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Mucha Mujer offers theatre training to women at risk of social exclusion

THE CONFIDENTIAL|June 14, 2011
Barcelona, June 14 (EFE)

The Mucha Mujer sociocultural project, which was presented today at the headquarters of the General Society of Authors and Publishers of Barcelona (SGAE), offers theatrical training and social integration to women in the process of social inclusion in the Raval neighborhood of Barcelona, according to the SGAE.

"The beneficiaries of the project are women with social problems: victims of gender violence, former drug addicts, AIDS patients, sex workers, women who have just been released from prison, etc.""


The project has a dual objective: to restore the self-esteem of these women so that they can relate better to the community and to provide them with tools that allow them to evolve in the artistic world, not only as actresses but also as technical staff.

The beneficiaries of the project are women with social problems: former drug addicts, victims of gender violence, women with AIDS, women who have just been released from prison, sex workers, etc.

Laura Settecase, the Argentinean who conceived and directed Mucha Mujer, stated in declarations to Efe that she uses theater "as a tool for social transformation" and pointed out that it is necessary to publicize the project in order to try to obtain the funding that they currently lack.

Settecase, who currently works as a teacher, playwright and theater director, is a member of Trastero de las Artes, the Barcelona cultural association that started the project last year.

The first edition ended with the creation of the testimonial show "There where you keep the strength of your humanity", performed by six of the thirty women who participated in the workshops.

The play, which tells the story of the women who participated in the first edition of the project, premiered on November 27 at the Palau de la Música Catalana and will be performed again today at the SGAE headquarters on the occasion of the project's presentation.

In addition, the SGAE's Mompou Room will host a photographic exhibition showcasing snapshots taken during the nine months of the workshops. EFE ah/ce/is