Jornadas Catalanas de la Mujer 50 aniversario: medio siglo de lucha feminista que renace

La Sal's first series, 'Clàssiques catalanes', recovered texts from the 11th to the 1930s, including the letters of Estefania de Requesens and the correspondence of Mercè Rodoreda. These publications, though marginal at the time, are now cited as pillars of Catalan cultural memory.

Contexto histórico breve: la Transición y la contracultura feminista en Cataluña

The Jornadas emerged in the last years of the Franco dictatorship, when political repression still limited public assembly. Their occurrence in May 1974 signalled a crack in the authoritarian façade and foreshadowed the cultural opening of the Spanish Transition.

Feminist activists linked the struggle for gender equality with broader demands for democracy, positioning the Jornadas as a cultural laboratory where protest, literature, and political organization intertwined. Yet, publishing houses and archives have largely neglected this episode, leaving a gap that Segura's essay seeks to fill.

Today, the 50th anniversary reminds citizens that the feminist wave of the 1970s laid foundations for current equality policies and for a vibrant civil society in Catalonia. The renewed interest may inspire new research, exhibitions, and perhaps a revival of feminist publishing houses.

As the city prepares a permanent exhibition on the Jornadas, scholars anticipate that the renewed visibility will encourage policymakers to revisit the original demands. The call for equal pay and universal education, still unresolved, may finally find traction.