In June the Emagin Association (Ez) announced the organization of the Maternity Days from the feminist point of view: Egin, desegin, berregin on 11 and 12 November. Last Tuesday, Miren Aranguren and Ainara Lasa, members of the association, made an official presentation and made the program known. The program is completed with a varied offer of round tables, cine-forum, performance, spaces to share experiences, bertsolaris, debates... that will serve different formats to reflect on motherhood. They have also chosen to intercalate formal spaces with more informal spaces, considered "useful for building trust, knowing and penetrating". Thus, they have given importance to concerts, theatres, meals and snacks. In the afternoon there will be an art show with an entrance of 7 euros each.

The conference will be held in the Tabakalera de Donostia and will be held in the movie theater on Friday morning and the rest of the activities in the Prisma room on the 5th floor. Concerning the possible obstacles to participation, a number of measures have been adopted to facilitate participation: on the one hand, they have organised a childcare service, although they have stressed that their desire is to create an inclusive space that allows children to be in a special space as well as in the activities of the days; on the other hand, they have extended the possibility of participating to those who cannot cope with the cost of registration, EUR 10/day. "At the same time, whoever wants to help the partnership will also be able to provide more money," they said.

They warn of their limited capacity, inviting the interested person to sign up as soon as possible. In principle, registration will be open until 4 November on the conference website. They ask that if they intend to go with children or adolescents it should be clearly stated at the time of enrollment.

There will be no possibility to follow the days by streaming, as they have consciously decided to do so: "We wanted to place special emphasis on the assistance and materialization of the debate."

The collective issue, the political debate

In order to turn Euskal Herria into a feminist and deepen the sovereign process, Emagine has decided to address the issue of motherhood and promote collective reflection. It is a subject that crosses every woman and, therefore, it is a collective experience. "Whether it's an opportunity, an experience, a decision, an inability or something we give up, it's a subject that crosses many women."

Considering that motherhood is a collective experience, the association believes that it requires a political debate. In addition, they saw that there are more and more discourses and practices on the subject in the Basque Country, but not articulated. In this respect, they believe that they could contribute, take the challenge of driving the debate forward. "It has been our compulsory destiny as a patriarchal institution, and that is why the debate has been inevitable for many women. It has also been and is the desire of many women*. It is clear that motherhood has multiple experiences. We therefore believe that feminist reflection on maternity hospitals (maternity hospitals, non-maternity hospitals and other maternity hospitals) should be encouraged and that creating a space for debate and exchange can be enriching".

They indicate that they are faced with a complex issue and that they will not be able to work in the days all their vertices. However, they have been satisfied with what they have included in the program, as it is the result of a contrasting work with several feminists to identify the nodes of the return to the theme.

They invite all those who cross the issue of motherhood, emphasizing the importance of the debate: "In recent times we are demanding a fairer model of society that puts lives at the centre, and in this connection we have put our care system in place. Well, in relation to life and care, it is essential to analyze the role of motherhood as a social organization. It is also necessary to analyse (no) the issue of maternity hospitals with the characteristics of the 21st century. Because the presence of women in the labor market has changed, the priority of production-public in our lives, the ways of building relationships, the social networks… We believe that all of this requires an update of the look.”