Emakunde

Emakunde's director, Mira Elgarresta, has explained in Euskadi Irratia that the number of complaints of gender-based violence or crimes against sexual freedom in the Basque Country is on the rise, an increase which, according to her, is partly due to awareness-raising work and the provision of more resources and services to victims, which provide them with greater protection and encourage them to report.

Both institutions have called for channels of dialogue to achieve an equal Alarde in Hondarribia and have confirmed their presence tomorrow to express their strong support for the Jaizkibel company, a call that coincides with the 30th anniversary of the first attempt by women to participate in the parade and with the climate of social tension created in the village following the breakdown of the mediation process.

According to Emakunde, it has increased by 7% compared to 2025. Victims of domestic violence have increased by 20% in Álava and the number of victims assaulted has increased by 10% in Gipuzkoa.

Emakunde's director recalled that it was 30 years since women first applied to march as soldiers in the Irun Alarde and that the problem had not yet been solved.

Under the slogan 'Feminist Self-Defense in the Face of Aggression', a loud demonstration was held this afternoon in Berriz, where hundreds of citizens joined the protest called by the Feminist Movement to strongly denounce yesterday's macho aggression, to which Emakunde has also joined. 

Municipal officials have said that a report prepared by Emakunde  states that the Equality Plan must address this issue "because of the imbalances in participation".

According to the director of Emakunde, Basque society is "well advanced" in terms of gender equality. "This does not mean that the achievements we have made are fully supported," added Elgarresta, who has warned that the reactionary speeches coming from the right have been echoed in the digital arena.

Kitchens have historically been spaces occupied by women, but when gastronomy has become an important public space, women have become invisible.

This has been denounced today by the women cooks who make up the Bizkaia Cooking Foundation, BISUBI.

Barakaldo City Council has concentrated in Herriko Plaza to denounce the macho murder of a 54-year-old woman. Emakunde's director, Mira Elgarresta, has strongly condemned the murder and blamed "social inequalities" as the main cause of the increase in "social machismo."

The "Name It" tour is aimed at young people and aims to identify male violence in the digital environment, which often goes unnoticed, and to provide digital literacy to detect and name all forms of male violence on networks.

On the international day N to eradicate violence against women, the Euskal Herria Feminist Movement has called demonstrations in the capitals of Euskal Herria (Bilbao, San Sebastián, Vitoria-Gasteiz and Pamplona, 19:00 and Baiona, 18:30). 

On the eve of the day of the eradication of violence against women a, the director of Emakunde, Mira Elgarresta, has spoken in Euskadi Irratia about the complaints of the first 10 months of the year, according to which the data published by the Ertzaintza correspond to the results obtained by Emakunde in the survey on violence against women.

The director of Emakunde, Mira Elgarresta, has been on Radio Vitoria, where she has talked about the right to terminate pregnancy, abortion. In the face of reactionary tendencies against advances in feminism, Elgarresta has defended the right acquired 40 years ago. 

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Zarautz City Council has called for a rally at 7:00 p.m. in Lege Zaharren Plaza, following the arrest of a 47-year-old man accused of killing a 53-year-old woman. Organizations and groups have expressed their revulsion and support for the victim's environment.

Emakunde's director, Mira Elgarresta, recalled at a hearing at the Lauaizeta School in San Sebastián that the aim of the programme is to prevent male violence among young people, "helping to empower girls and help boys reflect on the need for equality, with participation for a more egalitarian society".