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The Subdelegate of the Government in Ciudad Real thanks the Civil Guard, National Police and Local Police for their involvement in the protection of victims of male violence

13/03/2023
The Subdelegate of the Government in Ciudad Real thanks the Civil Guard, National Police and Local Police for their involvement in the protection of victims of male violence

• The activity, which takes place on 13 and 14, is aimed at members of the National Police, Civil Guard and Local Police, while on Monday 20 it will be for personnel of women’s centers and social services • 190 security professionals from the province of Ciudad Real attend the conference, where two experts from the National Police and the Civil Guard, from UFAM and EMUME respectively, offer their knowledge in the matter for a specialized training • To the inauguration of the conference by the under-delegate of the Government of Spain in Ciudad Real, accompanied by the President of the City, Antonio

Ciudad Real.-The subdelegate of the Government of Spain in the province of Ciudad Real, Mª de los Ángeles Herreros, opened this morning the training sessions on the VioGén system and on Gender Violence, aimed at professionals from the State Security Forces and Bodies, and local police officers, organized by the Unit against Violence against Women of the Government Subdelegation.

A few days attended by 190 National Police and Civil Guard officers specialized in the fight against gender violence, as well as Local Police, officials of Penitentiary Institutions and professionals.

Mª Ángeles Herreros said that “with this day we intend to offer training tailored to the needs that are constantly being raised in the daily activity of the State Security Forces and Corps, and we also want to join forces of Local Police, both of Municipalities that have signed VioGén agreements with the Government Subdelegation and those that are raising it, so that they know in depth this application tool and there is even closer coordination between security forces.” All of this results – said Herreros – in an improvement in the prevention and fight against any type of gender violence.

Speakers from both the UFAM (Family and Women Unit) of the National Police, and the EMUME (Women and Minors Unit) of the Civil Guard will publicize the technical aspects and the practical application of the VioGen System and will emphasize the application of the so-called ‘Protocol 0’ to victims who do not file a complaint or do not want to continue with the judicial process, so that they are aware of the level of risk they assume.

The Comprehensive Monitoring System for Cases of Gender Violence (VioGén System) maintains a total of 850 cases active in the province of Ciudad Real.

The total number of crimes recorded in 2022 in the courts of the province of Ciudad Real for violence against women, according to statistics from the General Council of the Judiciary, was 1,764, of which in 1,009 there were injuries due to violence against women, in 240 cases it was continuous violence, in 131 cases it was with weapons or with special circumstances such as assault, while those that limited or impaired the freedom of women were 45 complaints filed.

In 2022 49 women have been murdered for gender violence in Spain, and 2 minors. Of these 49 murdered women, 57.1 per cent had not filed a complaint and approximately one in three, 32.7 per cent, was between 41 and 50 years of age.