Within the events organized to mark the 'International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women', the City of Caravaca de la Cruz has held an urban march, which has culminated in the Hall of the Consistory Plenary with the reading of the manifesto .
During this ceremony, both the mayor, José Moreno, and the Councilor for Women, María José Soria, expressed their strong rejection of gender violence.
"The persistence and growing violence against women makes it necessary for us, once again, to raise our voices to demand their eradication.There is no act more despicable than aggression against a woman for the simple fact of being so. our cry of condemnation and rejection against those who attack, denigrate, mistreat and, in some cases, murder ", stressed Councilor María José Soria, during the reading of the institutional manifesto.
He also pointed out that "on this day we want to have a very special memory for the 44 women who, so far this year, have been murdered in our country by their partners or former partners, of the 23 minor children that they have been left without a mother and of the 7 children who have been murdered ... Families destroyed by you have believed in the right to take their lives. "
Simultaneously, in the secondary schools of the municipality the technicians of the Center for Attention to Women Victims of Gender Violence (CAVI) have also read the manifesto on the occasion of the 'International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women' .
In the Infant and Primary schools, both in the urban area and in the districts, the story "The world of colors, each has its way of being" was read, in which equality between children and children is promoted. children.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Caravaca de la Cruz