by the Department of Equality city council
within the framework of the International Day against the social evil
Gender-based violence is one of the evils that plague society at the time and the fight against its pernicious effects supports truce.
To raise awareness of the desirable eradicate this evil that does not distinguish ages, conditions, and social, economic or cultural status, the Department of Equality and Social Services City of Alguazas, in collaboration with the Association of Women of the town, held from 21 to November 27 a series of activities and events in the framework of the International Day Against Gender Violence.
The agenda of awareness initiatives planned to commemorate the said event began in the afternoon of November 21, Thursday, with the completion in the Multipurpose Center "Paco Serna" the town of a cooking course tapas, taught by Gourmet Local Francisca Lison, was attended by hundreds of women who attended the culinary preparation of various options related to the upcoming holiday season.
The institutional level is reserved for the morning of November 22, Friday, with the establishment of the Local Coordination Committee Against Gender Violence which chaired by the Councillor for Equality, María Dolores Hernández García, attended in the Hall Plenary of the Town Hall of the competent Director General of the Regional Government, Veronica Lopez Garcia, city officials headed by Mayor Jose Antonio Fernandez Lladó, and representatives of the various groups and organizations represented in this technical and advisory body.
Actions to raise awareness against the stark reality of domestic violence continued in the evening of November 23, Saturday with the staging-to large audience at the House of Culture of the municipality of the piece of Molière, "The doctor sticks ", masterfully performed by the Group Theatre de la Peña" El Molino alguaceño ".
An edition plus a walker march against gender violence also organized in collaboration with the Department of Sports city council, local Club "Despacico that I fail" and alguaceño revitalization program and youth participation " so it goes, "gathered on the morning of November 24, Sunday, nearly a hundred residents in the Town Hall Square in the city to explore the unique surroundings of traditional orchard of The Spot.
And for the next day, November 25, Monday morning character with the Plenary Hall of the Town Hall hosted the act of reading a manifesto against gender violence culminating in a moment of silence attendees (members Corporate and municipal) workers kept in memory of the victims of this terrible nightmare embedded in society at the time.
The youth segment of the village was also present at the celebrations marking the International Day Against Gender Violence in Alguazas through a talk about the roles and myths of love, sponsored jointly with the CAVI Reference neighboring town of Cotillas Towers and pronounced by the Advisory woman the Directorate General of Regional Government, María Dolores Alvarez Andreu, was on the morning of Tuesday, November 26th, as main listeners in the local House of Culture over hundred and half of the students of secondary schools in the municipality (ie, IES "Alguazas Villa" and the CES "Vega Media") which also mounted two theater performances for the occasion as well as readings of moving stories and real testimonies were lost victims being the climax to the event both the reading of a manifesto by the Edil Hernandez Garcia as words spoken by the Mayor of the town, José Antonio Fernández Lladó.
The final touch to the advocacy against gender violence put him on the afternoon of Wednesday, November 27, a workshop on first aid, CPR centered and delivered by technicians and volunteers of the NGO ASICAT (Association Health and Disaster Intervention), took place in the Multipurpose Center "Paco Serna".
As the Councillor for Equality and Social Services alguaceño Hall, María Dolores Hernández García, "with the implementation of these proposals made have wanted all citizens complain to the active social commitment condemning a vile behavior as GBV notes ".
Stresses the mayor that "this schedule of activities-both general and specific-we wanted to reach the largest number of neighbors, the whole population, to its various age segments, offering a comprehensive awareness campaign against a social evil from various angles or perspectives, whether social, cultural, sports or entertainment. "
Hernández García concludes by stating that "this celebration we also wanted to make explicit the public daily, silent and methodical professionals Hall for battered women who come to the department to report their situation and demand relief work."
Source: Ayuntamiento de Alguazas