VioGén expands to protect 32 Almeria towns from gender violence. Photo Credit: Subdelegate of nan Government of Almeria
A NEW strategy successful Almeria has been put into spot and now protects 32 municipalities against gender-based unit successful nan province. VioGén, short for Comprehensive Monitoring System for Cases of Gender-Based Violence, is simply a level tally by nan Ministry of nan Interior aiming to protect and show victims of gender-based violence, and much and much Almeria towns are requesting to subordinate this basal tool.
VioGén, a caller strategy to protect victims
The VioGén strategy assesses nan consequence successful each case, establishes personalised protection measures for victims, and coordinates for authorities to help, including nan police, nan prosecutor’s office, nan courts, and societal services. The strategy has been recovered to beryllium an basal instrumentality for preventing these cases, arsenic good arsenic helping victims of already-established cases.
Data published by nan Government Delegation against Gender-Based Violence successful August states that location were 3,144 progressive cases registered successful nan VioGén System successful Almeria, retired of a full of 27,215 cases registered successful Andalucia.
The municipalities presently being protected by this caller level are:
Abla, Abrucena, Adra, Albox, Alhama de Almeria, Almería, Arboleas, Berja, Cantoria, Carboneras, Cuevas del Almanzora, Dalias, El Ejido, Fiñana, Gador, Gergal, Los Gallardos, Garrucha, Huercal de Almería, Huercal-Overa, La Mojonera, Nijar, Olula del Rio, Pechina, Pulpi, Tabernas, Tijola, Turre, Vera, Viator, Vícar, and Zurgena.
Pechina soon to merge nan VioGén system
The latest to merge this instrumentality is Pechina. Said nan politician of Pechina, José Manuel Moreno Díaz, astir nan basal change, “at nan Town Council, we want to usage each nan resources astatine our disposal to activity successful a coordinated measurement pinch nan rule enforcement agencies to combat unit against women.” Moreno emphasised “the value of collaboration to subordinate forces against gender-based unit pinch nan support of each disposable tools.”
Local constabulary successful nan municipality will soon person entree to nan VioGén system, collaborating pinch nan Guardia Civil successful bid to amended protect victims of gender-based unit successful nan community.
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