The Government Delegation today welcomed a minute of silence in revulsion at the murder of Rejane, 42 years old, in the province of Lugo, and to reiterate its heartfelt condolences to his relatives and friends.
With this terrible murder, there are 46 women murdered in 2024 by their partners or ex-partners and 35 minor creatures that have been orphaned. In addition, 9 boys and girls have been killed by their parents or by the partners or ex-partners of their mothers to cause maximum pain to them.
Since 2003, 1,291 women have been killed for gender-based violence. Since 2013, 62 children have been killed for gender-based violence against their mothers and 468 children have been orphaned by gender-based violence in Spain.
Government Delegate Sabrina Moh, who was responsible for reading the institutional manifesto, stressed that, as a democratic society, “we cannot tolerate any kind of violence against women because they are women.”
“Male violence is a structural violence, based on sexist discrimination, inequality and imbalance in power relations between women and men,” he said, noting that violence against women and girls “violates their fundamental rights to life, liberty, physical and moral integrity, equality and dignity.”
Call to the victim's environment
“Despite the negationist approaches to male violence, we will persevere and continue to move towards a more just, egalitarian society free of male violence,” he said. To this end, an appeal is made to all institutions, administrations and the whole of society to maintain this struggle from unity and firmness.
“The Christmas holidays, which should mean the enjoyment of a space of peace and happiness in the family, many women victims of male violence and their sons and daughters can be at greater risk,” he said.
In fact, he explained that the male violence “intensifies and that is why in this month of December we want to remind women that they must distrust these violent men and their manipulations and that they know that they comply with their threats.” In addition, he has made a special appeal to victims’ environments to be “especially vigilant and to protect” them.
The Ministry of Equality, through the Government Delegation against Gender Violence, recalls that telephone 016, and other services for care and advice are available to the whole society. These means of assistance can be activated by the victim and also by anyone who knows or suspects a case of gender violence. “It’s a duty of the whole society,” he concluded.