Barça employees and members discuss the female presence in the club

The Sala Roma of the Spotify Camp Nou hosted this Thursday, March 9, the participatory day ‘The women of Barça take sides’framed in the celebration of the acts of the International Women’s Day. The event brought together members, employees and athletes of the club, to discuss the presence and influence of women in the Barcelona collectives. This conference was an activity promoted to deal with issues specifically of interest to women, with the aim of carrying out a participatory action in which experiences in different sectors have been learned and ideas have been exchanged to strengthen the female presence in Barcelona circles, such as social, professional or sports groups of the club.

The act was chaired by Elena Fort, institutional vice-president of FC Barcelona, ​​who despite being the only female representative on the club’s current board, wanted to highlight the presence of women in different and important executive positions at the club. And she also had the presence of the economic vice president, eduard romeu.

“This is the first time we have held an event with members and it is an honor for us to have carried it out precisely on these days, to celebrate International Women’s Day. This club works so well because there are so many women in strategic and decision-making places, in positions ranging from facilities management to economic management,” said Elena Fort, thanking the presence of so many women.

Next, the culé journalist and special guest Monica Terribas He took the floor to explain how the club looks from the outside. Despite admitting that it was a very difficult exercise, he summed it up like this: “The historical inertia of associating the Club, like any football club, with masculinity is very difficult to overcome, and Barça has finally managed to crack it. Especially the The role played by women’s football is helping to create benchmarks for the public, and this was confirmed yesterday at the Women’s Day demonstration, where there were already banners with the Barça Femenino players”.

shift of the employees

The representation of the employees of FC Barcelona This act was made up of a group of executives, who intervened to present the work they do at the club and some of the experiences they have been able to live. This group was also joined by athletes and technicians from the club’s women’s teams.

The group of female employees and athletes who participated was made up of Manana GiorgadzeChief of the Cabinet of the Presidency; Maribel Melendezcorporate director; Marta Segúdirector of the Barça Foundation; Encar CubedoDirector of Operations, Access and Mobility; Anna Aznardirector of the Social Area; maite laportaresponsible for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Judit Farrehead of the Women’s Soccer Business; Laia Solerresponsible for Methodology and Training; Sandra SarmientoHead of Media; Cristina Belloquehead of the Legal Area; Bruna Vilamalaplayer of the Women’s Soccer Team, and Nuria Martineztechnical director of the Women’s Basketball Team.

After their interventions, each employee carried out an interaction with different groups of the attending members, in small meetings where they discussed the role of women in the club and new initiatives were sought to increase the presence of members and bring them closer to the activity that is generated around Barça.

Finally, all the participants in the conference ‘The women of Barça take sides’ They went to the pitch of the Spotify Camp Nou to take a joint photograph that served to close this act framed in the International Women’s Day. The session took place in a relaxed and quite playful atmosphere, which allowed all the participating women to talk with the club’s executives and athletes, to share concerns and experiences, which have helped to gain knowledge and in the search for new ways to bring women to the club and increase its members in the social collective.

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