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| Likewise, it has been carried out, as a symbolic gesture of remembrance to the more than 40 victims deceased this year in Spain, the minute of silence called by the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces | The City Council has launched this year the Special Unit Against Gender Violence in the Local Police, as a result of the collaboration agreement with the Government Delegation, within the VIOGEN program Other measures in terms of care and prevention have been the creation of the Family Meeting Point for cases referred by the Court, which was a non-existent facility in the municipality, as well as the implementation for the entire Northwest of the Prevention and Comprehensive Attention to Victims Service of Abuses and / or Sexual Assaults (Cavax) With the reading of the institutional manifesto of the Region of Murcia, the minute of silence called by the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces and awareness-raising activities in educational centers, the Caravaca de la Cruz City Council has joined the commemoration of the 'International Day of the Elimination of Violence against Women '. "With this simple act - marked by the health circumstances of this year - we want to show our support to the victims and tell them that they are not alone, while expressing our strongest condemnation of any act of verbal or physical violence," said the Mayor, José Francisco García, accompanied by the Councilor for Women and Equal Opportunities, Mónica Sánchez, as well as members of the Municipal Corporation, commanders of the Security Forces and Bodies and the personnel responsible for the Center for Attention to Victims of Violence of Genus (CAVI) from Caravaca de la Cruz. Before proceeding to read the manifesto, Councilor Mónica Sánchez has listed some outstanding actions implemented in the last two years to improve the prevention and fight against gender violence, highlighting that "education and cooperation are fundamental pillars to eradicate this social scourge and to move towards a more responsible and committed society ".
"The end will be closer if we all go in the same direction," he pointed out. In addition to the manifesto, awareness-raising activities have been carried out in secondary and primary schools, adapted to each age group, and masks with slogans of support for the victims are being distributed among the caravaqueño merchants. The City Council of Caravaca de la Cruz has launched this year the Special Unit Against Gender Violence in the Local Police, as a result of the collaboration agreement with the Government Delegation, within the VIOGEN program that establishes a defined protocol of action for greater protection and closeness to the victims. On the other hand, the Family Meeting Point has recently been created, a municipal space where the delivery and collection of minors or supervised visits takes place in the event that the parents have a restraining order.
"This point is staffed with specialized personnel provided by the General Directorate for Women and handles cases derived by the Court of First Instance.
For this, the City Council has rehabilitated the so-called house of the San Francisco school janitor, with an amount greater than 10,000 euros, opening its doors in the middle of last March to meet this objective ", reported Mónica Sánchez. Another advance promoted by the Department of Women and Equal Opportunities was the implementation in Caravaca de la Cruz of the Comprehensive Prevention and Attention Service for Victims of Sexual Abuse and / or Assault (Cavax) of the Autonomous Community, which provides coverage to the municipalities del Noroeste, offering psychological assistance and information on the resources available to victims and accompaniment services in judicial and other processes. The Cavax service complements the Center for Attention to Victims of Gender Violence (CAVI), in which Caravaca was a pioneer municipality in its implementation in the Region 16 years ago.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Caravaca de la Cruz
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