The more than 20 offices of the State Public Employment Service (SEPE) of Aragón will be Violeta Points of attention to male violence. The government delegate in Aragón, Fernando Beltrán, announced today this measure in the Provincial Directorate of the SEPE in Zaragoza, which has been the first space to join and where today the informative talks for the staff have begun. The delegate was accompanied by the Subdelegate of the Government in Zaragoza, Noelia Herrero, the coordinator of the Units against violence against women in Aragon, Mónica del Real, -who will be in charge of providing training - and the provincial director of the SEPE in Zaragoza, Laura Carvajal.
In total, 9 offices will be joined in the province of Zaragoza plus the provincial direction (in the capital -5-, Calatayud, Caspe, Ejea de los Caballeros and Tarazona), 7 in the province of Huesca plus the provincial direction (in the capital, in Barbastro, Binéfar, Fraga, Huesca, Jaca, Monzón and Sabiñánigo) and 5 in Teruel plus the provincial direction (in the capital, in Alcañiz, Andorra, Calamocha and Utrillas).
Fernando Beltrán thanked the SEPE teams for their involvement and said that this initiative helps to strengthen the network of safe spaces throughout the territory. He also explained that he is working with other groups such as the College of Pharmacists - with which there is already a signed agreement - or neighborhood associations to increase the number of Violet Points throughout Aragon.
“It is an obligation as providers of a public service to establish and implement this principle of equality and protection for victims of gender violence,” added the provincial director of SEPE in Zaragoza, Laura Carvajal. She has also explained that the SEPE works on equality in several lines: active employment policies; a specific service for victims of gender, sexual and trafficking violence in which they receive courses with commitment to hiring; digital literacy programs for women in rural areas, and active income support for vulnerable groups, including victims of gender violence, among other measures.
The Violeta Point is an instrument promoted by the Ministry of Equality to involve the whole of society in the fight against male violence and to spread, in a massive way, the information necessary to know how to act in a case of violence against women.
The aim of the campaign is to involve the whole of society in the fight against male violence, while at the same time approaching the information of the resources available to the victims through their closest environment.
The tools of the Violet Point include materials for establishments, entities, companies and public bodies: posters and stickers with a QR code linked to the Violet Point Guide to act against Male Violence, which aim to point out that this space is a safe place for victims, where they can receive information and accompaniment if they need it.
The delegate explained that, at the moment, in the VioGén system in Aragón there are registered 2,183 active cases, of which 1,527 are from the province of Zaragoza (1,102 in the capital), 464 in the province of Huesca and 192 in the province of Teruel. “We continue to deploy all the means, all the technologies and all the resources that are necessary to face this social scourge,” said the delegate.
8M campaign
This act is part of the actions of 8M to raise awareness among all citizens that both men and women join the feminist struggle. The joining of forces is precisely the basis of the campaign that the Ministry of Equality launches this year on the occasion of 8M: ‘With M of Women. All the Women. Move.’ This is an integrative campaign that launches a positive message, of empowerment, and that, in addition to looking to the present, proposes advances towards the future. “We celebrate a date that commemorates the struggle of women for equality, justice, peace and development and is an ideal time to raise awareness about gender equality, publicize the social advances achieved and pending so far and value the struggle of women. We need an equitable, balanced society, where gender gaps are overcome. We have made progress, but there is a lot left, so we have to move,” the delegate recalled.