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| The number of EMAVI attentions increases 74% and stands at 4,244 actions | The Murcia City Council has treated 292 women victims of gender violence this year, 10% more than in 2019.
This was announced this morning by the Councilor for Social Rights and Family, Pilar Torres, who has offered a balance of the cases with which the Municipal Team for Attention to Gender Violence (EMAVI) has worked until October 31.
Last year at that time the Consistory had attended 266 women, 26 less than in this 2020.Of the 292 cases this year, 51%, that is, 151, are new, while the remaining 49% (141 cases) are old.
The number of attentions that the EMAVI has developed has grown 74% this year compared to the previous one, reaching 4,244, for the 2,445 that the municipal technicians had carried out as of October 31, 2019.The average age of the women served by the City Council is 38.13 years.
64% (189 cases) are between 30 and 50 years old.
This year there have been 10 cases of young people aged between 13 and 20 years and 14 in women over 60 years.
In addition, of the 292 women who received care, 210 had a dependent child.176 women attended are Spanish and 116, foreigners176 attended were Spanish and 116, foreigners.
Morocco, with 41 cases; Ecuador, with 14; Colombia, with 13; and Bolivia, with 11 foreign countries are more cases handled by the city of Murcia.
In addition, 213 of those treated lived with their attacker and 161 had filed a complaint, while 131 did not report.The Councilor for Social Rights, Pilar Torres, has indicated that "I am very clear that the level of a politician is measured by his commitment to the most vulnerable.
In my department nothing is talked about other than people and we are going to implement as many policies and measures are necessary to overcome the social scourge of gender violence suffered by women.
Each new case is a setback that we all bear as a society and we will not rest until these violent behaviors are eradicated.
"The increase in actions that the EMAVI has developed is attributed by its technicians, among other factors, to the fact that the coronavirus pandemic has favored the worsening of the socioeconomic precarious conditions in which many women found themselves, creating new needs for social and economic support .The pandemic as an aggravating factorIn addition, the worsening of social conditions due to the pandemic has favored couple tensions to escalate and on many occasions the woman and minor children have had to leave the family home, requiring specialized care due to their condition of victims of gender violence.Likewise, they point out that the comprehensive and interdisciplinary interventions that require attention to cases of gender violence have been affected by greater complexity, since the problem of gender violence is currently joined to a greater extent by the lack of economic resources , unemployment and the absence of a social and family support network.Currently, the EMAVI team is made up of 4 social educators, 1 social worker, 2 psychologists, 1 legal advisor and 1 coordinator.
It also has reception resources for women and their children who, for reasons of protection and security, have to leave their homes, and may be sheltered for a period of up to 12 months.
The total capacity of reception is 20, distributed in 4 houses.Social, psychological and legal care for victimsThe municipal team provides direct attention to women, through guidance, specialized professional advice (socio-educational, psychological and legal) and accompaniment in their personal process, aimed at achieving the emotional, social and economic independence of the aggressor, training women to develop an autonomous life.Foster care is also carried out in the shelter of women and their children when there are situations of risk to their integrity or due to characteristics of special vulnerability that require it.Personalized attention focuses on assessing the situation of each woman, prioritizing the protection and safety of her and her dependent children, assessing the risk, and making available the necessary resources to get out of this situation.Actions made with funds from the State PactThe actions carried out this year 2020 by the EMAVI were presented during the meeting of the Municipal Commission for the Monitoring of Gender Violence held on November 20.
The meeting also presented information and training actions to promote equality between women and men and the prevention of gender violence, developed under the grants from the State Pact in 2019 and 2020.For example, the installation of Violet Points was carried out during the festive moments of great influx of public in the municipality of Murcia, with the main objective of informing the general public of the right of women to decide and the care services in situations of sexist violence.
During the last quarter of 2019 and the first quarter of 2020, a total of 4,529 people were attended at different holiday events, of which 3,386 are women and 1,143 are men.The awareness and training campaigns 'I am from the Equality Generation' were also developed to commemorate International Women's Day, on March 8, which served to commemorate the International Day of Rural Women, on October 15, and the entitled 'The Door Still Open', as well as advisory work to women's centers and the opening of a sheltered apartment for women and sons and daughters in the process of recovering from gender violence.Activities program for 25-NCouncilor Pilar Torres has also reviewed the program of activities that will take place tomorrow, November 25, on the occasion of the International Day for the Eradication of Violence against Women.
In this way, at 11:00 am, the institutional act will be held in the Plenary Hall of the City Council, in which the institutional manifesto against gender violence will be read.During the event, the 'Murcia in Equality' award will be awarded to people and / or entities that have stood out throughout the year for their actions against gender violence and / or support for its victims.
In this year, due to the pandemic, the award will be symbolically awarded to people around the victim, sons and daughters, fathers and mothers, friends, teachers, neighbors and others who support, encourage and accompany the victims in the tough process of ending the violence and along the road to recovery.In the afternoon, at 6:00 p.m., the facade of the Moneo Building will be illuminated in purple, symbolizing the commitment of the Municipal Corporation and the municipality of Murcia with zero tolerance to gender violence and support for the victims.A las 18:15 horas la cantante murciana Belén Ayuso interpretará desde la terraza del Edificio Moneo el tema titulado ‘Ella', compuesto para sensibilizar socialmente sobre la lacra que supone la violencia de género.
Este acto se llevará a cabo a iniciativa de Club Rotary Murcia Norte, cuyo presidente es Francisco Sandoval.Asimismo, a las 20:00 horas se interpretará la obra de teatro y danza que lleva por nombre 'El Camino Paralelo'.
La obra se podrá seguir a través de Youtube y es una creación de la autora Inés Hellín.
Aborda el recorrido que una relación de pareja tiene desde su inicio hasta la aparición del maltrato y la violencia machista.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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