On March 8, laSexta will broadcast in prime time, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, a special program hosted by Ana Pastor on the ‘Nevenka’ casethe councilor of the PP of Ponferrada who denounced the mayor Ismael Álvarez for sexual harassment and obtained the first sentence against a politician in Spain for this crime.
The documentary series (produced by Newtral for Netflix) consists of three chapters (120 minutes total) that tell the story of the young woman who shook Spanish public opinion. Nevenka recounts in the first person what she describes as “hell”, the process of harassment that she suffered, “which begins in a sibylline way and when you want to realize it, has turned you into a wretchlaSexta will broadcast it in its entirety before discussing it on set.
After more than twenty years in silence, Nevenka speaks for the first time to be the voice and face of thousands of women who, like her, have gone through something similar “because reporting is the only way out“, he insists, “if I had not done what I did, I would have died”. However, Nevenka Fernández, despite winning in court, was forced to leave Spain because they kept pointing her out for having confronted a powerful man.
This special program will feature a debate where you personalities from different fields such as exalcaldesa of Madrid, Manuela Carmenathe writer Juan Jose Millasthe journalist Mercedes Mila and the singer Beatrice Luengo they will analyze and debate what Nevenka’s complaint meant more than twenty years ago, about what society has advanced thanks to women like her and what still remains to be done in the defense of women’s rights.
A review of the history of Nevenka Fernández
Source: Lasexta
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