- The subdelegate warns that this form of male violence limits the autonomy, freedom and decision-making capacity of the people who suffer it
- The day brought together in Lugo the professionals of the social services, CIM, associative fabric and security forces and bodies
- Professor Coral de Río Otero analyzed the relationship between economic inequality and gender violence from an academic perspective, and the delegate of the AEAT in Lugo, María Elena Rosendo, addressed the risks and responses in the fiscal field against this reality.
- López recalled the commitment of the Government of Spain to the fight against male violence, highlighting the allocation of more than 13.5 million euros in Galicia to reinforce these policies
The subdelegate of the Government in Lugo, Olimpia López, inaugurated on Monday the conference “Economic violence against women: economic control, labor sabotage and economic exploitation”, in which she focused on one of the most invisible forms of male violence.
During his speech, López stressed that “economic violence directly attacks the autonomy of women, their freedom and their ability to decide,” and warned that this is a reality that for a long time did not receive the necessary attention, despite its profound impact on the lives of the victims.
The subdelegate explained that this form of violence manifests itself through the control of economic resources, the limitation of access to employment or the appropriation of women’s assets, generating situations of dependency that hinder the exit from violence. In addition, he stressed that “it does not act in isolation”, but is closely linked to psychological violence and, in many cases, also to physical or sexual violence.
The day brought together in Lugo the professionals of the social services, of the Women’s Information Centers, of the security forces and bodies and of the legal, educational and associative fields, to whom the subdelegate thanked her daily work “in the first line of attention and accompaniment to the victims”.
Within the framework of the meeting, Professor Coral del Río Otero offered an analysis of economic violence from the perspective of inequality and gender, while the delegate of the Tax Agency in Lugo, María Elena Rosendo Vázquez, addressed the risks and institutional responses in the fiscal field.
During the event, López recalled the commitment of the Government of Spain to the fight against male violence, highlighting the allocation of more than 13.5 million euros to Galicia to reinforce these policies, of which about 12.5 million are destined to the development of the State Pact against Gender Violence.
Finally, the subdelegate appealed for the need to continue advancing training, institutional coordination and social awareness in order to provide a comprehensive response to all forms of violence against women, including economic violence, and reaffirmed the Government’s commitment “to defend women’s rights and eradicate all forms of male violence.”