The Ermua City Council has been honored with the ‘Women in the Public Sector’ award in the ‘Reference Institution in Female Leadership’ category.

The Ermua City Council has been recognized with the ‘Women in the Public Sector’ Award in the “Reference Institution in Female Leadership” category. This award highlights the entity’s promotion of public equality policies and its commitment to a fairer, more inclusive administration that champions female leadership. Rosalía Herrera, the Director General, accepted the award last Friday at the ‘Women in the Public Sector 2026’ Congress, held in the city of Valencia.

This accolade celebrates over 35 years of municipal work dedicated to placing equality at the heart of public action, establishing it as a structural pillar of good governance and a key tool for advancing rights, social cohesion, and democratic quality. Beatriz Gamiz, the Mayor of Ermua, expressed her satisfaction with this recognition, emphasizing: “Receiving this award is an immense honor because it acknowledges a trajectory, but above all, a profound conviction: that equality is not a mere add-on to public action, nor an institutional embellishment, nor a declaration of good intentions. Equality is a way of governing. It is a way of understanding democracy. It is a demand for justice.”

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