{"id":11620,"date":"2025-05-29T12:42:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T10:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/the-small-but-powerfully-painstaking-ants-of-inurri\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T16:47:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T14:47:39","slug":"the-small-but-powerfully-painstaking-ants-of-inurri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/en\/the-small-but-powerfully-painstaking-ants-of-inurri\/","title":{"rendered":"The small but powerfully painstaking ants of I\u00f1urri"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11620\" class=\"elementor elementor-11620 elementor-11471\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75f71cd5 e-con-full hero e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"75f71cd5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_translateY_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_translateY_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:4,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;background_motion_fx_translateY_affectedRange&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:0,&quot;end&quot;:100}},&quot;background_motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b302508 artik elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b302508\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>The small but powerfully painstaking ants of I\u00f1urri<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44852c57 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"44852c57\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-155e8488 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"155e8488\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-227d614a categorias-post elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"227d614a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-a639f89 elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-terms\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/en\/category\/gipuzkoa-en\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Gipuzkoa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/en\/category\/society\/\" class=\"elementor-post-info__terms-list-item\">Society<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10a39464 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"10a39464\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31744b60 creditos elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31744b60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Text:<\/strong>\u00a0Manuela Estel \/\u00a0<strong>Photos:<\/strong>\u00a0Andoni Beristain<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38c57e5c e-con-full elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"38c57e5c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67c57569 elementor-share-buttons--view-text elementor-share-buttons--skin-minimal elementor-share-buttons--align-right elementor-share-buttons--shape-square elementor-grid-0 elementor-share-buttons--color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-share-buttons\" data-id=\"67c57569\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"share-buttons.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn 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class=\"elementor-share-btn__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPN\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-grid-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"elementor-share-btn elementor-share-btn_x-twitter\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Share on x-twitter\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-share-btn__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-share-btn__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tX\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e34fdc1 small elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e34fdc1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"max-width: 99999px!important;\">Share\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bd3c972 entrada margen-arriba e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1bd3c972\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ee8f3d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ee8f3d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Miren Cuerdo and Julene Illarramendi founded I\u00f1urri to provide taboo-free support to women with cancer. The association quickly stood out for its feminist approach, which extends far beyond Gipuzkoa.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b70b152 entrada margen-arriba e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b70b152\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f05654 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f05654\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In their light-filled office in Usurbil, next to a colourful mural by Zumeta, Miren and Julene, co-founders of I\u00f1urri (Basque for \u201cant\u201d), look through photos of a weekend in Madrid with friends. Laughter, tapas, walks in Retiro Park&#8230; moments of simple joy. Except that this is the last weekend for Leire, 22, who is terminally ill with cancer. She smiles throughout. She passed away a few hours later in her hotel bed, surrounded by her mother and the \u2018i\u00f1urris\u2019 who had become her friends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf death could be beautiful, it was,\u201d says Miren. Behind her, the association&#8217;s T-shirts display a meaningful slogan: Hil arte, bizi \u2014 Live until you die. Indeed, it is I\u00f1urri&#8217;s mission to help sick women prioritise themselves, sweep away social dictates and live as they see fit. A feminist kick in the anthills\u2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c8f0375 e-con-full margen-arriba inbox e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7c8f0375\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f83be06 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3f83be06\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e801cd3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2e801cd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1400\" src=\"https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/inurri-elkartea-ostiko-feminista-hemendik.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-11486\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/inurri-elkartea-ostiko-feminista-hemendik.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/inurri-elkartea-ostiko-feminista-hemendik-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/inurri-elkartea-ostiko-feminista-hemendik-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/inurri-elkartea-ostiko-feminista-hemendik-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/inurri-elkartea-ostiko-feminista-hemendik-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/inurri-elkartea-ostiko-feminista-hemendik-920x920.jpg 920w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/inurri-elkartea-ostiko-feminista-hemendik-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48e326ad entrada margen-arriba e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"48e326ad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a2d0744 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a2d0744\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>How did I\u00f1urri come about?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My mother died of cancer eight years ago. She was ill for 10 years. She refused to wear a wig, showed her tattooed breast and helped other women with cancer. When she died, I needed to do something, but I didn&#8217;t know what or how.<\/p>\n<p>I started an Instagram account, and Miren contacted me. We met in a bar, Miren created a design, and we launched some T-shirts. They were an instant hit, and lots of women affected by cancer contacted us.<\/p>\n<p>It is often said that a person does not die as long as they live on in our words. I\u00f1urri is a bit like that: before, there was my mother with her ant tattoo, now there are lots of I\u00f1urris.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fa09a4e e-con-full margen-arriba inbox e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4fa09a4e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2421277d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2421277d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75eb3fd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"75eb3fd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"739\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inurri-kolektibo-feminista-gipuzkoa-hemendik-739x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11490\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inurri-kolektibo-feminista-gipuzkoa-hemendik-739x1024.jpg 739w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inurri-kolektibo-feminista-gipuzkoa-hemendik-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inurri-kolektibo-feminista-gipuzkoa-hemendik-768x1064.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inurri-kolektibo-feminista-gipuzkoa-hemendik-1109x1536.jpg 1109w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inurri-kolektibo-feminista-gipuzkoa-hemendik-920x1274.jpg 920w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inurri-kolektibo-feminista-gipuzkoa-hemendik.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f35dbd7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2f35dbd7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78ab694a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"78ab694a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"887\" src=\"https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inurri-kolektiboa-gipuzkoa-hemendik-1024x887.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11494\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inurri-kolektiboa-gipuzkoa-hemendik-1024x887.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inurri-kolektiboa-gipuzkoa-hemendik-300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inurri-kolektiboa-gipuzkoa-hemendik-768x666.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inurri-kolektiboa-gipuzkoa-hemendik-920x797.jpg 920w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inurri-kolektiboa-gipuzkoa-hemendik.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-206128e3 entrada margen-arriba e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"206128e3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4280c677 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4280c677\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>How did you make a difference?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We started by listening to them, just listening. It was liberating to be listened to without that heavy compassion, to be treated like people and not like patients.<\/p>\n<p>One day, one of them told us that the way we talked about the disease was feminist. We hadn&#8217;t even realised it, but it was true. I\u00f1urri could only be feminist. That&#8217;s what makes us unique.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What inequalities do women face in healthcare?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of the first women we supported was a 29-year-old Catalan woman. It took almost a year to diagnose her&#8230; She was told she was touching her breasts too much!<\/p>\n<p>There is a real imbalance: men are always believed when they complain of pain. As for women, they always hear: \u201cIt&#8217;s stress, anxiety, hysteria!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We quickly realised that we had to change the situation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72eabb53 e-con-full margen-arriba inbox e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"72eabb53\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56afbb95 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"56afbb95\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50077b59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"50077b59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inurri-feministak-elkartea-gipuzkoa-hemendik.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-11498\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inurri-feministak-elkartea-gipuzkoa-hemendik.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inurri-feministak-elkartea-gipuzkoa-hemendik-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inurri-feministak-elkartea-gipuzkoa-hemendik-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inurri-feministak-elkartea-gipuzkoa-hemendik-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inurri-feministak-elkartea-gipuzkoa-hemendik-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inurri-feministak-elkartea-gipuzkoa-hemendik-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inurri-feministak-elkartea-gipuzkoa-hemendik-920x920.jpg 920w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inurri-feministak-elkartea-gipuzkoa-hemendik-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-257a7e43 entrada margen-arriba e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"257a7e43\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2779708a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2779708a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>What happens after the diagnosis?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is enormous aesthetic pressure. The first thing you are told is where to buy wigs, prostheses, or get micro-pigmentation. Of course, these things can be useful, but they are not enough.<\/p>\n<p>Young women who are going through early menopause, which disrupts their sexuality, are left with no answers. This should be a free public service. The truth about cancer is that either you recover or you don&#8217;t. But in the meantime, you deserve to live well, don&#8217;t you?<\/p>\n<p><strong>And in their personal lives, how does cancer affect women?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A 2017 study published in the journal Cancer says that 20.8% of women with cancer end up being abandoned. Whereas when it is the man who falls ill, he can count on his wife. Women with cancer continue to take care of others, while many men shy away. It is time to stop taking care of everyone else except ourselves.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-367c3bc8 e-con-full margen-arriba inbox e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"367c3bc8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c01c9c4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5c01c9c4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fa102d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3fa102d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Izan-inurri-gipuzkoa-feminista-cancer-hemendik.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11506\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Izan-inurri-gipuzkoa-feminista-cancer-hemendik.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Izan-inurri-gipuzkoa-feminista-cancer-hemendik-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Izan-inurri-gipuzkoa-feminista-cancer-hemendik-768x589.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Izan-inurri-gipuzkoa-feminista-cancer-hemendik-920x706.jpg 920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ed64d69 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1ed64d69\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-472aba3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"472aba3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Izan-inurri-gipuzkoa-feminista-cancer-hemendik-02-780x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11502\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Izan-inurri-gipuzkoa-feminista-cancer-hemendik-02-780x1024.jpg 780w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Izan-inurri-gipuzkoa-feminista-cancer-hemendik-02-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Izan-inurri-gipuzkoa-feminista-cancer-hemendik-02-768x1008.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Izan-inurri-gipuzkoa-feminista-cancer-hemendik-02-920x1207.jpg 920w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Izan-inurri-gipuzkoa-feminista-cancer-hemendik-02.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58fc3cc entrada margen-arriba e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"58fc3cc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfd0f34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bfd0f34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>In your podcast Drag\u00f3n C\u00e1ncer, Olatz Mercader recounts how, in the swimming pool showers, a little girl stared at her operated breast. Her mother told her to stop, but Olatz invited the little girl to ask her any questions she had. How does this moment reflect the importance of breaking taboos about the female body and illness?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It shows that you never see breasts that have been operated on in public! It&#8217;s great to have people like Olatz, who are empowered and comfortable with their bodies. \u201cIt&#8217;s a scar; I don&#8217;t have a breast anymore, so what?\u201d And when people ask her, \u201cHow are you going to manage in the summer, wearing a dress?\u201d she replies, \u201cWhy that question? Do you think the dress is going to run away?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>There is still a lot of work to be done in terms of education, not only with children, but with everyone. That&#8217;s how the idea for the calendars came about.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19b3a521 e-con-full margen-arriba inbox e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"19b3a521\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d52fad8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d52fad8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d2b1dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4d2b1dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inurri-elkarte-feminista-gipuzkoa-hemendik.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-11516\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inurri-elkarte-feminista-gipuzkoa-hemendik.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inurri-elkarte-feminista-gipuzkoa-hemendik-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inurri-elkarte-feminista-gipuzkoa-hemendik-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inurri-elkarte-feminista-gipuzkoa-hemendik-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inurri-elkarte-feminista-gipuzkoa-hemendik-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inurri-elkarte-feminista-gipuzkoa-hemendik-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inurri-elkarte-feminista-gipuzkoa-hemendik-920x920.jpg 920w, https:\/\/hemendik.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Inurri-elkarte-feminista-gipuzkoa-hemendik-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279759a entrada margen-arriba e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"279759a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-150f5609 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"150f5609\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>&#8220;When you have cancer, it&#8217;s like entering a factory: you&#8217;re placed on a conveyor belt and moved from chemotherapy to radiotherapy, treated like an object.\u201d<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-585d13d7 entrada margen-arriba e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"585d13d7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d65dfb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d65dfb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>How do these calendars, and your work in general, help women reclaim their bodies?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you are told that you need to have a breast removed, the first thing you are offered is an appointment for reconstruction. And those who refuse often end up with an external prosthesis. It&#8217;s always the same logic: hide, cover up.<\/p>\n<p>Many people imagine that a reconstructed breast is just like before, with a nipple and the same appearance as before. But the reality is very different. And some studies show that prostheses increase the risk of recurrence. We understand why women choose reconstruction to feel better about themselves. But what we&#8217;re criticising is that they&#8217;re not being told about all the options available to them, or about the consequences of their choices.<\/p>\n<p>We empower women. Because it takes a lot of courage to say no when you are at your most vulnerable&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you offer that the traditional healthcare system doesn&#8217;t?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The idea was to create a network. The first point of contact is with us. Then we put women in touch with others who have had similar experiences. You understand each other better when you&#8217;ve been through the same things. We&#8217;re like a big tribe: 220 women (and one man!).<\/p>\n<p>We have also just launched group therapy sessions with a psychologist. 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They were the ones who initiated the association&#8217;s first projects!<\/p>\n<p>When you have cancer, it&#8217;s like entering a factory: you&#8217;re placed on a conveyor belt and moved from chemotherapy to radiotherapy, treated like an object. With us, you&#8217;re not a number. You play an active role as a patient.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us about a moment that captures the spirit of I\u00f1urri.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During a retreat, a rather modest woman arrived wearing a thick turtleneck jumper. She always wore her external prosthesis, even though it hurt her (she had marks on her skin). On the second day, we organised a photo shoot. Everyone posed however they wanted. She posed topless, feeling liberated. At moments like that, you realise you&#8217;ve achieved something precious.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What would you say to someone who has just been diagnosed?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That we are here for them. When you find a tribe, everything becomes easier. 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