The deputy delegate of the Government in A Coruña, María Rivas, and the mayor of Santiago, Goretti Sanmartín, presided today the meeting in which the work of the Interinstitutional Coordination Table against Gender Violence of the City of Santiago is reactivated.
The implementation is great news for all the neighbors and neighbors of the capital of Galicia, and an unequivocal sample of the commitment of the administrations in the fight against male violence and in the protection and protection of victims.
In the province of A Coruña there are currently 39 municipalities that already have Interinstitutional Coordination Tables, within its work is coordinating the tools and means to work on prevention, early detection of cases of male violence, as well as providing a quick response to victims, including their protection.
The table is therefore a fundamental tool to combat male violence, from whose constant and continuous work, the institutions and other participants must extract the maximum benefit, being involved in the contribution of proposals, the analysis of the specific situation of the city council, and institutional collaboration when carrying out their task.
Collaboration between administrations and institutions is essential to work for a society that is aware and sensitized in the fight against gender violence and in the search for real equality. That is why it is important for the meetings of this coordination table to be resumed.
At the coordination table in Santiago are represented all the areas involved, directly or indirectly, in the fight against gender violence and the protection of victims; from the educational, social and Security Forces and Corps.
The Bureau includes representatives of the Family and Women ' s Care Unit of the National Police, the Local Police, the Women ' s Information Centre in Compostela and the Violence against Women Unit of the Government ' s Sub-Delegation.
In the province of A Coruña, there are currently 2,200 active cases of gender violence in the VioGén system, women who therefore have some kind of protection from the Security Forces and Corps.