Around 600 students from different schools in Almuñécar on Granada province’s Costa Tropical took part in the town’s annual ‘March for Equality’ on Thursday 12 March. The town hall organised the event to coincide with International Women’s Day, which falls on 8 March.

Pupils and representatives of the teaching teams of the Río Verde, San Miguel, Santa Cruz, Torrecuevas, La Noria and Las Gaviotas primary schools and Villanueva del Mar, Al-Andalus, Antigua Sexi and Puerta del Mar secondary schools, took to the streets to demand a fairer and more egalitarian society, under the slogan, ‘Take the step, equality makes us move forward’.

Almuñécar’s Local Police, Civil Protection, Red Cross, the Marisa Sendón Asociación de Mujeres en Solidaridad con Madres Solas (women’s association in solidarity with single mothers) and parent-teacher associations also participated.

The townhall thanked schools for “their commitment towards equality, coeducation and coresponsibility”, stressing the importance of working with these values at an early age. In a statement, councillors said that education about equality was the best way to create a more peaceful society.

After the march, students, teachers, town hall officials, and other associations enjoyed a “healthy breakfast” that included local fruit.