{"id":11021,"date":"2018-09-20T11:40:39","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T11:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ullsdelmon.org\/?post_type=ulls-de-dona&#038;p=11021"},"modified":"2026-03-30T01:19:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T01:19:34","slug":"interview-to-maria-tavera-aid-worker","status":"publish","type":"ulls-de-dona","link":"https:\/\/www.ullsdelmon.org\/en\/womens-eyes\/interview-to-maria-tavera-aid-worker\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview to Mar\u00eda Tavera, aid worker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Mar\u00eda Tavera has been a part of the Eyes of the world team for more than seven years. She has spent most of that time as an aid worker in a refugee camp for Saharan people in Tindouf (Algeria). Thanks to its permanent presence in situ, the Eyes of the world project has been able to achieve important results in terms of eye health among Saharan refugees, especially women and children. Mar\u00eda takes pride in her accomplishments so far, but she says she intends to keep working for real gender equality in refugee camps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span lang=\"en-US\">With her characteristic tenacity and commitment, Mar\u00eda&#8217;s aim is to guarantee the right to eye healthcare for Saharan refugees. No doubt, she\u2019ll spare no effort in attaining that goal.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span lang=\"en-US\">How long have you been Eyes of the world\u2019s coordinator in Sahara? How did you come across the Eyes of the world Foundation and what inspired you to work with them?<\/span><\/h5>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span lang=\"en-US\">I have been a coordinator since July 2011. I discovered Eyes of the world when looking for information on refugee camps. I found their website and I thought it would be very interesting to work with them, being already aware of eye health problems in those camps.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span lang=\"en-US\">What\u2019s your current function?<\/span><\/h5>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span lang=\"en-US\">I coordinate the Eyes of the world project in Sahara and I manage part of the Foundation\u2019s internal development and gender training programs.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large\" title=\"Mar\u00eda Tavera's ID card\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ullsdelmon.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ullsdemon_con-ojos-de-mujer_maria-300x212.png\" alt=\"Mar\u00eda Tavera's ID card\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span lang=\"en-US\">How would you describe the situation for women in Tindouf refugee camps? Is there any gender policy there?<\/span><\/h5>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span lang=\"en-US\">There are no strict and well-defined gender policies in those camps. Saharan women sometimes have their rights violated (as in other parts of the world). The situation for women in Saharan refugee camps is conditioned by their country\u2019s culture and tradition. Although women play a central role in everyday life at the camps, they are restricted by gender roles.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span lang=\"en-US\">In your experience, what are the main challenges women face regarding health? What would you propose as a solution?<\/span><\/h5>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Family responsibilities are a major drawback when it comes to women accessing eye healthcare. Besides that, women who stay in the domestic sphere lack a lot of information.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span lang=\"en-US\">You certainly must have plenty of stories to tell. Which one had the biggest impact on you?<\/span><\/h5>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span lang=\"en-US\">A positive anecdote was the first time I saw a congenital cataract surgery being performed on a child. The next day, the bandages on both of his eyes were removed and he could see for the first time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Unfortunately, other situations are much more difficult. For example, when you can\u2019t do anything to help someone who comes to you, because of a lack of personnel or means or because it\u2019s too late and the disease is so advanced the only thing you can do is to apply palliative treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span lang=\"en-US\">If you could make one wish, no matter how impossible, to improve gender equality in refugee camps, what would it be?<\/span><\/h5>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span lang=\"en-US\">My wish, not only for the camps, would be that all women knew and exercised their rights, fully and freely. I wish we, men and women, would work together to improve the empowering of women. I\u2019d like schools to teach feminist values.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Tell us three words that, to you, best describe the Foundation.<\/span><\/h5>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Commitment, development and coherence.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span lang=\"en-US\">How do your feminine eyes see the future?<\/span><\/h5>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span lang=\"en-US\">I see the future as a society where men and women work together to eradicate any kind of discrimination against women, where human rights are central to all political and social decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8583,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-11021","ulls-de-dona","type-ulls-de-dona","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Interview to Mar\u00eda Tavera, aid worker - 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