Since then, a large group of people, both inside and outside the University have been working to make Mundos de Mujeres/Women's Worlds 2008 possible, with the backing of the entire institution. Special mention is due to those who have generously accepted to be integrated in the various Committees, and whose inspiration and collaboration has been essential to the fulfilment of the commitments of the Congress. At the same time, it is a great privilege to have Her Majesty Queen Sofía as Honorary President, while the President of the Government, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, the Vice-President, María Teresa Fernández de la Vega and a great majority of the Ministers of the Spanish Government; the President of the Courts of Justice, María Emilia Casas; the President of the Autonomous Community of Madrid, Esperanza Aguirre; the Major of Madrid, Alberto Ruiz Gallardón, and other prominent members of the Spanish Government and international politics have accepted to be on the Honorary Committee. We express our thanks and recognition to all of them. Likewise, we extend our most sincere recognition to people and organizations related to the academic, educational, scientific, social and cultural worlds, and to representatives of women’s movements and associations, who have also accepted to be included in the Honorary or Advisory Committees of this Congress. Our very special thanks and appreciation must also go to the more than one hundred and thirty people who make up the Congress Scientific Committees, and to their spokespersons, whose names are listed below. All of them have decisively and generously contributed to the scientific organization of Mundos de Mujeres/ Women´s Worlds 200. Finally, our sincere thanks are due to those who have honoured us by generously accepting the invitation to form part of the Executive Committee. Special recognition must be paid to the considerable number of people who have worked in the Congress Office, and to all those people who, in an initial or a latter phase, have been in charge of the direction and coordination of Mundos de Mujeres/Women´s Worlds 2008from their individual positions of responsibility. Many other people and institutions have collaborated on the different aspects involved in organizing a congress, all of which have undoubtedly contributed to the smooth running of Mundos de Mujeres/Women's Worlds 2008. We therefore thank them for their effort.
The commitment of the Universidad Complutense with Mundos de Mujeres/Women's Worlds 2008 is grounded on an extensive educational and research trajectory of this University on the question of gender, sustained, among other instances, by the Institute for Feminist Studies, and by a large number of renowned experts and researchers on this matter. Many of these academics, most women, have been pioneering in their respective fields of specialization, and have been teachers of younger generations who are now doing women’s studies at our university. We are therefore indebted to the work of all these Gender Studies teachers and researchers, who symbolise the support of the Institution to these valuable contributions.
Finally, Mundos de Mujeres/Women's Worlds 2008 would not have been possible without the backing of the great number of institutions that have supported the Congress as sponsors or collaborators. On behalf of the organizing bodies of the 10th Mundos de Mujeres/Women's Worlds and the Complutense University, we extend our sincere thanks to all of them. Among the former are the Ministry for Equality – Ministerio de Igualdad (Institute for Women's Affairs – Instituto de la Mujer); the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation – Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y Cooperación (Spanish Agency for International Cooperation - Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional); Madrid City Council – Ayuntamiento de Madrid; the Santander Bank; and El Corte Inglés; and the special collaboration of the State Society for Cultural Commemorations – Sociedad Estatal de Conmemoraciones Culturales. The following is a list of collaborating agencies: the Ministry of Defence; the Madrid Autonomous Community – Comunidad de Madrid (Department of Women's Affairs – Dirección General de la Mujer); the Ministry of Culture (Department for Books – Dirección General del Libro); Ministry of Education, Social Policies and Sport – Ministerio de Educación, Política Social y Deporte (Royal Board for Disability – Real Patronato sobre Discapacidad); Ministry of Scienc and Innovation - Ministerio deCiencia e Innovación; Ministry of Home Affairs – Ministerio del Interior ; the General Council of the Judiciary – Consejo General del Poder Judicial; Andalusian Institute for Women's Affairs – Instituto Andaluz de la Mujer; Institute for Women's Affairs for Murcia – Instituto de la Mujer de Murcia; Institute for Women's Affairs for Castilla La Mancha – Instituto de la Mujer de Castilla la Mancha; Carolina Foundation; Universia; Spanish Coordinator for the European Women's Lobby- Coordinadora Española para el Lobby Europeo de Mujeres (CELEM); Spanish Association for the Research into Women's History – Asociación Española de Investigación de Historia de las Mujeres; Spanish Committee for Representatives of People with Disabilities – Comité Español de Representantes de Personas con Discapacidad; National Organization for the Blind in Spain – Organización Nacional de Ciegos Españoles (ONCE); Department of Gender Equality of the Ministry of Education, Social Policy and Sport – Unidad de Igualdad de Género del Ministerio de Educación, Política Social y Deporte; Higher Council for Scientific Research – Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC); the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology – Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología (FECYT); the Association of Women Researchers and Technologists – Asociación de Mujeres Investigadoras y Tecnólogas (AMYT); Centre for Women's Studies at the University of Salamanca – Centro de Estudios de la Mujer de la Universidad de Salamanca (CEMUSA); Caja Duero; the Cervantes Institute – Rome; the Three Cultures Foundation – Fundación Tres Culturas; Casa Sefarad – Israel; European Institute of the Mediterranean – Instituto Europeo del Mediterráneo; Association of Universities against Male Violence – Asociación Universitaria contra la Violencia Machista; RQTR; Casa de Asia; United States Embassy; La Caixa; Caja Madrid Social Projects Department – Obra Social de Caja Madrid; Spanish Foundation for Craft Innovation – Fundación Española para la Innovación de la Artesanía; Thomson/ Aranzadi; L’Oreal; AON Gil and Carvajal S.A.; Iberia; Solidarity for Development – Solidarios para el Desarrollo; Spanish Centre for Graphic Reproduction – Centro Español de Derechos Reprográficos (CEDRO); the National Library – Biblioteca Nacional; Sitges City Council – Ayuntamiento de Sitges; Zaragoza City Council – Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza; Institute of Feminist Research at the Complutense University of Madrid – Instituto de Investigaciones Feministas de la UCM; University of Alcalá de Henares; Caixa Forum; the Madrid Atheneum; the Spanish Association for Reading and Writing – Asociación Española de Lectura y escritura; El Ojo Atómico Gallery – Antimuseum of Contemporary Art; the Nehal Foundation; International Exhibit of Cinema and Human Rights – Muestra Internacional de Cine y Derechos Humanos; Casa Encendida; the Progress and Culture Foundation – Fundación Progreso y Cultura; Infantas Gallery; Selón-José Robles Gallery; ART-ist 13 Gallery; Tribeca Gallery; Arteselección Gallery; FNAC; Prasad Foundation; Casa India; Union of Spanish University Publishers – Unión de Editoriales Universitarias Españolas (UNE); Routledge/Taylor and Francis Group; OXFAM; Rivasvaciamadrid City Council, El Noema Theatre Group; Ritual Theatre; Perro Teatro; Ayran Productions; the Gexto City Council – Ayuntamiento de Gexto; Fundación Cristóbal Gabarrón and Fundación Casa Pintada.
