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Increase efforts to combat gender-based violence and promote associations and training of women are the main axes of the Department of Equality Policy and Development Cooperation, directed Alicia Barquero.
The overall budget of the Department is 1.1122 million euros, of which 852 200 are intended for Equality Policies area.
The main news for 2014 is the implementation of a group home for women victims of domestic violence, in addition to the two shelters that already have the City Hall.
Furthermore, it will perform a program to support children of women victims of gender violence.
In the area of ​​domestic violence, it will bring EMAVI logo contest, the Municipal Equipment Violence Care, and will launch a short film competition on gender violence and equal opportunities for young people.
The EMAVI provide legal, psychological, social, employment and education for women victims of gender violence.
Equality Policies continues to focus on free activities to promote equality and provide training to women.
The municipality has 76 Centers for Women involving more than 12,000 women, to which must be added the 660 people who are part of women's associations.
The City provides training, collaboration agreements provision of premises and technical advice to the Centers for Women.
Among the activities for the year 2013/2014 is the completion of 65 courses, more than 1,600 hours of training, the continuation of the 'People's History', an initiative involving Women's Centers and Senior Centers in To highlight the figure of women who have had a social and cultural importance in neighborhoods and districts of Murcia, which has already been carried out in the neighborhood of El Carmen, The Prop, New Javalí and in the neighborhoods of Santa Eulalia- San Juan and San Miguel San Antolin.
Next year will continue preventive physiotherapy workshops, advocacy Health prevention workshops GBV and workshops to encourage reading.
Women Centers continue to conduct activities such as theater shows and commemorate special days such as March 8, International Women's Day, and the International Day to End Violence Against Women, November 25, and the contest Flowers and Books, who turns 11 years old.
In 2014, for the first time, the story contest March 8 allow the participation of all women in the municipality.
In the area of ​​Equality, continue with the implementation of measures of the Equal Opportunity Plan, remains the Equality and Equality Municipal Commission as well as the business development program 'Woman undertaken' for the promotion, dissemination and business motivation, which this year will feature Embark Innovative program in collaboration with the School of Industrial Organization and the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality.
Equality Policies OMEP also working with the implementation of measures aimed at women.
2014 provides for the inclusion of a gender perspective in the tourist routes that take place in the town, and will be launched training courses for women victims of domestic violence with a commitment to hiring by companies in which engage in practices.
As for removing barriers, the Department continues to work with the Office of Accessibility being present in all municipal projects such as the reform of the Plaza de Europa and Plaza Roque Lopez, or the installation of the first traffic lights in Spain PLASBUE accessible by Smartblue intelligent system that allows safe passage for pedestrians with visual disabilities.
The area of ​​development cooperation has a budget of 314,000 euros which will be mainly for Murcia raise awareness about the needs of developing countries, support for development cooperation projects carried out by NGOs that are based in the municipality and humanitarian aid in disasters.
To this end, programming continues Developing Educating with monthly activities for the entire population as lectures, screenings, exhibitions, etc., in collaboration with the municipality and NGOs in order to raise awareness of the Millennium Development goals .
This project involves more than 12,000 people annually.
The Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces taken as such this project to serve as a model to other municipalities.
In 2014 maintaining aid to the municipality NGOs working in the poorest countries, with a party of 34,000 euros to fund projects.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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