Adeje council’s department of equality under councillor José Antonio López Delgado, is awarding the 2024 Abinque prize to women in the national and local security forces (Local Police, National Police, Canary Police and Civil Guard). This annual award recognises the work and dedication in the fight for equal opportunities between men and women in the municipality.
As is customary, a Gala event will be held to mark the presentation of the award, part of the calendar of actions that are happening to mark International Women's Day. The award will be presented this Saturday, March 9, at the Centro de Desarrollo Turístico de Costa Adeje (CDTCA), at 7pm. For more information visit www.adeje.es, or consult the calendar of activities related to International Women's Day.
Previous winners of the Abinque prize
2004 - Asociación de Gobernantas de Tenerife.
2005 - La Unión de Mujeres Saharauis
2006 - Orbelinda Pérez Medina
2007 - Ana Oneida Borges Medina, president Asociación San Juan.
2008 - Amada Trujillo Bencomo, paediatrician
2009 – Hospital visitors
2010 - Rosa María Medina García, volunteer
2011 – Tomato and banana packers.
2012 - Limpiezas Domínguez and their employees
2013- María Isabel Fernández González, founder and director of the Escuela Infantil Niño de Adeje and her team
2014 - Brigitte Gypen, founder of the Walk for Life
2015- The oldest women in the borough
2016 - Alexandra Rinder, Adeje’s youngest elite athlete
2017- Ángeles Nieves García Rodríguez, Montesdeoca.
2018 – Adeje equality council
2019 - Rosa María Pérez Meiriño, music professor and singer.
2020 - Cristina Lorenzo Ibáñez, marine biologist and environmentalist
2021 – Women working in the Adeje health sector
2022 - Emilia González, scientist, and televisión presentar
2023 – Education centres and the borough’s first teachers
2024- Women in the national and local security forces
