The Second Vice President and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, defended Irene Montero this Wednesday, assuring that the Minister of Equality used “an academic concept” when he accused the Popular Party in Congress of promoting “rape culture.” Díaz added that the Government of Galicia (PP) should have “immediately” withdrawn its controversial campaign on sexual violence, on which Montero based his accusations.
“The Minister for Equality has referred to an academic concept, which is recognized by the UN and by the equality bodies of the European Union. It is good in politics to do pedagogy,” said Yolanda Díaz in Mexico, where she is visiting.
“I think that a campaign in which women are held responsible for different forms of violence is profoundly wrong, it should have been immediate withdrawal because it damages the necessary advances that women have,” she stressed.
Díaz was referring to the statements of his fellow government, who made reference this Wednesday to two awareness campaigns in the communities of Madrid and Galicia —governed by the PP— which, in his opinion, “hold women responsible” for possible aggressions that they may suffer
And they do it, said Montero this Wednesday in Congress, with slogans like “watch your glass” or “it shouldn’t happen but it does.” “You promote the culture of rape, which calls into question the credibility of the victims,” he added, provoking the indignation of PP legislators and a great commotion in the Chamber.
Yolanda Díaz culminated this Wednesday in Mexico City her trip to the Latin American country, where she participated at the beginning of the week in the international Book Fair (FIL) of Guadalajara.
On this last day, Díaz met with the head of government of the Mexican capital, Claudia Sheinbaum, to address issues such as gender equality and work. Previously, he held a meeting with the chancellor of Mexico, Marcelo Ebrard.