Stand “Reading makes us equal” in Valladolid Book Fair

Spain - Municipality of Valladolid

This action is carried out during the days of holding the Book Fair (April 25 to May 4, 2014). this action will last from 2014 to 2018, during the duration of the V Plan for Equal Opportunities.
It is a stand in which 100 titles of literary works highlighting equality principles or related to equal opportunity values are selected, as literature serves as a means to inform, educate and aware the public about the inequalities between men and women and the need to have an equal perspective to change reality. In addition, an advisory work on selected works have been performed.
The gender equality objectives of the practice were:
- raising public awareness about the livelihood of barriers to equal opportunities between women and men;
- transmission of principles and values related to equality and the need to eradicate discrimination situations, roles and stereotypes.
Tha target groups are composed of all citizens, indeed, there is selection of works for each age: younger audience, youth groups and adult groups.