It is the award for the best initiative launched by a private entity: Entorno de derechos Casa Marianne.
Last November 27, the Metzineres attended the awards ceremony of the Catalan Observatory of Justice in Gender Violence (OCJVM) of the Generalitat de Catalunya of the year 2024, where we were awarded for our project “Environment of rights Casa Marianne”, highlighted for being an initiative aimed at the eradication of gender violence in the field of justice.
Casa Marianne is a legal shelter for women criminalized for surviving multiple situations of exclusion that seeks to reduce the impact of barriers to access to rights and provide tools to address the criminalization suffered by women and gender-diverse people who use drugs and survive multiple situations of violence and vulnerability.
From Metzineres we support their work by providing legal advice and support to the women participating in the project, as well as legal representation in those legal proceedings in which they do not have a public defender to represent them.
The awards of the Catalan Observatory of Justice in Gender Violence are given every year and are a way to recognize our work against gender violence and the patriarchal heteronormative system, and also a way to encourage us to continue on this path of building networks and support spaces for every woman who needs it.