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With a sign in which you can read the meaning of the word "Macho", the Department of Equality of the City of Cartagena has launched the campaign against gender violence that encompasses the activities to be carried out in the city around the November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
The mayor of Equality, David Martinez, and the coordinator of the Department, María José Mercader, detailed Friday details of the campaign this Friday.
As Martinez has indicated, "with this campaign, we make a critique of contemporary representations of traditional masculinity: Macho, Machote.
And we can face the meaning of the RAE of the word MACHO and we ask ourselves, "Are you male by definition or by conviction?".
Carrying out campaigns like the one that has been presented today is still essential in our society because the figures of women murdered by their partners or ex-partners are still alarming.
According to the balance sheet of the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality, in Spain there are 971 deaths due to gender violence from January 1, 2003 to today.
In this year 2018 there are officially 43 and according to Feminicidio.net 87. We continue adding, from 2010 to September 25, 201, the same source registers 83 minors of 16 years killed by sexist violence, only 27 are official cases (32, 53%).
Since 2014, gender violence in minors has multiplied by 4.
Finally, the mayor of Equality has said that "sexist violence is the biggest failure of society and combat it is our greatest challenge, if it has managed to defeat other terrorisms that have threatened coexistence, it will also be possible to end terrorism macho "
So he has called for going to the streets on 25-N to denounce sexist violence "because only together, together we can achieve an end to this scourge," he stressed.
ACTIVITIES TO CLAIM THE 25-N
The coordinator of the area of ​​Equality, Maria Jose Mercader, has given account of all the activities that have been programmed in the municipality to vindicate the 25 of November.
Thus, will continue with the work of awareness and prevention that the Department of Equality has been doing throughout the course at the institutes of Cartagena and that for the week of November 19 to 30, the campaign to the courtyards will be carried out of secondary education centers with some stickers of 2x2 meters.
On Tuesday, November 20, the talk 'Amaté tú' will be the responsibility of the writer and innovator of play workshops, Esmeralda Perozo Padua.
To continue with the programming, on Wednesday, November 21, the School of Telecommunications Engineering of the UPCT will host the 'technological ideas competition for gender equality 2018', which has been convened in order to help raise awareness of the fight against gender violence, especially among students.
On the afternoon of Wednesday, the film will be screened and the symposium 'You are not alone, Sara' will be held in the ETSIA Assembly Hall, on the campus of the Paseo de Alfonso XIII University.
On the other hand, during the weekend, Saturday 24 and Sunday 25, the Department of Equality will install an information point on gender violence, which will be located in the Plaza de San Sebastián.
From Friday, November 23 and throughout the weekend the Palace Hall will remain lit for this cause.
On Sunday, November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, at 12:00 the protest demonstration will start from the Plaza de España to reach the Town Hall Square, where the manifesto will be read.
To close this program, on Wednesday, November 28, will take place the 'I Conference against gender violence', organized by the Degree in Criminology UCAM Cartagena and the Victimology Foundation with the collaboration of Degrees in Nursing, Early Childhood Education and Primary Education. the UCAM Cartagena, Department of Equality of the City of Cartagena and Ministry of Education of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia.
The complete schedule with schedules and locations can be found in the documents attached to this news and here.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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