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The Women's Associations Fair returns to Heroes de Cavite this weekend (05/10/2018)

October is the month of the fairs in Cartagena.

As is tradition, during these 31 days several samples from different areas are held in the municipality.

Within the framework of this event, the Women's Associations Fair opens on Friday, October 5, and its stands will remain open until Sunday, October 7.

The Fair of Women's Associations, promoted by the Department of Equality, will have 47 stands, of which 36 will be occupied by Women's Associations of Cartagena.

The stalls will be located in Plaza Heroes de Cavite.

The main purpose of this year's event is to sensitize and demystify the role of witches as evil women and to value them as precursors of women scientists.

With the purpose of recovering the origins, to remind the mothers of the story, according to the organizers of the event.

The women called witches were carriers of wisdom, considered the "wise women" of the community, observers of nature, understood anatomy, botany, reproduction.

They knew what remedies they should use or not to remove different ailments.

They had great knowledge about medicinal plants that they found in their environment with which they elaborated oils, ointments or broths for the different conditions.

The objective of this Fair is to stimulate the feminine associative network, offering communication and the exchange of women in a playful weekend that will help them to share, to empower themselves and to create spaces in which they can unfold new possibilities of them.

At the same time it is made known to the citizenship their capacities and encouraging more women to share.

Since the Department continue to work to promote the conditions that enable the social equality of both sexes and the participation of women in political, economic, social and cultural.

ACTIVITIES DURING THE WEEKEND

The inauguration of the event will take place this Friday, October 5, at 12:00 hours and will be borne by the mayor of Cartagena, Ana Belén Castejón and the mayor of Equality, David Martínez.

The activities will continue during the afternoon with the meeting of women to discuss the topic of breastfeeding "Lactando madre a madre".

The children's theater "Los espertáculos de la abuela" will also be staged at the Cultural La Concepcion stand and to close the first day the youngest children will also be able to attend the craft workshop with pipe cleaners at the Cantares stand.

During Saturday and Sunday the theaters, workshops and demonstrations will take place in the 36 stands that make up this Fair and that are designed for all ages.

You can check all the weekend programming here and in the documents attached to this news.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena

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