The government subdelegate in Pontevedra, Maica Larriba, presented in the City of Tui the awareness project “MAVI: the travelling suitcase against gender violence”, an initiative promoted by the Unit against Violence against Women of the Subdelegation. The event was also attended by the mayor of the municipality, Enrique Cabaleiro; the councilor for Equality, Ana María Núñez; the social worker of the City Council, Carmen María González; and the head of the Unit against Violence against Women in the province of Pontevedra, Manuela Vilaboy. The subdelegate insisted on the responsibility that public institutions must assume in raising awareness and, above all, in offering safe places of denunciation and attention to the victims of this violence “since the 1,391 cases of gender violence active in the province in the VioGen System are intolerable and show the magnitude of a reality that we cannot ignore, despite the fact that many insist on denying it.”
The project “MAVI: The Travelling Suitcase against Gender-Based Violence” was created with the aim of promoting awareness and prevention of such violence. The project aims to bring books on different topics related to feminism, equality, empowerment, self-esteem and male violence to women and girls in the province. With four active travel bags, one of them now reclaims in Tui in its resort for the province of Pontevedra. The others have already stopped at the municipalities of A Lama, Moaña, Covelo, A Guarda, O Grove, Mondariz and A Cañiza. MAVI contains texts that promote reflection, awareness and awareness on key issues to achieve a more egalitarian and violence-free society, favoring critical thinking against the stereotypes and gender roles that perpetuate these violence and inequalities.
Maica Larriba noted the importance of equal education and awareness in the fight against male violence and stressed that “much remains to be done.” Likewise, Larriba called on all women “to take a step forward so that the system can help and protect them” and extended the call to the environments of these women to denounce and thus “protect their rights and those of their children.”
The mayor of the town, Enrique Cabaleiro, stressed the importance of “inter-administrative cooperation to deal with this scourge” and claimed the role of the municipalities as the administration closest to the victims.
The suitcase will remain in Tui for three months and will travel through different services and municipal facilities, highlighting, among others, the Library and its reading clubs.