Torrevieja Lecture Highlights Gender Gap In Spanish Television Creators

JUST up of International Women’s Day connected March 8, nan Torrevieja Department of Equality hosted nan “Creators and protagonists: Female authorship and practice successful tv series” lecture, a talk that invited participants to research nan domiciled of women arsenic creators and protagonists successful Spanish tv series. The event, which took spot connected Thursday, March 5 astatine nan Torrevieja Casino, progressive an in-depth speech astir really media affects audiences, and really women being portrayed onscreen tin effect women successful existent life.

A talk for Torrevieja residents astir women’s practice successful media

The talk was organised by nan University of Alicante’s Torrevieja campus, directed by Jesús Segarra-Saavedra, successful collaboration pinch nan Torrevieja Town Council’s Department of Equality, Women, and Gender Policies. The lecture, presented by Patricia Palomares-Sánchez, was produced utilizing a thorough study of caller productions, and revealed really authorship influences characteristic improvement and nan practice of themes including motherhood, gender violence, and female leadership.

Discrepancies and challenges highlighted during nan lecture

Ms Palomares-Sánchez highlighted that, retired of nan much than 200 Spanish tv bid released betwixt 2016 and 2024, conscionable 15 per cent of them were created by women. Despite seeing much female protagonists successful media, astir half of those bid were created by men, and truthful are made from a man’s position of womanhood.

Torrevieja women participate successful a speech astir nan audiovisual assemblage successful Spain

The speech delved into nan taxable of nan thriving audiovisual assemblage successful Spain, which is peculiarly male-dominated. Ms Palomares-Sánchez besides mentioned respective series, including Supernormal connected Movistar+ by Olatz Arroyo and Marta Sánchez; Intimidad connected Netflix by Verónica Fernández and Laura Sarmiento; and Vida perfecta connected Movistar+ by Leticia Dolera.

The convention was unfastened to nan nationalist and received beardown information from Torrevieja locals looking to study much astir women successful media up of International Women’s Day, an important time of observance not only successful Spain, but crossed nan globe.