The deputy delegate of the Government in Ourense, Eladio Santos, and the head of the Unit of Violence on Women, Alida Iglesias, presented this morning in the Public Library We of the capital the book “Live to tell”, an initiative that emerged from the Commission of Monitoring of the Victims of Gender Violence, which meets monthly in the Subdelegation of the Government, and which includes representatives of the Security Forces and Bodies, personnel of the Penitentiary Center of Pereiro de Aguiar, the Secretary General of the Subdelegation and the personnel of the Unit of Violence.
This publication is composed of 13 micro-stories of victims of gender and sexual violence, and 10 testimonies of people who share their professional life with victims of gender violence.
During the presentation, the Government’s deputy delegate stressed that “those who are at the forefront of the fight against gender violence are the women themselves. And, therefore, this book is about courageous and determined women, who want to live, who suffered but who adopt an attitude of self-improvement to achieve a new life project, in which to be free and happy.”
In addition, Santos recalled that “the current figures encourage the institutions that are involved to continue taking measures and to carry out acts such as this, to give visibility and voice to those women who suffered and suffer this type of violence.”
For her part, the head of the Violence against Women Unit of the Government Subdelegation, Alida Iglesias, explained that the book is intended to help other women who may be going through similar situations. “It covers a wide variety of stories, from Thursday women to older women, from different cultures and contexts, but united by the same desire to transfer the other victims, who live in the silence of violence, who with strength and courage can rebuild their lives,” he said. .
In addition, this publication seeks to ensure that those in the mess better understand the magnitude and consequences of gender and sexual violence, and that the victims are seen from a perspective of empathy and respect. “It is a problem that involves all of us, and we must work together to eradicate it,” Alida Iglesias insisted.
The former deputy delegate of the Government, Emilio González, was in charge of making the illustrations that accompany the stories. “His involvement not only focused on the professional point of view of when he was a subdelegate, but also from the artistic point of view,” Eladio Santos said of him.