In this context, Barcelona Activa works throughout the year to accompany and offer resources to working women, entrepreneurs and businesswomen and, within the framework of 8th March is organising the following activities: 

Employment: 

• 12/03 at 9.30am in the Sala Món: Working group for gender equality in the workplace - ABOQ 

An activity to define priority lines of action for the promotion and improvement of women's employment processes and propose new actions based on the identification of existing gaps. 

• 10/03 – 25/03 morning and afternoon schedules (Porta 22): Women on the rise: professional promotion in male-dominated sectors (LIDERA)

• 10/03 from 11am to 2pm (Porta 22): Support for the professional improvement of women in the masculinised occupation of driving urban cleaning vehicles.

Motivational job coaching of between 21 and 25 hours aimed at 16 women workers of the Municipal Waste Collection and Public Space Cleaning Service. More training actions will be held throughout the year: 7th April, 5th May, 2nd June, 7th July, 15th and 29th September, 13th October, 17th November  and 1st December  (times to be confirmed).

• 11/03 from 3.30 to 5.30 pm in the Sala Emprèn (Porta 22):  Grow professionally or find the job you want! Discover how to break barriers, on the occasion of the 8th March! 

From the Labour Rights Defence Point, these activities are organised in different centres and spaces in the city:

• 6/3/2025 from 10h to 11.30h (CC Barceloneta) - PIOL BARCELONETA: Labour rights for women in precarious professions 

• 6/3/2025 - Migrastudium Ciutat Vella: Labour rights for migrant women

• 11/3/2025 - FUNDACIÓ SURT: Labour rights for women

Technological training: 

Activities in the city’s libraries: 

• 01/03 – 07/03 - Workshop EstàsON: Science and women (9-12 years old) 

•  03/03 – 07/03 -  Women in action: design your poster for 8th March with Canva  

Activities about AI at the Cibernàrium with women who are referents in technology: 

• 27/02 at 6.00pm - Masterclass: what they don’t tell us about AI, with Esther Paniagua.

• 13/03 at 6.00pm - Ethical Hacking. How to build a conscious future between Humans and AI, with Liliana Acosta.

• 20/03 at 6.00pm -Dialogue - Generative AI in action: how to take advantage of the best tools in your day to day life, with Ana Galindo and Beatriz Martin. 

In the field of Entrepreneurship

• 04/03 at 12 noon – Meetings of LIDERA: Women Invest Day between companies led by women and investors with benchmark networks such as WA4STEAM and Impulse4Women. 

• 04/03 at 1 pm - Presentation of the Women TechEU programme, a European initiative to support women-led start-ups.

• 05/03 at 11 am - Roundtable within the framework of the BWAW “Egalitarian Entrepreneurship: Fostering Female Leadership” with the participation of Cristina Pacheco, Head of LIDERA. 

In addition, on 7th and 8th March, you can visit the Floral Decoration for International Women's Day in the lobby of Barcelona Activa's headquarters. This action is part of the training monograph "Floral decoration techniques for shop windows" of the Floral Art and Design specialty of the Trades workshop of Barcelona for Nature. 

At Barcelona Activa, we continue to work throughout the year to promote gender equality in all sectors. The advisory service for equality and time organisation allows for improved business management and operation in relation to equality between women and men. 

Find out more about women's support activities on the website of LIDERA.