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Torre Pacheco City Council commemorates "International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women" on November 25, a symbolic act, with a reading of a manifesto and a minute of silence, thus reiterating its commitment to the fight against violence against women , for the mere fact of being it and their daughters and sons, and warns about the risks that threaten equality policies.Verónica Martínez, Councilor for Equality, has proceeded to read the institutional statement, along with 41 empty chairs with a white rose in memory of the murdered women in the hall of the City Hall, today November 25 at 12 in the morning, ending the act with a minute of silence."There are still too many women who still suffer violence just for the mere fact of being a woman ...

During this year 2020 alone, 41 women have been murdered, and hundreds of thousands suffer violence every day and are silenced, they and his sons and daughters ", thus, began a manifesto that invited reflection and social awareness."Every day of the year should be November 25, since sexist violence makes its way relentlessly.

Eliminating it from our lives and protecting the victims is not an option, it is an obligation of the whole of society.

Only then, being united and united, we will put an end to machismo, the main cause of gender violence, "said the Councilor for Equality, Verónica Martínez.For all this, from the Torre Pacheco City Council: we assume the commitment to continue developing, within the scope of our competences and in application of current legislation, an active, comprehensive and coordinated municipal policy in favor of equality and against violence against women.

women.

Always hand in hand with professionals trained for this, main agents of change, who make possible day by day with their work in the fight against gender violence, and even more so in times of covid 19, that women and their children and daughters have a new opportunity to rebuild their lives, thus ended the institutional manifesto "November 25, 2020, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, of the Torre Pacheco City Council.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Torre Pacheco