The Vice -Rector's Office of Culture and Society dedicates much of the activities programmed to visualize projects made by women, and in many cases, to make known stories of resilience and overcoming women starring. In that sense, la UV, Through the Unisociety program will perform on Friday 7 of March, In the Col·legi Major Rector Peset, to them 12 hours, The event 'Women overcoming- also Dana'-, that will start with the presentation of the documentary 'Resistant: Women after Dana ', A production directed by journalist Elena Morales, that collects eight stories of women who have lived, They live or are related to the Dana that affected the province of Valencia the past 29 of October.
This documentary gives women such as Cristina Guzmán Traver, ceramist artist; Arantxa Carceller and Eva Vázquez, Booklet of the La Moixeranga de Paiporta bookstore; Merche Peris, Olympic swimmer; Immaculate Garcia Peris; Eva Alepuz Prat, teacher; Marisa Vázquez of Pascual, Director of Cultural Heritage of the University of Valencia; Ana García Forner, Director of the Museum of Natural Sciences of the UV; María Rosa Gabaldón, neighbor of Utiel; I VERGINIA SCHISION CAANNIS, of the Alanna Association.
The Dana last October had a devastating impact on the Valencian localities near the city and especially affected women, that in many cases suffered a double vulnerability. About the loss of homes and business, Many of them faced greater difficulty accessing resources and aids, since in many families the care of dependent people fell on them.
At the end of the screening of the documentary, Marisa Vázquez de Ágredos, Director of Cultural Patrimoni of the UV, will present 'Save the photos', A project launched by the UV along with other institutions, intended to recover and restore family -damaged family photographs. The event and colloquium will be moderated by María Dolores Pitarch, Delegate of the Rector for University-Society Programs. The activity has the collaboration of the UV Equality Unit.
