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Isabel Franco, Vice President of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia and Counselor for Women, Equality, LGTBI, Families and Social Policy, visited this morning the Rector's Office of the University of Murcia, where he was received by the Rector José Luján, the Vice Chancellor for Quality, Culture and Communication Francisco Javier Martínez Méndez and Professor at the University of Murcia María Isabel Soler Sánchez, Director of the UMU Gender and Labor Prospective Land Chair, who has put her in background on the objectives and tasks of This chair, which is a tool at the service of all groups, and public and private institutions with the aim of facilitating research and dissemination of knowledge in the field of Gender equality at Work.

According to María Isabel Soler, the study of gender equality in the workplace is a matter of vital importance today to effectively implement equality plans, gender perspective training, protocols for equality at work, against sexual harassment, etc., putting the vice president in the background of some of the most defining characteristics of the Chair.

Isabel Franco, meanwhile, said that "the participation of the University is important in all areas, first because you are the ones most closely linked to the study and processing of data and also because you have excellent professionals in all areas", and said that "I especially value the relationship with the university."

Franco has demanded studies that measure different topics "in order to analyze results and set priorities in our actions", and has affirmed that it is very important to carry out studies that provide us with data that offer us the information we need to be able to act. "

Finally, Rector Luján, has affirmed that in addition to doing research, "the university must immediately launch what is done to solve citizens' problems, and to do so, the University of Murcia has found a fundamental instrument: the chairs, which are put at the service of society, citizens and the public service. "

And he said that, in that sense, the university is a fundamental ally of public administration.

Source: Universidad de Murcia