- The government delegate in Cantabria and the president of the collegiate entity have placed this Tuesday the badge that accredits the headquarters as Punto Violeta
The government delegate in Cantabria, Pedro Casares, has distinguished the Official College of Nurses of Cantabria as ‘Punto Violeta’ and has highlighted that, with this, the collegiate entity becomes a new “sale of hope” for the victims of gender violence who will also be able to go to the headquarters of Calle Gravina 7 and “find an allied look and a friendly voice”.
This Tuesday, Casares placed, together with the president of the College of Nursing, María Luz Fernández, the badge that accredits the entity as a member of the network of Violeta Points promoted by the Ministry of Equality and promoted in Cantabria from the Unit of Coordination of Violence against Women of the Government Delegation.
Casares has praised the role of the nursing community and its school, which is the largest in Cantabria with 5,000 professionals, in the fight and prevention of gender violence, which is “the greatest of the inequalities that persist in our society today”.
The representative of the State has highlighted that this Violeta Point badge to the College of Nursing is also placed on the International Day for the Eradication of Gender Violence, a day that “to stop and reflect” but also to continue working on “the tireless struggle of democratic societies” against violence against women,
The delegate considered “fundamental” the “commitment” of professional associations such as Nursing in the eradication of gender violence. “I want to thank you for the continuous commitment that this professional school always demonstrates with all the causes that are worth it,” he added.
For Casares, this Violet Point of the headquarters of the Official College of Nurses of Cantabria, located on Calle Gravina 7 in Santander, means “opening a new window of hope and opportunity” for the victims.
For her part, the president of the College of Nursing has pointed out that gender violence is a “real scourge, something unjust and inconceivable” and, therefore, has considered that we must continue “working and fighting because the situation undoubtedly changes”.
In this regard, Fernández stressed that “nursing professionals have a very important role within the health environment, a role above all of protection, prevention and always being at the side of the citizen, the vulnerable and those who suffer the most”.
She recalled that in Cantabria nursing is the largest professional group, with 5,000 nurses, and 80% are women, so “among us there are also people who undoubtedly suffer from this violence”. “For them and for everyone else I think this day is important,” he said.
In the act of adhesion of the Official College of Nurses of Cantabria as ‘Punto Violeta’ has also participated the head of the Violence against Women Coordination Unit of the Government Delegation, Diana Mirones, and members of the Board of Directors of the collegiate entity.