COVID-19 and Migration: contributions to governance from the association of immigrant women in Valencia (Spain)

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Published : 2022-03-15
DOI : https://doi.org/10.37815/rte.v34n1.902
Keywords :
Associationism, Governance, Gender, Migration, COVID-19, Good practices
Ana Munoz Llorca
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1213-4842
Diana Tutistar Rosero
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9306-107X
Lucy Polo Castillo
Abstract

The emergency situation caused by COVID-19 resulted in an increase in social and economic vulnerability in vulnerable populations, among which immigrant women stand out, especially those in irregular administrative situations. In 2020, a study carried out by the “Por Ti Mujer Association”,  the life experiences and realities lived by the group of Latin American immigrant women from the city of Valencia, and its metropolitan area, were systematized. That greatly affected the social and health crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic. It especially impacted the labor, economic, and emotional dimensions, concluding that their affects violated the exercise of their fundamental rights. The role social and political advocacy played by third sector organizations, the verified weakness and insufficiency of social protection systems, research and advocacy work, and these types of reports, the trajectory of the “Por Ti Mujer Association” constituted an example of good practices. They also contributed to democratic governance, the construction of public policy, the strengthening and defense of the human rights of immigrant women, and to raising awareness and strengthening civil society.

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Munoz Llorca, A., Tutistar Rosero, D., & Polo Castillo, L. (2022). COVID-19 and Migration: contributions to governance from the association of immigrant women in Valencia (Spain). Revista Tecnológica - ESPOL, 34(1), 12-27. https://doi.org/10.37815/rte.v34n1.902
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Author Biographies

Ana Munoz Llorca

Ana has been part of the Por Ti Mujer Association since 2018. She was born in Vila Joiosa (Marina Baixa - Alacant, Spain, 1994) and has a degree in Sociology and Political Science and Public Administration from the University of Valencia (UV) and Master's degree in Development Cooperation from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), whose internship he carried out in Santa Lucía (Atlántico, Colombia) within the framework of the entity's international cooperation project, during 2019.

She has worked as a researcher at the Observatori d ’Igualtat Educativa de Manises of the University of Valencia and, at an academic level, she has publications and lectures at Congresses. As a project technician, Ana has been coordinator and facilitator of the International Cooperation area of ​​the Por Ti Mujer Association, as well as a teacher and coordinator of the Gender and Citizen Participation training course and the "Dones del Món pel Valencià" program, aimed at promoting the sociolinguistic and cultural inclusion of immigrant women residing in the Valencian Country.

Currently, Ana is the entity's project coordinator and head of the Migration and integration area.

Diana Tutistar Rosero

Diana Ximena Tutistar is a Sociologist specializing in Social Management from the Center for Research and Latin American Studies (University of Nariño, Colombia).

She is also a magister in international development cooperation from the University of Valencia, where she focused her research on community strengthening processes in the Municipality of Tecoluca in the department of San Vicente in El Salvador.

She is currently pursuing a doctorate in Local Development and International Cooperation, framing her doctoral thesis in the line of research on Governance and Land Use Planning (University of Valencia, Spain).

She develops her doctoral thesis related to good governance practices in a post-conflict scenario in Colombia and has been linked as a teacher at the University of Nariño in the department of sociology, business administration and social sciences. Likewise, for the last 3 years she has been part of the team of trainers for Latin America of the Inter-American Institute for Economic and Social Development (INDES) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). In Colombia, she was also part of the training team in the area of ​​project formulation at the Universidad del Atlántico.

She has worked in the area of ​​humanitarian assistance and development cooperation being responsible for the area of ​​organizational strengthening with OXFAM Great Britain. Until January 2016, she assumed the position of coordinator of the Technical Secretariat of the Federation of Entities for Co-development and International Cooperation in Valencia, being responsible for the formulation, execution and evaluation of projects in the territorial scope of the Valencian Community and the European Union.

Lucy Polo Castillo

Born in Barranquilla (Colombia), she graduated in Psychology specializing in Child Psychology from the Universidad del Norte, in the same city. She is an expert on gender, having conducted numerous studies and research on gender-based violence in immigrant women, as well as violence against women in armed conflicts.

She graduated in Immigration and Law from the University of Valencia, she is currently studying Intercultural Mediation at the University of Valencia.

She worked for 13 years at the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare, an agency dependent on the state, where she held the Human Resources Directorate for her last 2 years. For 3 years she was Coordinator of Social Programs in three municipalities of the Atlántico Department (Colombia).

She is the founder of the Por Ti Mujer Association, where she combines the presidency with prevention, care and intervention work with immigrant women from the Valencian Community. She is currently the president of the Support Network for Immigrant Women Victims of Gender Violence (Red AMINVI).

Lucy Polo is a national member of the CEDAW Sombra España Platform and CEDAW Sombra País Valencià.

Globally, Lucy Polo is part of the Women’s Major Group, whose role is to ensure the effective public participation of non-governmental women's groups in United Nations policy processes on Sustainable Development, Post 2015 and environmental issues. She is also a member of the management team of the European Network of Migrant Women (ENoMW).

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