1st Women’s Race celebrates the struggle and female empowerment in Amapá – News of Brazil
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This Saturday, the 30th, to close the March of Fights program, the Government of Amapá held the 1st Women’s Race. More than 500 women ran around 5 km through the streets and avenues of Macapá, and were able to raise the flag of female empowerment, celebrating a historic struggle and the crucial role they play in building society.
Coordinated by the State Secretariat for Women’s Policies (Sepm), this year the March of Struggles had as its theme “Accelerate the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls”bringing a series of citizenship, inclusion, public safety, encouraging entrepreneurship and sports actions.
At the end of the race, there was an award with medals and money for the first 5 places, as well as trophies to honor female personalities from Amapá. The Secretary of Women’s Policies, Adrianna Ramos, highlights the benefits of the activity aimed at this audience.
“Among the various activities of Women’s Month, we reached the end of it with a race designed especially for this audience, considering it to be an excellent way to improve physical fitness, contribute to emotional health, thus increasing cardiorespiratory resistance and life expectancy, in addition to enabling daily activities to be carried out more efficiently.”explains secretary Adrianna.
The delegate of the Women’s Police Station, Marina Guimarães, talks about the importance of female self-esteem and defending and strengthening this space in Amapá society.
“We are showing, through sport, the benefit of public policies for women. With events like this, we can raise women’s self-esteem and help them see themselves in a different way.”points out Marina.
March of Fights
As part of the ‘March of Struggles’ programming, the Government of Amapá, in partnership with the State Court of Justice (Tjap), launched the booklet “Maria da Penha Law: protection and respect for all women”translated into four indigenous languages of the Galibi, Palikur, Kaxyuana and Karipuna ethnicities, covering nine peoples originating from the Oiapoque region.
The translated document contains 62 pages with information about the story of activist Maria da Penha, victim of domestic violence, and about Law 11,340/2006, which defines violence against women as a crime. The translation was done by teachers from the state education network.
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