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The town of Totana has joined the silent gathering convened by the council, which took place in front of City Hall as a sign of rejection and condemnation of the deadly case of domestic violence in the region of Murcia, where a 68 year old woman died Tuesday May 11 in the district of St. James Murcia allegedly by her husband.
The event was attended by the Mayor of Totana, José Martínez Andreo, and more members of the municipal corporation as well as municipal workers, representatives of various associations of the town and neighbors in general, who have been handed out white ribbons and who have shown their support for the fight against gender violence, since prevention and victim support have become the two pillars for combating such violence.
In this sense, the mayor of Totana has appealed to the environments of the victim and the aggressor "to denounce, not minimize the risk that the law against gender violence is developed and applied to the helplessness they feel victims of gender violence and to activate the protection mechanisms necessary for this story that overwhelms us today is not repeated. "
With this act, as has been demonstrated, the Mayor of Totana, on behalf of the local corporation has indicated its support and solidarity to the women victims of violence, showing the positioning of rejection and persistent complaint one of the most virulent forms of discrimination based on sex, violence against women.
Similarly, Martínez Andreo has committed to continue fighting the Administration to eradicate this social evil, because "the success of laws requiring social support and will complete, as determined and unflinching, actions from the various educational communities, associations and groups of all kinds, public bodies and institutions. "
So, on behalf of the corporation has shown their support claiming all those women who face harassment, violence, or physical or mental abuse, overcome their fear, "react" and "denounce" and give no reverse its decision, since this death becomes the first because of gender violence in Murcia so far of 2010, where she had not come to ask for any advice or service of CAVI.
Therefore, said "the solidarity of all sectors of society is essential to combat this scourge."
In this regard, he recalled that in 2009 in the region there were two deaths at the hands of their intimate partners and so far this year a total of 24 women have died in Spain killed by their partners or ex-partners in the first five months of the year, representing twelve victims more than the same period in 2009.
Therefore, the mayor reminded the Centre for Assistance to Victims of Domestic Violence (CAVI), currently located in the ancient courts of Sister Josefa Perez Street # 2 (former courthouse), whose purpose is to get these women may face life independently, giving them social skills and psychological stability needed to overcome the consequences of abuse.
This type of surgery is performed in the medium and long term.
The CAVI of Totana, is formed by a team composed of a psychologist, a social worker and a lawyer, to provide comprehensive care, personal and continuous.
In this way it offers individual and group counseling, shelter for women, collecting relevant information and detection of problems and legal advice at different stages they go through legal proceedings to which these women face.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana. Fotos: Totana.com
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