Esther Niubó: “We have to redirect the situation to finish the course well”

Esther Niubó: “We have to redirect the situation to finish the course well”

The Minister of Education and Vocational Training, Esther Niubó, speaks with La Vanguardia one day after chairing the meeting between her department and the unions that have been holding a standoff in the streets for two months. Niubó defends the agreement, claiming that never before had 2 billion euros been put on the table for educational improvements. She believes there is room for agreements within it and assures that the Government will not leave the table until it is achieved.

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“It is the cross I have been given”: the resignation that perpetuates gender-based violence in old age

“It is the cross I have been given”: the resignation that perpetuates gender-based violence in old age

“This is the cross I have been given” or “marriage is a lottery and it is for life.” These phrases, still repeated today by older women, reflect one of the less visible realities of sexist violence: resignation and learned helplessness. In this population group, the ‘culture of endurance’ lasts for decades, in many cases within a context of control, humiliation, and abuse normalized by the generational culture to which they belong.

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