New of the International Women's Day

Manifestation 8th of March

Against gender violence. For the right to freely decide their maternity. Against the wage gap. To stop discrimination. Hundreds of thousands of women mobilized on Wednesday in several countries to claim equality, something that in the XXI century is still an entelequia. In Spain, Poland, Turkey, the US or Argentina took to the streets - many of them in black - to claim their rights, to show their strength and to protest against the sexist drift of some governments. The pandemic of macho crimes or the fear of Donald Trump's ultraconservative agenda and its global impact pushed women to mobilize. And they not only marched, they also stopped partially working, consuming and participating in domestic care. A kind of female strike to show what would happen if half of humanity were stopped. If women stop, they cry, they stop for the world.
We mobilize because we can't discriminate half of humanity and nothing happens. We stopped because we don't want to be invisible, because we can go out and claim our role in the world, "demanded Gloria Garcia, an official of 52 years, one of the protest actions of Madrid. In the popular Plaza de Cibeles illuminated violet, the historic color of the struggle of women, behind banners with slogans like "Together and strong, feminists always", "International Unemployment against Patriarchy" Maria Gabian and her friends, all 18 and 19, claimed the need to maintain the struggle. "There is more sexism in the television and in the marketing. It is so ingrained that it is no longer seen, "said Gabián.


Vocabulary learned:
claim: afirmation or declaration
ingrained: attitude (fixed, firm)
wage gap: regular pay-discrepancy

http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2017/03/08/actualidad/1489004478_138303.html

Go shopping or rest at home?

Which are the good and the bad things of shopping?

I've always loved go shopping but there are things I don't like and I wanted to share it with you.

First of all I want to say that go shopping it's not one of the most things that I like because if you want to go out to disconnet or have fun with your friend and buy something, forget the part of disconnect because it's something that you can't do with people around you that each one talking to his roll. There are lot types of people, that one that smokes, a group of people that look at you as if you were different and strange, you will always find someone that you don't want to see just because you are not friends and you will do as if you don't see him/her, etc. 

Things that I hate in the shop is that not always they have sizes for everyone and many times beautiful things are sold fast.

In the other side I like the music that the shops have because are relaxing and I like to go directly to what I like and I know more, I don't usually go to stores I know that nothing will attract me. Fortunately always I find things that I like so much even if it's just shoes or accessories or one clothes.

I think there are more things for me against go shopping because I get so tired after going out for things like this.

New of global issue

Particle pollution has killed 26,830 people in Spain in a decade

(2000-2009)

Only two months after Madrid became the first Spanish city to restrict traffic by pollution, the National School of Health calculates the magnitude of the problem. Particle contamination in the air has led to the premature death of 26,830 people in Spain over a decade, according to an investigation led by Julio Diaz, head of the center's Epidemiology Department.. "75% of the particles in a city is a result of human activities, mainly traffic," he warns.
The latest WHO (World Health Organization) estimate calculated that 6,860 people died prematurely in Spain in 2012 due to exposure to air pollution of all types. Diaz's work speaks of 2,683 annual deaths. The investigator specifies that 651 of these premature annual deaths are associated with respiratory diseases and another 556 are associated with cardiovascular problems. The rest of the deaths are due to the aggravation of other pathologies.
The decision of the mayor Manuela Carmena to restrict traffic in Madrid sparked a controversy negacionista to the real problem of pollution. The PP spokesman at City Hall, Esperanza Aguirre, came to proclaim that the measures now Madrid had "the ideological purpose of pitting cars with people." The new study is signed by four scientists at the National School of Health , under the Institute of Health Carlos III in Madrid. It's the leading public body for biomedical research in Spain and is attached to the ministries of Economy and Health.


Vocabulary learned:
pollution: contamination
pathology: study of disease
spark: bring on
spokesman: speaks on behalf of

Information from:

http://elpais.com/elpais/2017/02/28/ciencia/1488311481_104348.html

What's the meaning of this bus?

Bus campaign against transsexuals

On 28th February, a bus was circulating in the city of Madrid against transsexuals.

The City Council believes that the capital campaign "Speak up" (Hazte Oír) violates local ordinances and incite you hateful.
Institutions, parties, trade unions and civil organizations have expressed their rejection on Tuesday of the bus against transsexuals that the ultra-Catholic group, Hazte Oír, flew to Spain and started its route in Madrid on Monday.
Spokesman for Equality of the PSOE has asked the prosecution to prohibit it.
Catalonia and Madrid have also asked the Public Ministry to intervene. And the government of Carmena has ordered that it be immobilized.
In the next days was planned to circulate in Valencia, Barcelona, Zaragoza, Pamplona, San Sebastian, Bilbao and Vitoria, according to the ultracatal group.
The councilman of Security has explained that the police has paralyzed "the bus of the shame". The government team of Manuela Carmena has considered that there was "data" of infraction of the ordinance on the outside publicity, that "prohibits (the announcements) in any type of vehicle or trailer, in circulation or parked, except the one that realizes in Vehicles intended for public transport ". The objective of the City Council is that the bus leave as soon as possible of the city.
In Catalonia, the institutions also don't want that bus, which was programmed to begin its tour of autonomy next Friday. "There is no place for these buses in Barcelona," Mayor Ana Colau wrote on Twitter. The threat of the Consistory is to stop the vehicle as soon as they see you enter, under the threat of fine with up to 3,000 euros applying the ordinance of citizenship. "She does not have permission to move around the city. It is not welcome," said the mayor of Feminisms and LGBTI, Laura Perez. In addition, the Generalitat has stated that he will report to the Office of the Prosecutor for hate crimes.


Vocabuary learned:
ordinance
paralyzed
immobilized

http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2017/02/28/actualidad/1488285088_623918.html

Palamós

I'm gonna talk about Palamós and why I like it. 

Firts of all is one of my favourite places where I like spend time and even with my family of there.

If it weren't for my cousins that live there, I would never have visited this beautiful place. 

It's a city where you can go on holidays or live there. There is a lot of things you can do in Palamos: you can go shopping, go to the beach if it's summer and if it isn't you can just go and take photos and it's especially beautiful at sunset, or go for a walk.

Now I like more Palamos than before, because nearly a year ago the grandmother of my cousins died because of a disease and she was a strong woman that nonetheless she laughed a lot and always trying to draw a smile to those who were around her. 

Whenever I go, I remember the good times with her and every time we go for a walk to the promenade, I like it more than the first time.

I recommend the place to anyone that likes spend time watching beauiful places. 

And these are three pictures that I took of Palamos.

A description of a person

MY GRANDMOTHER

Her name is Sara, she doesn't work because she is more than 65 years old. My grandmother doesn't have any hobby because she is old but she also likes to do bread at hime and often likes to go to her daughter's and son's house to spend the time with them. At my home she's used to coming on Saturday's morning and I like to see her a lot.

Last year when I was at Empuriabrava's high school, after finishing the lessons I used to go to have lunch with her because she lives near high school and I miss going and having lunch with her.

Now my parents and my brothers and I sometimes go to her home to visit her and mh grandfather too.

I can't say a lot of Sara's appearance because she is also a muslim woman like me and she goes covered from top to bottom, but also wears beautiful dresses that make her more beautiful that what she is.

That strong-willed woman is so understanding and self-confident, she suffers a lot but however Sara is thick-skinned and helps her family to be like that.

I remember when I was little my cousins an I passed a lot of time in her house and my grandmother look for us so good like if we were her daughters. We were calling her "second mum" for what.

She's a great person and I couldn't live without her and her laugh, I love her so much and she is one of the biggest woman that I know.