Jerez receives the Distinction of Cities Committed to Human Rights and Sustainable Development Goals

The Cloisters of Santo Domingo hosted the presentation ceremony of the Cities Committed to Human Rights and Sustainable Development Goals award. The delegate for Social Inclusion, Yessika Quintero, received this recognition awarded by the Human Rights Observatory of Spain, placing herself at the disposal of this entity to continue generating strategies and collaboration alliances. The meeting was attended by the president of the Spanish Human Rights Observatory, Mario Rigau, and the coordinator in Jerez of this entity, Eva María Ávila; as well as the municipal delegate for Education, José Ángel Aparicio, and the territorial delegate for Educational Development, Vocational Training and University of the Andalusian Regional Government, Isabel Paredes.

Yessika Quintero accepted the award on behalf of the Mayor, María José García-Pelayo, stating that "for Jerez, this recognition is yet another reason to continue to put a lot of heart, commitment and responsibility into our daily work and political management".

This distinction had only previously been awarded to the city of Malaga. Following the presentation of the award, Isabel Paredes congratulated the Jerez City Council, with which the Andalusian Regional Government works in a wide range of areas related to human rights, based on a joint commitment to the welfare of families and the protection of the most vulnerable groups.

On the occasion of this recognition, the Observatory and Jerez City Council have collaborated in the celebration of the training day 'Education in human rights and social networks', in which the delegate of Education, José Ángel Aparicio; the territorial delegate, Isabel Pareces; the dean of the Faculty of Education of the UCA, Noemí Serrano; and the representative of Cadiz of the Digital Agency of Andalusia, Francisco José Naranjo, have participated.

The Human Rights Observatory of Spain aims to highlight all those initiatives or actions implemented by companies, organisations and institutions, both public and private, that promote the protection and fulfilment of human rights and sustainable development objectives within the scope of their competences; as well as to encourage and promote actions and initiatives that exemplify good corporate and institutional practices in this field. The Observation Committee documents and identifies proposals for activities that can be framed within the aims of this institution, generating collaboration links and fostering the dissemination of good practices at the national level.