The Head of the Coordination Unit against Violence against Women of the Government Delegation in Melilla, Laura Segura Sarompas, gave a new training this week to residents of the Temporary Stay of Immigrants Center (CETI) on Gender Violence and other forms of violence against women and girls.
This initiative is part of the new Protocol to Prevent and Respond to Violence against Women within the framework of the Humanitarian Care Program, Seed Project 2023, of the Ministry of Inclusion. It is a training, of an hour and a half duration, that will be developed with a monthly periodicity with the male population resident in the CETI.
The sessions offered by the Head of the Unit respond to specific measures contemplated in the Protocol on Prevention and Response to Violence Against Women launched at the center and promoted from the Mystery of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration and UNHCR.
This training, promoted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), is being coordinated by the Social Area of the CETI through a follow-up table and in which the Coordination Unit against Violence against Women of the Government Delegation participates, the entities that carry out their tasks in the center, such as ACCEM, Melilla Welcomes and CEAR, and the Crisis Center is added.
The talk given by the Head of the Coordination Unit against Violence against Women, comes to complete the formations that are also offered to women and to those that will be offered to adolescents.
Approaching the reality of gender violence
During the day the Head of the Unit, Laura Segura, has developed an exhibition in which the functions developed by the Unit, resources and services of the General Administration of the State for the protection of victims of gender violence (016, Atenpro, comet bracelets…), collaboration with local administrations in the field of gender violence, services provided from the Government Delegation in Melilla in gender violence…
Among other contents of this training, I would like to highlight the approach to the reality of gender violence and the different forms of violence against women and girls, ways of acting in specific situations, international and national legislation on male violence, causes of gender violence and consequences of violence against women, etc.
A training in which the participation of residents has been fundamental and where reflections have been generated on masculinity and on the role of men in the end of violence against women and in the achievement of equality.
In addition, Segura has highlighted that within the protocol, training is one of the fundamental pillars for the prevention, detection, action and monitoring of situations of violence against women and that with these actions progress is made in this initiative, ensuring its implementation and aligning strategies of collaboration in prevention.
As Segura has explained, the general objective of this protocol is to provide a general framework for action that establishes guidelines and mechanisms aimed at preventing and responding to violence against women who are beneficiaries of the Humanitarian Assistance Program, so as to ensure a homogeneous and systemic action, even taking into account the specificities of each reception resource and the particularities of the program, thus allowing all actors to take responsibility for the prevention and response to such violence and to respond safely and adequately to the needs of the victims.