Separate swimming hall shifts for women and girls were required by a council initiative devised by Sdp's Faysal Abdi and Naima El-Issaoui.
Korson the desired women's swimming shift will start in the swimming hall on Saturday, April 13.
It is an experiment by the city of Vantaa, which is implemented at the request of the residents.
The swimming shift is organized until June 1 on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. You can enter the swimming pool until 13:00 and swimming time ends at 13:30.
The criterion for participating in the shift is a continuous swimming skill of 25 meters.
The aim is to organize women's swimming shifts in the fall in the Korso and Martinlaakso swimming halls.
Women's according to the city of Vantaa, the swimming shift is a welcome addition to the sports offering, because open shifts intended only for women have not been organized in recent years.
Separate swimming shifts were required for women and girls Faysal Abdin (sd) and Marry El-Issaoui (sd) with a council initiative that was signed by a total of 27 councillors.
According to El-Issaoui, the background was based on numerous surveys of the townspeople.
The city of Vantaa has decided to fulfill the wish, even though the response prepared by the city council to the initiative by swimming shifts aimed only at women are problematic from the point of view of equality. Told about it earlier Vantaa Sanomat.
In its response, the city states also that religious requirements and restrictions are the main reason why women and men cannot swim at the same time.
El-Issaoui disagrees.
According to him, many women's threshold for using a swimming pool can be high for many different reasons. For example, insecurity about one's own body or perceived sexual violence can have an effect.
“For young girls, it can be liberating to be able to swim without fear of extra looks on the body. So the reasons can be many, and not just religious or cultural,” he said write On the website of Vantaa Sdp.
He points out that the Commissioner for Equality has refuted the ideas of inequality and discrimination in swimming shifts. He points out that men can take the initiative on their own, if this is deemed necessary.
Corrections 10.4. at 9:49 p.m.: Vantaa Sanomat, not Vantaa Uutiset, previously reported on the matter. Also added a link to Vantaa Sanomat's article.
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