{"id":5401,"date":"2026-04-15T12:23:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metzineres.org\/firma-y-defiende-metzineres\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T12:19:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T12:19:44","slug":"sign-and-defend-metzineres","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metzineres.org\/en\/sign-and-defend-metzineres\/","title":{"rendered":"Sign and defend Metzineres"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5401\" class=\"elementor elementor-5401 elementor-5264\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-644e166 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"644e166\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-19e4d0c\" data-id=\"19e4d0c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-448b299 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"448b299\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.6.5 - 27-04-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sign and defend Metzineres!<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7117c5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7117c5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Radical tenderness, building community from the margins.<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-93f9537 elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"93f9537\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4bfcd37\" data-id=\"4bfcd37\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-daba5f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"daba5f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.5 - 27-04-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Collective pressure works: we have gained time. Now we need a stable solution so that Metzineres can continue.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30721a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30721a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At Metzineres, we are going through a critical moment: the owner of the premises at Carrer de la Lluna, 3 wants to sell the space. Thanks to collective mobilization, we have secured an extension until September 30, and Barcelona City Council has called an <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ajuntament.barcelona.cat\/ciutatvella\/es\/noticies\/el-jueves-28-de-mayo-nueva-sesion-ordinaria-del-consejo-plenario-del-distrito-2-2-2-1632376\">extraordinary plenary session<\/a><\/strong> on Metzineres\u2019 situation. We have gained time. Now we need a structural solution.<\/p><p>This situation is not an isolated case. It is part of a broader dynamic of real estate pressure in El Raval, where gentrification and speculation are driving out residents and the community networks that sustain life in the neighborhood.<\/p><p>Our space is not just a premises: it is a community resource that guarantees basic rights every day for women with no alternatives \u2014food, showers, rest, social and healthcare support, psychological and legal assistance\u2014 and where we build bonds of trust and make vital processes possible for those left outside institutional systems.<\/p><p>Since 2017, we have been creating sheltering environments for women and gender-expansive people in situations of vulnerability and violence, building community, combating stigma, and defending access to rights from an intersectional feminist perspective. We have established ourselves as a Specialized Intervention Service for gender-based violence in the city and have been identified as an international good practice in drug policies with a gender perspective, proving that local actions can generate impact and change on an international scale.<\/p><p>We work from a harm reduction approach with a comprehensive perspective, addressing gender-based violence, homelessness, the criminalization of poverty, and severe social exclusion.<\/p><p><b>For all these reasons, we are calling for an urgent solution from the public administration: a stable space, rooted in the neighborhood and protected from speculation. Because guaranteeing rights cannot depend on the market.<\/b><\/p><p><b>Sign now and share!<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><b>Join us! Sign. Share. Defend Metzineres.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a2ed9aa\" data-id=\"a2ed9aa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43fd044 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43fd044\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Guaranteeing rights cannot depend on the market.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92b3e94 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92b3e94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0Join us!\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93de391 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93de391\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sign. 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