The Government delegate, Nicanor Sen, today asked that the involvement of all areas of society be maintained and strengthened in the fight against “tireless machismo” which, he highlighted, has led to 64 women being murdered in the Community since 2003, when The official records of the victims began, in a regrettable count led by the provinces of Valladolid and León.
In a joint institutional event held at the Parador de San Marcos in the capital on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, he urged “to continue raising awareness in society.” “We have to continue working at all levels to try to break that circle of invisibility and silence that in the vast majority of cases surrounds the murder of that machismo,” he said and recalled that more than 70 percent of these cases do not have complaints. previous.
“For more than two decades, our country has had one of the most advanced regulations on gender violence in the world,” he noted, while alluding to vicarious violence and economic violence “that has been added and will be incorporated into the most of the regional regulations and we all have to work from our areas with and with unity and with professionalism”.
He also mentioned the neighborhood and educational spheres as spaces in which awareness should be promoted in the fight against gender violence and referred to the protection measures implemented by the administrations. “This sexist violence also begins at an early age; therefore, it is also very important that education professionals, within their scope of action, also put this visibility on the table to detect it in the shortest possible time. any sexist behavior at these early ages. And each of the sectors of society must do so to work and ensure that these figures reach zero,” he added.
The president of the Provincial Council of León, Gerardo Álvarez Courel, wanted to send a message to those who deny the existence of sexist violence. “This is not family violence, it is not domestic violence, it is gender violence. It is pure and simple machismo, which exercises its violence on women just for the fact of being a woman. And against that, of course, to all those people who We believe and defend equality and freedom, it is very clear that they are going to have us in front of them” he remarked.
The territorial delegate of the Board, Eduardo Diego, commented that events like the one that took place today in León show “the unity of action, in this case on the part of all administrations” and invited them to “continue working on what has to do with with sensitization and awareness that we must move towards zero violence, any type of sexist violence, any gender violence and in this case also express the Board's commitment to the fight against gender violence.”
The rector, Nuria González, stressed the commitment of the academic institution to the fight against gender violence and recalled that since her arrival in office, a Vice-Rector's Office dedicated to equality, inclusion and social projection has been launched “that “is responsible for designing policies that were also in place previously and actions so that classrooms are spaces free of gender violence.”
The mayor of León, José Antonio Diez, closed the turn of interventions prior to an event in which the subdelegate of the Government, Héctor Alaiz, also participated, and wanted to send a message of “special recognition and gratitude” to the associations and entities who day after day work and fight against sexist violence. “Not only today but throughout the year they face with their involvement, with their work and with their effort in helping to support, first of all, obviously, the victims and also to vindicate this necessary and constant that we all have to do. And when I say everyone, it means everyone,” he remarked.
