The delegate of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion of RTVE, Montserrat Boix, announced this Friday, February 9 that has resigned from his position after the election of ‘Zorra’ to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest. “I have resigned because I cannot assume this position. My first job as a delegate was to change the bases of the BenidormFest by order of @1JMPTornero after the SloMo controversy. I apologize to the victims of #genderviolence. Zorra is neither empowerment for women, nor feminism “, he wrote through his X account.

The choice of Nebulossa’s theme has been criticized by one of the currents of feminism in Spain, which considers that the song “is not culture, it is an exaltation of the crudest machismo”. On the contrary, it has been defended by the LGTBI movement, by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez and by several of his ministers. RTVE has announced that it will translate the song into several languages ​​and that the official Nebulossa channel on YouTube will include the video clip of the song with the subtitles in their corresponding languages ​​translated into several languages, where the video with the lyrics in English can already be seen.

However, RTVE has reported that the song that Nebulossa will perform in the Eurovision final on May 11 on the stage in Malmö (Sweden) It will be “the same version that was presented at the Benidorm Fest” and that earned him the victory in the musical contest. Boix, who has held this position since August 2022, is co-author of the RTVE Guide published by the Observatory and editor of Equality. She has a degree in Information Sciences from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (1985) and has the title of Specialist in Equality Policies from the Carlos III University of Madrid (2019). After starting her professional career at Radio Miramar in Barcelona in 1986, she joined TVE’s News Services, specializing in international information.

Also hhas carried out numerous works on the situation of women’s rights. She has been a special envoy for TVE in Algeria, Sahrawi refugee camps, Morocco, Egypt, Afghanistan, Guatemala and Bangladesh. Since 2019 she was an editor for Canal 24 Horas. She has been Secretary of Equality and Civil Rights of UGT RTVE, participating in the RTVE Equality Commission and in the RTVE Equality Observatory since its creation in 2017. In 2021-2022 she has been part of the Negotiating Commission of the II Equality Plan between women and men of RTVE approved in March 2022.

Among the awards who have received are the AMECO Communication Award (2000); Rosa Manzano Award (2001); Recognition Award for the most outstanding journalistic work in the eradication of gender violence from the Observatory Against Domestic Violence of the General Council of the Judiciary (2005); Nicolás Salmerón Human Rights Award for the defense of women’s rights (2009); Isonomía Award against gender violence from the Jaume I University (2011); Non-sexist Communication Award from the Association of Gifted Journalists of Catalonia (2015) and the 10th Participating Award We Create Spaces of Equality in the Communication category from the Women’s Council of the municipality of Madrid (2017).