Achieving equality between men and women is a strategic action within society, with the university being a particularly relevant area from which these actions can be carried out.

The University of Seville has a strong commitment to Equality and a firm conviction that creating opportunities for equality is not only a matter of social justice, but also includes actions that improve functioning and represents a factor of quality, modernization and people-centered excellence.

The training of professionals, the creation and transfer of knowledge, the promotion of culture, etc., are common goals of all universities, so the introduction of the gender perspective in all university activities produces a multiplier effect that will permeate our society and make it advance more quickly towards a fairer and more equitable society.

By incorporating trained and sensitized professionals into the field of equality, organizations would significantly transform their objectives and practices. Furthermore, universities, as workplaces, must also be leaders in equality, implementing initiatives to reduce both horizontal and vertical inequality and providing resources that promote shared responsibility and work-life balance as effective mechanisms, among others, for advancing towards equality.

Our legal framework establishes the obligation of public authorities to guarantee effective equality between women and men, and gender mainstreaming is considered the strategy for achieving this. At various levels (European, national, and regional), it is recognized that inequalities between women and men occur in different contexts and on a recurring basis, and that this inequality is rooted in social structures and dynamics. Therefore, it is understood that overcoming it requires going beyond isolated actions. Actions must be implemented that truly constitute a cross-cutting strategy, involving comprehensive action across different sectors and representing a structural change. Only through this cross-cutting strategy can we achieve significant progress in equality.

And for this change to be possible, we need the commitment, involvement, and participation of everyone. Because we are all part of the change.