The mayor of San Javier, Visitation Martinez and Councilman Women and Equality, Guadalupe Garcia, have affected today educating the importance of respect and gender equality to combat the mistreatment of women.
The hall of the City of San Javier has welcomed today the official ceremony to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which falls on Sunday, November 25.
The mayor of San Javier, Martinez Visitation, read the manifesto of the Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women which has expressed support for all those women who suffer such violence, in any its manifestations.
It also indicated that the tightening of criminal measures in recent years has not been enough to eradicate gender violence, so that "prevention is essential", being necessary to transmit and promote "values ​​of equality, justice, democracy and peace from an early age. "
"The educational task thus becomes the most valid to fight against any kind of violence and, in particular, exercised over women," he added.
Thus, "there is an urgent need to develop attitudes and behaviors incompatible with sexism and violence, be educated in building models of male and female alternative to traditional, fundamental pillar to prevent gender violence."
Finally he thanked the commitment and involvement of all those working to eradicate the abuse because "enjoy a life free from violence is a basic human right, not a privilege," he concludio.
Meanwhile, Guadalupe Garcia stated that since the Department of Women and Equality different develop awareness actions in order to raise awareness about the true extent of this social scourge.
It also said that gender violence "committed to public authorities and each and every one of the people that make up society, every day of the year" and reminded all those women "who no longer have a voice, to now suffering because of the children who bear the abuse. "
The City of San Javier has developed various activities throughout the week, to commemorate the 25th November, as the Solidaire "Walking together against violence", the launch of Fox!, Julia Romero, a talk about equality and placing banners in schools and City Hall.
Also, this week has been the local board of Coordination Against Gender Violence, a new tool that are present in the different social agents involved in prevention and detection of cases of violence against women and to work on action planning locally joint.
The next Monday, November 26, the Department of Women and Equality install an information table in the Plaza of the Constitution, in order to delve into the work of awareness and social awareness.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Pedro del Pinatar