The Coordination Unit Against Violence Against Women of the Government Delegation in Melilla organizes, in collaboration with Save the Children, a Day of Awareness and Action against Gender Violence, which will take place next Wednesday, February 22.
As explained by the head of the Unit, Laura Segura, the day is aimed at staff and volunteers of Save the Children and will take place tomorrow, from 09.30 to 13.30 hours, in Room 10 of the UNED.
With a total of two blocks, of approximately one and a half hours, issues of interest to the attendees who, from their workspace in Save the Children, fight against this violation of Human Rights will be addressed, also deepening the local reality and generating times of exchange with the attendees in which to resolve doubts and continue establishing partnerships.
The Day will be inaugurated by the Save the Children-Melilla Intervention Coordinator, Mónica Esteban de la Quintana, and the presentations will be offered by Laura Segura herself and will focus on awareness and action against Gender Violence, including training in equality and providing tools to detect sexism and inequalities and prevent gender violence from the earliest ages.
On the other hand, international and national legislation will be addressed in the field of male violence, causes of gender violence, types, cycle of violence in the area of the couple and ex couple, consequences, etc. and an analysis will be made of the latest published studies and the results relating to minors and gender violence.
Content will also be developed regarding the resources for the protection and care of victims of gender violence.
Minors and violence
“Gender-based violence does not only affect women, but also has a significant impact on sons and daughters, or on other children living in the home,” Segura said.
In fact, the Head of Unit has referred to some data from the 2019 macrosurvey, according to which 89.6% of women who have suffered violence from a couple, who had children at the time of the episodes of violence, say that their children witnessed or heard the violence. Not only that, 51.7% of these women say that the sons and daughters themselves suffered violence at the hands of the violent couple.
In addition, 1,678,959 minors live in homes where the woman is currently suffering some type of violence in the couple, whether physical, sexual, control, emotional, economic or fear. Added to this is the vulnerability and risks of minors in the face of other gender violence, such as sexual violence, exploitation, trafficking, forced marriages…