International Women's Day at BIOPARC Valencia.

Today, Women's Day, BIOPARC Valencia as a wild nature space committed to the conservation of natural spaces and the biodiversity of the planet, wanted to be a “stopping station” for a group of more than 50 women who began their march walking from the Empalme station where they have one of its headquarters the Alanna Association. The route had the final destination in the Lonja and the Town Hall square to see the mascletà together. In BIOPARC it has had its point of recovery of forces. With a healthy and very Valencian breakfast with views of the Savannah and under the gaze of zebras, giraffes and gazelles.

Later a manifesto has been read before the herd of elephants and the symbolic baobab forest. The text written by one of the members of Alanna to be read today is a message of hope for so many women who suffer the scourge of violence. The reading has been done the writer María Villamayor, author of the novels “The 12 keys” y “Dead years”.

The choice of venue Elephants It is because this species has great intelligence and is structured in matriarchies. The female has the role of organizing the pack. In BIOPARC Valencia there is a group of young elephants that could be seen while the event was taking place. In it it has been given visibility to a banner where it could be read “Against gender violence, free women.”

The Alanna Association, women at risk of exclusion and gender violence.

Alanna Association is a Valencian NGO. Works with women at risk of social exclusion and in many cases of victims of gender violence. In fact, this morning in the commemorative photos of the event, many of the attendees were not able to leave for their own safety. Alanna is developing numerous actions and promoting activities aimed at ensuring that more and more women can choose their destiny from freedom. Among others, under the motto “I decide my path.” They have completed sections of the Camino de Santiago and the First Race was also organized in Valencia against gender violence as a way to involve society in this peaceful fight. All of this represents different ways of working, both from the empowerment of individual self-esteem. As from the collective action of commitment in the transformation of behaviors.

Woman and Mother Earth are united and that is what we wanted to be present on this March 8: the importance of respect for the Earth and women as an individual and collective commitment.

This morning of March 8 BIOPARC Valencia has shared with this group of people respect for the environment and women as a way of joining efforts for a better future for everyone, humanity and the planet.. Because the commitment to the preservation of BIODIVERSITY It also implies responsibility for the eradication of poverty, violence, injustice or social exclusion.