis and Programmes (CAPS )and the Women’s health Comission. This congress is the result of our collaboration with the professionals of the Health Work Committees (HWC) in Palestine, which helpus to promote the gender perspective in the social and healthcare fields in Catalonia to facilitate detecting and preventing sexist violence against women.

—V Congrés de Salut i Gènere

—IV Congrés de Salut i Gènere

—III Congrés de Salut i Gènere

—II Congrés de Salut i Gènere

—I Congrés de Salut i Gènere

With thel training cycle on sexist violence against women we promote awarness and training for professionals, volunteers in direct contact with women who are suffering from sexist violence against women and the general public ciutadania general. We do this through a monthly workshop on sexist violence against women where, in addition to disseminating knowledge, we foge alliances between women’s services nd assistance organisations and provide strategies for better detection and attention in sexist violence against women.

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Exhibitions by women who survived sexist violence, empo wered women who had decided to break the silence. Theseexhibitions use photographs and words , that enabled them to express themselves freely in the world sourrounding them.

—Dones supervivents (“Woman suvivors”)

—Resistències de dones a Catalunya i Palestina (“Women’s resistance in Catalonia and Palestine”)

—Senyes d’identitat, retrats de dones (“Signs of identity, portraits of women”)

—Mirades de dona

Documentary that presents the story of three women survivors of sexist violence linked to the Associació Hèlia, with the collaboration of CLICme and made by Otoxo Productions.

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We support the struggle of women in Palestine against the Israeli occupation and the patriarchy as well as the work of civil society organisations working for the rights of the Palestinian people.

In Catalonia, we carry out awareness-raising and advocacy actions aimed at exposing the situation of Palestinian women, their struggles and strategies of resistance, and the challenges facing organisations that defend the human rights of the Palestinian people. We work with Palestinian partners and join forces with networks and other bodies. The results of this collective work include film forums with Sodepau, publications with the Escola de Cultura de Pau (UAB), and the website “Tasharuk: Gènere, cultura i resistències a Palestina” (“Tasharuk: Gender, Culture and Resistance in Palestine”), among many others.

—Tasharuk, website

—Film forums with Sodepau: Palestina amb ulls de dona (“Palestine from a woman’s eyes”)

—Publications with Escola de Cultura de Pau (UAB)

We collaborate with the Institutde les Desigualtats (“Inequality Institute”) on projects against gender Islamophobia and to promote anti-racism l’antirracisme. We collaborate with the Institut de les Desigualtats (“Inequality Institute”) on projects against gender Islamophobia and to promote anti-racism.

— XVII Forum against Gender Violence

— XVI Forum against Gender Violence