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Today, Monday, November 25, 2013 is commemorated worldwide on Day Against Gender Violence, genuine scourge plaguing our society and has already claimed the lives of 45 women in our country so far this year.
For this reason, the town of La Union has expressed this morning its strongest rejection and condemnation of this violence with the completion of a series of events led by our Mayor, Francisco Bernabé, who was accompanied by several Councillors of the Corporation Municipal.
First, the Councillor for Social Policy, Pink Pagán, read the Manifesto against Gender Violence in the Hall of the House of Pinon, after what has been a moment of silence in front of the Town Hall, followed by an emotional human chain in memory of all the dead.
After that, Red Cross Youth has made the campaign "The difference is not an option. One day, an action".
And finally, from the studios of The Union Radio 8 has been issued a special program titled "Once completed ... New Life", which has intervened Councillor for Social Policy, Rosa Pagan, Social Worker, Joaquina Macián Psychologist and Magdalena Diaz.
The text of the manifesto is:
The violence suffered by millions of women all over the world is something that challenges our consciences and sometimes overflows us: women stripped of their rights, assaulted, humiliated, forced into prostitution, raped ...
The alleged superiority has historically been granted to men over women, has wreaked havoc on the lives of many people and in relationships, has resulted in the most glaring cases, the use of violence by men to subjecting the woman he claims to love.
We can no longer look the other way: gender violence has killed 700 women in Spain in the last ten years (45, so far this year), has orphaned hundreds of children, has caused, still continues to cause, serious injury to the bodies and souls of thousands of women.
Therefore, we do not want to look away, today express publicly our firm rejection to this violence and our commitment, as citizens, to support, understand and accompany all victims of this injustice:
- A leading those many years under the yoke of her attacker who do not dare to dream of a life without abuse.
- To those, still very young, who are unaware that they are suffering because all justify violence in the name of love ...
- To those whose situation especially vulnerable, making them harder to get out of their hell.
- These children and those children who witness violence against their mothers and drag, on many occasions, profound effects on their lives.
Alongside this commitment to society, it is necessary that public authorities continue to work to eradicate gender violence through preventive and educational actions, and providing a coordinated and effective support to all women who need it so they can leave behind abuse.
There is a long way to go, we know.
However, day by day, step by step, we have built the foundations of a society that no longer tolerates this trivializes or justifies violence.
It was a joint effort of citizenship, of associations and institutions whose achievements encourage us to persevere.
We believe that it is possible a society in which men and women live on equal terms, only then be possible to eradicate all forms of violence, from the obvious to the more subtle.
So today, November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we can not forget the other side of abuse: overcoming.
We want to say loud and clear that no way out, and that is something that is confirmed every time a woman comes out of that undeserved situation.
Our recognition unanimous and sincere, to the thousands of anonymous women who today finally feel free, and encouragement to those who have not yet taken the step but with the help of everyone, surely soon will do.
Source: Ayuntamiento de La Unión
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