Angelina Mas dies at the age of 82, a key figure for women’s rights in Andorra

Angelina Mas died yesterday at the age of 82 after one trajectory marked by will of being useful where he thought he needed to be. Activist for women’s rights, businesswoman and linked to various social entitieswas part of a generation that helped to transform Andorran society, first in the fight for women’s suffrage and then in areas such as rights of people with disabilitiesaccessibility, health prevention and support for vulnerable groups. Her legacy is that of a woman who understood public action as a concrete way to help others.

“She was a brave and intelligent woman, with a lot of strength and, above all, a very good person”
Mari Carmen Barbero, Former President

But was one of the relevant figures in the fight for political rights of women in the Principality. At the end of the sixties, she was part of the women’s movement that promoted the demands that led to the recognition of women’s suffrage in 1971. Monica Costemember of Women’s Group for Reflection and Actionhighlights that “his involvement in the fight for the right of female vote it meant a great leap for the country.” That commitment, however, did not end with suffrage. cost remember that But he never lost touch with the demands of women and that, already two decades ago, he defended issues such as the right to abortion. The 2025 received, along with Maria Molné, the Order of Charlemagne in the tribute to the nine women that made that progress possible.

“She was an extraordinary woman, always ready to help others”
Agustina Grandvallet, Former president of Amida

Maria Carmen Barberoformer president of theAndorran Women’s Migrant Association (ADMA)he remembers But en a time when the reality of women in the country it was very different from today and it was still necessary to give visibility to situations such as gender violence. “She was one brave and intelligent womanwith a lot of strength and, above all, a very good person”, he says Barber. at the head ofAmida and as president of the commission for the promotion of accessibility, But played a key role in rolling out criteria for newly constructed buildings to incorporate the needs of people with disabilities, under the law passed in 1995. Agustina Grandvallet, former president of Amida and member of the organization for more than twenty years, he remembers that But helped to project the association beyond the country and that he understood help in a direct and practical way. “She was an extraordinary woman, always willing to help others,” he says.

“Her involvement in the fight for women’s suffrage was a great leap for the country”
Mònica Coste, Member of the Women’s Group

This same look accompanied her in the stage at the head of the board of directors of the CASSwhere he advocated agile responses to people’s needs and a ssocial security capable of thinking about the future without losing sight of the specific cases. But he warned of the need for the new social security law to provide for an increase in members’ contributions so as not to jeopardize old-age pensions, but he also insisted that social protection must be able to adapt to new treatments and medical advances. As in president of the board of directorsdefended regular and free check-ups as a long-term investment, with special attention to the detection of pathologies such as those of the prostate and colon, and to the monitoring of women’s health from the 50 years

Encamp it was also a constant in his life. But had been born there and spoke of it fondly, although in an interview with diary he warned that he was “not parochialist at all”. That relationship came from afar: from the family, from theHotel Oros and of a childhood in which the town was, as he remembered, a space of freedom. After retiring from the front line, he still stayed with friends for coffee and maintained a low-key life in the parish.