The Government Delegation today welcomed a minute’s silence in revulsion of the male murder of María Dolores of 59 years for gender violence in San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Las Palmas), which occurred on April 18, 2020 and which the author of the crime has now confessed, and has reiterated its heartfelt condolences to his relatives and friends.
With this terrible murder, there are 52 women killed in 2020 by their partner or ex-partner and 3 minor creatures that have been orphaned.
Since 2003, 1,296 women have already been killed for gender-based violence. Since 2013, 62 children have been killed for gender-based violence against their mothers and 474 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.”
Duty of the whole society
“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 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.