A pink bow of flowers knitted by neighbours covers the façade of Jaén City Hall
Jaén City Hall has placed on its façade a pink bow made with flowers crafted by women from the San Felipe and Puente Jontoya neighbourhoods to mark World Breast Cancer Day, which is celebrated this Monday, October 19.
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The Jaén City Council has placed a pink ribbon on its façade made with flowers knitted by women from the San Felipe and Puente Jontoya neighbourhoods. With this gesture, the city joins the commemoration of World Breast Cancer Day, which is celebrated this Monday, October 19.
Materials provided by the council
According to the councillor for Attention and Citizen Participation, Carmen Elvira, the City Council has provided the materials needed to make the flowers. The result is a ribbon that, in the councillor's words, turns the municipal façade into "a symbol of support for the women who are going through the illness and for those who have already overcome the process".
Elvira thanked the women who knitted the flowers for the time they devoted and stressed the capacity of neighbourhood associations to promote initiatives that go beyond their neighbourhoods and bring a message of solidarity to the whole city. She also noted the importance of affected women finding that support in public spaces.
Healthcare and screenings
The president of the Asociación Jiennense contra el Cáncer de Mama (AJICAM), Gema Liébana, insisted on women's right to receive quality healthcare. Liébana explained that the patrimonial claims related to incidents in the screenings are still in process and that the association does not currently have definitive information on their resolution.
The president of AJICAM also conveyed a message of support to those who have just received a diagnosis or are about to start treatment, and recalled that the association keeps its doors open to offer accompaniment based on the experience of other women.
A patient's testimony
One of the participants in the initiative, Mónica Alcázar, who is currently undergoing treatment, stressed the importance of facing the illness accompanied. She explained that the wait until learning the diagnosis and the start of treatment are especially difficult stages, to which are added the tiredness and the difficulties of the different therapies. From her experience, she called for early detection through screenings to improve the prognosis and advocated facilitating access to these tests and having support throughout the process.
The councillor for Attention and Citizen Participation, Carmen Elvira, and the councillor for Equality, Eva Funes, took part in placing the ribbon.