Lagoa reveals first Maria Barroso Award winner on Women's Day

Night closes with a concert by the Algarve Susana Travassos

Maria do Céu da Cunha Rego, jurist, with professional and civic work in the field of equality between men and women, international migrations and support for Portuguese communities abroad, was unanimously chosen by the jury to receive the first Maria Barroso Award, at a ceremony to take place in Lagoa, on March 8, International Women's Day.

The award ceremony for the 1st edition of the Maria Barroso Award, scheduled for 21 pm, at the Carlos do Carmo Auditorium, will be presided over by the mayor of Lagoa, accompanied by elements of the municipal executive and other entities involved.

After the award, Susana Travassos from the Algarve takes to the stage. The singer, who assumes musical and affective ties with Brazil and Latin America, will sing, among other songs from her upcoming album “Pássaro Palavra”, the theme “No Doeu”, composed by Luísa Sobral, being a challenge to a new awareness of domestic violence.

This biennial award, announced on March 8, 2018 by the mayor Francisco Martins, was instituted by the Municipality of Lagoa in collaboration with the Vila Vita Parc Group, with an endowment of 30 thousand euros, and aims to distinguish women or men who, individually or in front of institutions, develop relevant work in the areas of non-discrimination, gender equality and citizenship.

For this first edition, the jury unanimously chose Maria do Céu da Cunha Rêgo, acknowledging, according to the municipality, her «relevant contribution in the performance of her professional and civic activity in the field of gender equality, with a strong influence on her introduction to the national agenda. and European of matters associated with the reconciliation of work/family and private life, standing out in the functions of Secretary of State for Equality in the XIV Constitutional Government».

The winner was also chairman of the Commission for Equality in Labor and Employment, vice-chairman of the Commission for Equality and Women's Rights, member of the board of directors of the European Institute for Gender Equality, deputy to the Secretary's Office of State of the Portuguese Communities and member of the Advisory Committee on Equality between Men and Women of the European Commission, among other functions that he performed throughout his life, «while maintaining an active participation in academia and public life in general ».

The Maria Barroso Award jury met on the 21st of February, in Lagoa, and the work was directed by Francisco Martins, president, secretary by the Local Councilor for Equality, Sandra Generoso.

In addition to the City Council, Manuel Cabral, director of the Vila Vita Parc Group, Isabel Barroso Soares, representing the family of Maria Barroso, Anália Torres, professor of sociology at ISCSP, Higher Institute of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lisbon and founder and coordinator of CIEG, Interdisciplinary Center for Gender Studies, Clara de Jesus, consultant and expert in Gender Equality; Teresa Fragoso, president of the Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality, Virgínia Ferreira, PhD in sociology, assistant professor at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra (FEUC), permanent researcher at CES, Center for Social Studies and founding member of the Portuguese Association of Women's Studies.

In a press release, the Câmara de Lagoa emphasizes that «today, more than ever, the fundamental role of women in society and respect for their dignity as a person is discussed. Women's civic participation in equal circumstances and rights is accompanied by the existence of stereotypes that refer to the conceptions of the role of women and men in society. The relationship of women and men with private life is the backbone of these stereotypes».

“Remarkable progress in promoting awareness of gender equality in public terms has fueled the fundamental proposals for the definition of the Sustainable Development Goals, with the design of the 2030 Agenda, in which goal 5 refers to guidelines aimed at achieving equality and empower all women and girls”, adds the municipality.

It is in this context that the Municipality of Lagoa proposes, for the 8th of March, the commemorations of the International Women's Day, «continuing an already recognized and awarded investment in the areas of gender equality and citizenship».

In 2019, the United Nations once again calls for “the International Women's Day to be an opportunity for all women to raise their voices and claim their rights”.

Therefore, concludes the Câmara de Lagoa, «on this day we pay homage to the great woman who was Maria Barroso, an Algarvean, Portuguese and European woman, who distinguished herself in her time by her intense civic, democratic and cultural participation, determined in the defense of the values ​​that he understood that they were fundamental».

 

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