Las Mujeres en
la Cultura 2009

Training

133 training and specialisation grants for cultural activities and subjects are offered by the Ministry of Culture every year. These grants, directed at individuals with higher education, are aimed at training specialists in different cultural areas, thereby increasing the employment possibilities of these graduates in cultural industries.

Most of the demand for these grants by women –approximately eighty per cent of the thousands of applications submitted every year are made by women- corresponds to the same percentage of grants awarded. As a consequence, in recent years hundreds of women have been trained and have become specialised in cultural subjects and industries in different units of the Ministry of Culture.

The Ministry also annually offers subsidies for training culture professionals, which allow young professionals to finish their education in prestigious centres abroad.

Women -musical performers, dancers, actresses, filmmakers, plastic artists, conservationists, restorers, cultural managers- apply for and obtain a large percentage of these subsidies.