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Councilwoman Margarita Guerrero Murcia's change today urged the government team to promote the drafting of the Equality Plan of the municipality for the period 2017-2019, thus complying with a motion by the formation municipalist the House last March that was approved by the opposition with the abstention of the Popular group.

Guerrero explained that Murcia does not have a plan to promote real equality between men and women since finalize the last, in 2012, although state regulations require develop within local government.

However, the Consistory "only works with programs" that despite contemplate measures can not replace a plan but be part of it.

Therefore, for the mayor "you need a real plan acting medium and long term and be located within a Pact for Gender Equality, beyond patches without global approach".

In this regard, he argued that the Plan proposed training must be "ambitious but realistic", which means it has to have sufficient budget for its proper implementation, while its preparation must be marked by public participation and organizations working in the field of equality.

Also, Guerrero pointed out that the initiative's change requested, among other things, the renaming of the Department of Social Rights Social Rights, Women and Equality, as well as increasing the resources allocated to equality policies for budgets of next year.

Regarding the Equality of the City Council, it recalled that only met once this year, in March, "to approve a program that was already underway," the Equality between men and women by 2016.

Source: Cambiemos Murcia