- The subdelegate of the Government to the Community of Madrid, Pilar Trinidad Núñez, has closed the session that has counted 70 participants from 45 municipalities in the region.
- The renewal of the State Pact in 2025 reaffirms the importance of local administration as the first line of action against gender violence.
- The activities carried out by local entities must have a close relationship with the prevention, sensitization, fight or eradication of male violence.
The Government Delegation in Madrid today gave a training day on the proper use of the funds of the State Pact against Gender Violence in local entities in which 45 municipalities of the region have participated.
In total, about 70 professionals attended this online session given by the head of the Unit for Coordination against Violence against Women of the Delegation, Eva Corrales Melero.
During the meeting, knowledge has been provided on the activities to which the funds of the Pact of State can be used, renewed in 2025 and which strengthens the fundamental role of municipalities and local entities as key agents in the fight against male violence, managing specific funds. In particular, of the total of 461 measures included in the new Pact, 144 are directly addressed to the local administration.
In this regard, it has been explained how the activities carried out by local entities must have a close relationship with the prevention, sensitization, fight or eradication of male violence.
This has also been highlighted by the Government’s subdelegate to the Community of Madrid, Pilar Trinidad Núñez, who has closed the training activity.
8,000 municipalities in all territories
The session is part of the training activities aimed at local entities from all territories through the National Network of Units on Violence against Women. An initiative promoted by the Ministry of Equality, through the Government Delegation against Gender Violence (DGVG), to respond to the detection in recent exercises of corrections derived from actions that are not subject to funding.
The DGVG, through the National Network of Violence against Women Units, will in turn transmit to each local entity homogeneous criteria, general requirements for action, as well as a guide of good practices, during the months of April and May. In this way, it is planned to reach the 8,000 municipalities formed.