Ana Redondo does not have social networks. And that detail, which may seem trivial and even extemporaneous, gives many clues about the reason for her election as the new Minister of Equality to replace Irene Montero.. Born in Valladolid in 1966, she has developed her political career in the Castilian-Leonese city, both at the local and regional levels.. A policy without stridency, although those around it assure that it has “claw”. And these same sources highlight the “dialogue” profile of this university professor, whose one of her challenges is to redirect the waters of feminism, a movement that she has been discussing all her life, but in recent years making more noise than ever..

The appointment was a surprise even within the PSOE and some of the party's veterans, with three years of activism in the field of feminism, admitted not knowing her.. “Let's give it a chance,” said another socialist source.. She has a doctorate in Constitutional Law and has extensive academic literature, focused on the amendment processes in the drafting of laws.. The law of only yes is yes and its consequences in reducing sentences for sexual offenders is the main stain on the service record of Irene Montero's team, so Redondo's legal profile serves the new Executive to try to mark distances in Equality.

The first to receive Redondo's entry into the Government with cheers is another of the PSOE's feminist leaders, Carmen Calvo, who said at an event in Granada that she is the “second happiest person in the world” for the appointment of her partner. The recovery of the Equality portfolio for the party of the fist and the rose is one of the milestones of the new cabinet and this has been celebrated by Calvo, who starred in loud confrontations with the purple ones. In the background is the struggle that feminism experienced over the trans law, with Montero and her team as the main defenders of the text. We must not forget that Calvo abstained from approving this norm, despite the fact that the PSOE supported the text..

There are no records of Redondo's statements on the matter, but there is a photo with the new version of the LGTBI flag – which already includes the blue, pink and white stripes of the trans community – and in his role in local politics he has experience in relations with associations LGTBI. The Triángulo Foundation welcomed him on its. However, social networks were flooded with comments about Sánchez's decision, ruining the “low profile” he has chosen for Equality..

The 8-M Commission, which organizes the demonstrations for Women's Day on March 8, has chosen not to comment on the appointment. “Our place is the streets, the neighborhoods and the towns, trying to put together the voices of women,” expressed this group, which focuses on the celebration of the International Day against Violence against Women, which is commemorated every 25 November. This Tuesday, after the transfer of portfolios that Montero and Redondo will star in, the institutional event for 25-N is held and the participation of the new holder is expected in an event that will feature the participation of Victoria Rosell, Government delegate against Gender Violence and member of the team of the still Minister of Podemos.

The statement issued by Radical Feminists gives clues to the situation in which the feminist movement finds itself.. This organization talks about “expectation” and focuses on their legal training. They also claim that “the policies adopted in the last legislature have endangered the rights and freedoms of women and their daughters and sons,” in reference to the work of Irene Montero and her team, whom they accuse of “dismantling” those rights. with trans laws, just yes is yes and childhood. Radical Feminists demand that Redondo “open channels of communication” with entities critical of these laws, which anticipates the difficulty that Valladolid politics will face..

The connection with the Government

To understand Redondo's entry into the Government, we do not have to focus only on his legal training. She was a Councilor for Culture and Tourism, but also a spokesperson in the Cortes of Castilla y León.. And that is one of the links that can explain his arrival to Pedro Sánchez's new team.. The leader of the PSOE in Castilla y León was then Óscar López, a companion at the beginning of the rise of the President of the Government, then defenestrated in the organic struggles and now rehabilitated with a very influential position, that of head of the Presidency cabinet..

In addition, he also worked with his new colleague in the Executive, Óscar Puente, now Minister of Transport and until last June his boss as mayor of Valladolid. The Castilian-Leonese city thus has two members in a cabinet of 22 ministers and both in the socialist wing. The Valladolid clan gains weight in a team with two Andalusians – the largest federation of the party – and a single Catalan, despite the weight that the Andalusian PSOE and the PSC have in the electoral results that Sánchez achieved on 23-J.