“Devoted housewifewho, without ceasing to be so, leaves for the vineyards to seek additional help for the family economy.” This is how the Women’s Center of La Puebla de Almoradiel (Toledo) describes the grape harvester in the poster that he published to commemorate the International Day of Rural Womenwhich is celebrated on October 15.
And this portrait of rural women has sparked controversy. From the United Left of Castile-La Mancha, they ask that it be rectified or withdrawn, considering that it offers an image of the the grape harvesters as “submissive” women. And they reject the “subordinate and submissive role” within the organization and the family economy that this representation offers, which does not correspond to reality, they say.
The regional spokesperson for IU, Isabel Álvarez, encourages the Women’s Center of the city of Toledo to “update its discourse” on the occasion of such an important day that requires the visibility of women “in an active role in rural and agricultural development, eradication of poverty and improvement of food security.
The Minister of Equality of Castile-La Mancha, Sara Simón, assured this Tuesday that the Women’s Center of La Puebla de Almoradiel is reviewing the poster it prepared on the occasion of the International Day of rural women, in order to “position and make rural women visible as they are currently recognized.
Simón commented that the poster “tries to pay homage to those women who traditionally have to stay at home and who have effectively supported the local economy also in the countryside” although “perhaps The terminologies used today are neither the most appropriate nor the most precise. to represent what the role of women means in our rural world.
For this reason, he clarified that the poster is being revised and that “we are also working with the Women’s Institute to position and make visible rural women as we recognize them and how we value them today. A woman who undertakes, who settles in our communities, who has also decided to occupy the leading roles that have been refused to her practically all her life.
