The subdelegate of the Government in Ourense, Eladio Santos, participated this morning in the conference “Eradicate trafficking and sexual exploitation. A collective responsibility”, organized by the Coordination Unit against Gender Violence of the Government Delegation in Galicia and which took place Liceo de Ourense; in which was accompanied by the president of the Association for the Prevention, Reintegration and Care of Prostituted Women, Rocío Mora; the director of Red Talent and former Secretary of State for Equality, Laura Seara; and the head of the Coordination Unit against Gender Violence of the Government Delegation, María Debén.
During his speech, the subdelegate began by remembering a writer from the last century to point out the important struggle for women’s rights that is taking place in recent times. “The other day reading about Aurora Rodriguez, mother of Hildegart Rodriguez, brilliant and intelligent women, with many cultural concerns, who suffered being a woman in her time, said that Aurora wanted to participate in conversations, learn, train and give free rein to her creative freedom, and in order to do so she wanted to get rid of her femininity. And all that happened 100 years ago,” he said. “Now society is changing, thanks to governments that commit themselves, such as the current Government of Spain, which is the first to define itself as a feminist, without additions. And it needs to be said because that leads all their policies to be impregnated with feminism and that it is known that this tremendous discrimination against women for centuries has not yet disappeared,” explained Santos.
To demonstrate that this problem continues, the subdelegate reviewed three dismantling of women trafficking organizations that the Civil Guard and the National Police carried out in the last 4 months in the province. “Women were in a situation of absolute slavery and this is happening now. Committing to saying you’re a feminist also commits you to fighting that,” she said.
In this current line, Eladio Santos focused on the fact that the location of flats and cyberprostitution are aspects that are hindering the work of agents in this field. “Something must be done, because if the criminal model changes, the agents must be trained and the State Government commits to that training, because there is a very important field there to work on,” he concluded.