The story of Nevenka Fernandeza councilor of the City Council of Ponferrada who was harassed at work and personally by the mayor of the city in 2000, has gone around the world thanks to the Netflix documentary which bears its own name.
This woman was the first to win a case of sexual harassment against a high political official in Spain. Now he will have his own movie (I’m Nevenka). During Thursday night, Ana Pastor He interviewed the former politician to tell how things were 24 years after that event.
“It seems that In Ponferrada things have not changed enough yet“Fernández lamented, given that the People’s Party did not grant permission for the film to be recorded in the place where the events occurred. It had to be recorded in Zamorajust like the interview of The Objective.
When Ismael Álvarez was convicted, The people of Ponferrada turned to him and unjustly attacked the victimNevenka. “I was a very young woman, overwhelmed by the social response to something that I never thought could happen,” she explained to the journalist.
“I couldn’t imagine the savage rejection of something that for me was unfair, that rejection against me and what I represented“, she recalled, saddened by that unpleasant situation, as can be seen in the following video:
Nevenka was born in Ponferrada and felt like he was from there: “I cared about the city and it was very difficult for me to accept that rejection. I think there are things that have changed culturally today, but others have not.. “I wish and hope that there will be important progress.”
Besides, He thanked the support he did receive from the screening of the documentary. “It was released in all languages, so many people have seen it and identified with me,” he said. “It means a change in mentality, a way of seeing life that is important to evolve and be a better society,” he concluded.
