Hundreds of people turned to focus this morning in the Town Hall Square to mark the Day Against Child Abuse, in a ceremony in which the manifesto was read and a flashmob was performed and a display of gymnastics
Cartagena returned Tuesday to join a good cause and is today the Day of Gender Violence and our city commemorated never missed the appointment.
Hundreds of people, mostly young people from various institutes of the municipality, were concentrated at the gates of the Town for the traditional reading the manifesto Palace.
Mª Angeles Rodríguez, founder of the support group for victims of gender violence, was responsible for reading, who stressed in his speech in a society with equal rights, men and women, and today we want to throw your voice so it is not moving in the corners of your loneliness.
This is a very special, vindictive, hopeful day and whose main objective is to raise awareness against abuse, highlighted this morning the Councillor for Women, Clara Heredia, who attended this meeting, as the Mayor, Pilar Barreiro, accompanied by a large representation of the municipal corporation, in addition to women's associations in the municipality.
After reading the manifesto, a flashmob of students of institutes of Cartagena is also performed in addition to the acrobatic display of a couple of hoops hanging from a fire truck.
The event culminated with young releasing white and red balloons.
Before reading, the kids institutes began a march from Carmen Street and ending at the Plaza del Ayuntamiento, in order to speak out for all Cartagena from abuse.
About 200 women have gone for the first time this year by the service offered by the Department of Women in this group that suffers violence.
They receive counseling and are treated in individual sessions and group in its fight against abuse. They realize that coming find a way out of this problem is that we, the City and Women are to give support and advice, added Today the mayor.
Those of today were not the only activities that took place to commemorate this date from the Department of Youth and Women.
Throughout this November workshop was conducted Is this love?
Guide to Freedom and the projection of a short prevention at the bar Mr. Witt.
Besides the municipal officers took to the streets to raise awareness walk to market.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena