As part of the Commemorations of the Municipal Week for Equality of the Municipality of Montijo, on October 28, the conference on the theme Gender, Environment, Space, and Territories took place at the Municipal Gallery. The event was opened and closed by Clara Silva, the vice-president of the Department of Social Development and Health Promotion of the Municipality of Montijo. Catarina Marcelino, president of the Municipal Assembly and former Secretary of State for Equality, moderated this initiative.

Speakers addressed topics such as Equality in Access to Public Space, presented by Miguel Nascimento – Geographer of the Municipality of Montijo, “Gender, Environment and Territories a new look”, shown by Margarida Queirós, associate professor at the IGOT-ULisboa and researcher at the CEG, at the same institution. Patrícia Santos Pedrosa, a researcher at the CIEG-ULisboa and Guest Assistant Professor at the UBI (Architecture), presented the theme “Architecture, the City and Women’s Rights”.

We thank the Municipality of Montijo for the invitation!

Recording of the event is available at: youtu.be/s4ZFLosgaQM