The initiative, launched by the local council and the therapeutic community «The Good Way», will expand until June 5th.
Participants will acquire skills in family care, internal tasks, healthy eating, cooking, and emotional management through more than 50 hours of practical training.
María de Las Huertas García, mayor of a woman, stated: «With this action, we contribute to men in the rehabilitation process to be fully restored in society, being autonomous and also responsible in the internal and emotional sphere.» On April 8, 2025, María de Lashas García and Belén Díaz, respectively, presented the second edition of the course «», an initiative carried out by the consistency and the therapeutic community «The Good Way».
María de Las Huertas García explained that the course, which started on April 3 and will run until June 5, targets two groups of twelve users from the therapeutic community «The Good Way». «Its main objective is to promote a comprehensive rehabilitation of the participants, foster personal autonomy, acquire healthy habits, and awareness of joint responsibility in the home and in child care,» she said.
She also emphasized that «in the city of Lorca, we are working for real and efficient equality in those areas that have traditionally been regressive for women. This course not only offers practical tools for daily life but also breaks with stereotypes and promotes equality and co-education.»
She added that the practical training includes modules such as child care, household tasks, weekly shopping, healthy eating, basic cooking, sewing and ironing workshop, as well as emotional education. In total, participants will receive 52 hours of training that will enable them to develop autonomy in their daily lives, beyond traditional gender roles.
«With this action, we contribute to men in the rehabilitation process to be fully restored in society, being autonomous and also responsible in the internal and emotional sphere. From the Women’s Department, we will continue to carry out these types of initiatives that promote equality between men and women and have seen the results and success of the last edition,»
It should be noted that this course is part of the actions offered in the area of equal opportunities between women and men in the municipality of Lorca. Additionally, it is an activity funded by the corresponding plan of the Ministry of Equality of the Government of Spain, Secretary of State for Equality and against the eradication of violence against women, in collaboration with the government of the autonomous community in the region of Murcia.
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