The government delegate in Galicia, pointed out the importance of knowing all the ways in which violence against women is being exercised to advance its eradication. It did so during the inauguration of the VI Training Day for Security Forces and Bodies that is held today in the Pazo de Mariñán, in Bergondo, under the title ‘Violence against women facilitated by new technologies’. This day is part of the annual programme designed by the Government Delegation around 25N, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
During the inauguration of the day, in which he was accompanied by the mayor of Bergondo, Alejandra Pérez, the delegate warned that today in Galicia there are 5,500 active cases in the Viogen system, “women who cannot live quietly, who are afraid and who see their lives threatened”, to which must be added the fact that 1,550 men are repeat offenders. “There are 5,500 reasons to continue fighting, in all areas: political, judicial and police, because in this background race we all participate,” said Blanco.
Pedro Blanco highlighted the importance of conferences such as today’s one in Mariñán, which addressed issues such as Artificial Intelligence and discriminatory biases, ethics and regulations in the use of technology or information manipulation and gender discrimination, to reinforce the work that national, local police and civil guards carry out on a daily basis to provide an agile and effective response and cut off these violent behaviors.
“Those of us who work against these threats have a duty and need to know all the ways in which violence is exercised so that we can fight them as effectively as possible, just as it is essential to transmit that knowledge to society. Because the more information we have, the more effective the protection will be," Blanco added.
VI Training Day
The VI Training Day for Security Forces and Corps takes place today in the Pazo de Mariñán and brings together more than a hundred members of the Civil Guard, National Police and local police from different parts of Galicia, who are engaged in tasks of protection and surveillance of cases of gender violence.
Fernando Lousada, a specialist magistrate of the Social Order assigned to the social chamber of the Superior Court of Xustiza of Galicia, Ana Ala, dean of the Faculty of Law of A Coruña and professor of Constitutional Law, and José J took the floor. Fernández, professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Santiago de Compostela, and Lorena Casal, professor in the Department of Pedagogy and Didactics at this university. The presentations will be presented by the Government’s subdelegate in A Coruña, María Rivas and by the subdelegates in Ourense, Eladio Santos, and Pontevedra, Abel Losada.