The 22 members of the Local Council of Children and Adolescents occupied today the armchairs of the plenary hall of the City Council of San Javier where they have held their first plenary meeting that they have dedicated to gender equality, Education and Culture.
The Mayor of San Javier José Miguel Luengo welcomed them by thanking them for their work and calling them to transfer their proposals to the Government team "which will be taken into account when making decisions."
The Plenary, in which the educational centers of the municipality are represented, cited the councilors of Women and Equality, Ana Belén Martínez and the mayor of Culture and Education David Martínez who responded to the questions and concerns conveyed by the children's and youth representatives .
The members of the Plenary acted as spokespersons for their peers with whom they have worked on the two topics that they themselves chose in the constitution of the Plenary to address in the session held today with the room full of students from different centers.
The Plenary transferred to the municipal representatives different proposals in the field of gender equality, such as the promotion of commercial advertising of toys by age and not by sex and the implementation of its own internet channel managed by the Plenary itself.
They also proposed a media and network campaign in favor of equality throughout the year and other more aggressive in the form of a social experiment facing citizens to limit situations of gender inequality.
They also asked local authorities to help promote equality laws and fight the wage gap between men and women.
In terms of Education and Culture, the Plenary spoke on specific issues such as the improvement of the library service in El Mirador, and were interested in the reason why "Don Juan Tenorio. Dream and reality in the cemetery of San Javier", It was celebrated in a graveyard.
They also showed their interest in matching public and private centers and promoting the creation of an expelled classroom.
They also proposed improvements in accessibility and parks in educational centers.
The councilors of Equality, Ana Belén Martínez and Culture and Education, David Martínez thanked their interest in the issues of their councilors, and made them participants in the activity of their departments in relation to the proposed issues that they promised to study to respond to them .
The Councilor for Social Rights, Estíbaliz Masegosa who attended the Plenary highlighted the importance of the Plenary of Children and Adolescents of San Javier as an organ of dialogue with the City Council "committed to the objectives promoted by UNICEF as a Child Friendly City, providing tools for may his voice be heard and taken into account. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier