{"id":18022,"date":"2026-11-09T13:01:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T18:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/?p=18022"},"modified":"2026-11-09T13:03:23","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T18:03:23","slug":"18022-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/18022-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Social Work: a Priority for the Federation of Cuban Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18023 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/0711-pleno-fmc3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/0711-pleno-fmc3.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.radioguantanamo.icrt.cu\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/0711-pleno-fmc3-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>Guantanamo.- Experiences and ideas demonstrating the potential of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) to support and strengthen social assistance and prevention work were presented today at a plenary session of its National Committee.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting took place at the Panamerican Village Hotel in the capital and was chaired by Teresa Amarelle Bou\u00e9, a member of the Political Bureau and FMC general secretary, and Maryd\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez L\u00f3pez, head of the Office for Relations with the Union of Young Communists and mass organizations of the Party\u2019s Central Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers described how local initiatives are implementing changes to strengthen social work through a proactive, preventive approach, with greater priority given to these efforts at the municipal level.<\/p>\n<p>Particular attention was devoted to sexual and reproductive health, teenage pregnancy, youth employment, support for homes serving children without parental care and for minors abandoned by their guardians, and efforts to combat drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Amarelle Bou\u00e9, other National Committee members, and invited participants agreed on the importance of engaging and involving families, the role of Women\u2019s and Family Guidance Centers in the current challenging circumstances, and the work of social workers and activists.<\/p>\n<p>Particularly moving were the reflections of students from Manuel Permuy lower secondary school in the Antonio Guiteras district on the risks of pregnancy at such a young age, as well as those of young people who study and work thanks to FMC activism in Panamerican Village.<\/p>\n<p>Despite progress in some territories and communities, much remains to be done nationwide to report cases of violence against children and to identify children who are not attending school, as well as pregnant adolescents who need greater care.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lRu31\" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">The Minister of Labor and Social Security, Jes\u00fas Otamendiz;<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">&#8230;and Minister of Education Naima Trujillo also called on the women\u2019s organization to\u2014in coordination with social workers and schools, respectively\u2014intensify all efforts that contribute to advancing the policies and programs approved by the nation.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"lRu31\" dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"jCAhz JpY6Fd\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">The plenary session also highlighted the vital role the women\u2019s organization could play in improving a number of indicators within the Maternal and Child Health Program, through its preventive work in the community.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"jCAhz\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\"> Source: ACN<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"OvtS8d\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"NQSJo\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"UdTY9 WdefRb\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-location=\"2\">\n<div class=\"kO6q6e\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guantanamo.- Experiences and ideas demonstrating the potential of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) to support and strengthen social assistance and prevention work were presented today at a plenary session of its National Committee. 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