the negative is not “an isolated gesture”, but is part of “a profoundly feminist conviction” which, he assures
The First Vice President of the Government and Minister of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, Nadia Calviño, has justified this Thursday her refusal to pose in a photo with businessmen after participating in the Madrid Leaders Forum event this Wednesday.
“Women not only have to be, we have to be seen and we have to be heard, and whenever I have the opportunity, I have influenced and have tried to improve the visibility of women at the national level, but also in international events and forums,” she said in an interview on Antena 3 collected by Europa Press.
According to Calvino, what happened this Wednesday at an event on business leadership It is not “an isolated gesture”, but is part of “a deeply feminist conviction” that, as she has assured, she has been displaying throughout her career.
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Although the vice president acknowledges that there are times when “it is absolutely impossible” to be able to refuse to pose for a photo “Due to institutional issues,” she admits that “whenever” she can, she tries to “give voice and image to women.”
“I never look for controversy, but I am seeing that it is having a journey and an important importance. For me it is a symptom that it is an issue that we have to take seriously and that I hope can lead us to greater gender equality, which is fundamental from the point of view of the proper functioning of our societies, from the point of view of justice, but which is also fundamental from the economic point of view”, has “Because we cannot make 50% of our population invisible,” he concludes.