The training activity aims to deepen the legal framework applicable to foreign women victims of gender violence, and will be held in the auditorium of the Government Delegation between 10:00 and 12:00. The subdelegate of the Government, will welcome the participants and will present the day, whose presentation will be in charge of the head of the Office of Foreigners of the Subdelegation of the Government in A Coruña, Julio A. Simon White.
María Rivas indicated that “with this day we want to reflect together on the procedures, authorizations and different cases that affect foreign women, victims of gender violence, who approach our institutions in the search for help and solutions.”
The most specific aspects to be addressed in this day have to do with topics such as residence authorization for foreign women victims of gender and/or sexual violence, provisional authorization procedures, family reunification, international protection orders, etc.
The objective is to train the personnel of the social services and Women’s Information Centers (CIMs), personnel of the Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), members of the Security Forces and Bodies, lawyers and any professional working in the field of the prevention of gender violence and in the care of victims; so that they can have the widest possible information on the legal framework applicable to foreign women victims of male violence.
The assistance is completely free. All those who wish to participate in the activity must first register by sending an email to unidades_violencia.acoruna@correo.gob.es indicating your personal data and your profession.
March 8, International Women’s Day, has as its main objective to claim and claim the full equality in rights between women and men, framed within the commemorations promoted by the United Nations. A date on which to remind all of us that women’s rights, in many parts of the world, are yet to be achieved.
The day is part of the program of activities organized by the Subdelegation of the Government of A Coruña for International Women's Day (8M), under which it is also planned the implementation of the first violet point in the offices of the Public Service of State Employment (SEPE) of the province, the placement of a banner at the headquarters of the subdelegation, as well as the reading of the institutional declaration of the Government on the occasion of 8M.