None of them had an easy job because unlike men, No value is assumed for them: they have to prove it. more than thirty years after its abolition condition of “being a man” to access Armed InstituteThe presence of women in the workplaces, which became official with a decree on February 23, 1988 Civil Guard still far from our social reality.
They don’t represent much at the moment 9% of the total workforce. Nearly 7,200 female agents out of 80,000 soldiers nationwide and 242 of 2,800 soldiers in the province of Alicante, where 21 of the 85 interns attended temporarily.
a few bosses also (only three are in command of the 54 in Spain, representing only 3% of the officers) but without a shadow of doubt professional component that pushes them to form a part of this Body, the value and results of your business And in case anyone is unclear, this is they came to stay.
For that was often the thought of the first valiant women who dared to walk through the gates. Baeza Civil Guard Academy.
Who remembers like this Sonia Gomez member of it first promotionMoreover first gunsmith Having been in charge in Alicante for over 21 years, Benemérita along with two other male colleagues said the guns, vests and the rest of the supplies are in excellent use.
“No one believed that we would go to work when the training was over, they thought we would quit, but it’s clear it wasn’t,” says guard Gómez, laughing at how he chose, they recommended him to become a gunsmith. “a more obvious destiny, a woman’s work.” (“Actually, it’s been almost three years since I applied for the residency course, until you gave it to me,” adds the switchboard and ask. What happens to the gunsmith?
Cape’s Daughters
Gone are the anecdotes where she and another comrade went with a corporal and those who thought they were his daughters when they had to. running in heels and skirts because it was the only uniform for women, who was or was already a gunsmith, the overalls (for men) she was working with were so large that she had no choice but to tie it around her waist. Moreover, they caught his attention because he was ugly.
“We have to prove more than our male colleagues, but when you come in, the truth is they don’t question you”, reassures this gunsmith that his job has “become my life”.
Married to another plainclothes cop and a mother of two, in her twenties, this Leonese is born, not discriminated against on the basis of gender at work. valuable (“here, both men and women are paid the same price,” he notes), although he acknowledges that “decisions like motherhood are essential, especially if there is no family nearby.” And in this case, he considered promotion and eventually gave up. And not alone.
For Mary Pellicerbetween second promotion, first captain (prefers masculine to captain) seprona And unique in Spain with this graduation He does not position the issue at the forefront in this service at the level of equality, “When we entered the Academy and our colleagues tried to protect us with a certain paternalism while keeping us under observation.”
The difficulty is seen later, “when you stop being classmates and start seeing you as a rival. Although the truth is The biggest obstacle to overcoming the obstacles we still have is within ourselves”.
With a never-ending curriculum that includes one in Public Equality Policies, among other master’s degrees in the most diverse subjects, Captain Pellicer, one of the pioneers when doing biker courses In addition to having traditionally masculine features in feudal lords, Traffic and NBC, He knows what he’s talking about.
“As long as we women continue to feel guilty for ‘leaving the family’ to improve ourselves, the problem will not be resolved. It doesn’t happen to men, and it shouldn’t happen to us,” she affirms, emphasizing.
It is only necessary to pay attention to the distribution by gender. prize Members of the Alicante Command in the last three years, low rate of women At the Armed Institute, (what the Seprona president ascribes “For fear of entering the Corps due to ignorance and lack of female references”), this must be part of the self-exclusion.
Of the 74 awards given in 2020, only 4 were awarded to women; The following year only 7 of 80 and only 11 of 85 of the past.
candles for saints
Despite coming from a family that put candles to saints so that they failed and did not enter the Benemérita (the “fault” lay in a brother-in-law who was assigned to the Basque Country during the worst years of terrorism and left them helpless). lives), Captain Pellicer had no doubt as to what he wanted to do with his life, and accordingly, “I never dreamed of being a civil security guard because then we wouldn’t be.”
Now, as soon as he learned that this was possible, he combined his morning work at a hospital with his Anatomy studies in the afternoon. preparation by yourself, to enter the academy on the weekends. And even if that meant giving up the job he was just offered at a hospital in Albacete, he succeeded. had 21 years.
Therefore, with this background, when a supervisor asked him if he would dare to transfer (the detainees) to Seville, he replied: “Would you ask me if you were a man?”
enthusiasm for research
Her passion for research and the boy who was her then-boyfriend, the warden she eventually married, and now the father of her two daughters, was what drove her down this path. Christina S. Entering the Benemérita in 2008 with just 21 years.
He certainly claims he did it himself. “by profession, not by having a permanent job”, and he knew from the start it was his destiny. Forensic police.
from the team Murders, kidnappings and disappearanceswhere she currently works, she advocates “the value of women in operations that facilitate follow-up”. And although she did meet a man who, while asking for documents, expressed that he wanted his interlocutor to be a male agent, this is still an “forgotten” anecdote for him. when you solve a case and tell the victim’s family who the killer is. This is what gives meaning to all work.” He says with undisguised satisfaction. “There is God and the Civil Guard for these people at that moment.”
Regarding female resignations, Cristina explains that she requested maternity leave herself when their daughter was born. Transfer related to Organized Crime and Drug Enforcementto the Homicide Squad, which allowed him to better organize himself where he was. “But I did it because I wanted to, because my husband was also willing” nuances.