On Saturday 23, the local PSOE organised a day with a large influx of people against gender violence on the occasion of 25N, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
The event was introduced by the socialist councillor, Carolina Ponce, who explained the historic advances that have been made in our country to end sexist violence. She condemned that “We are in 2024 and this year 40 women have already been murdered by their partners or ex-partners and 8 boys and girls, at the hands of those partners” and stated that “in the face of these chilling data, indifference and silence are not an option, violence against women does exist, it is increasing in recent years, that not everything is visible or easy to identify, and that shame is about time for it to change sides.”
In the first part of the day, the psychologist Raquel Lafuente, a worker at the Women’s Centre of Torrevieja, gave a presentation on how centres like the one she works in help women who are victims of gender violence.
Next, Ane Rodríguez and Héctor Forés, directed by Antonio Ballester, starred in two theatre scenes that showed examples of sexist violence that are more common in the lives of adolescents than they should.
After the theatrical performance, a discussion table moderated by Carolina Ponce took place on “Social networks and gender violence”. Impact on youth” with Ahlam Chtouki, Carlos Escolano, Adriana Manzanares, Alejandro Rebollo and Álvaro Tormo. The participants reflected on various topics such as whether gender violence is more common on networks than in real life, if there is a model of man and woman that is promoted on the internet, the possible age limits to create a profile on networks or the digital communities that are emerging to report crimes. Afterwards, some people from the audience gave their opinion on the topics discussed.
Finally, mona con chocolate was distributed among the attendees and donations were collected in favour of the association “Alanna, professional women against sexist violence (Valencia)” that serves “VioGén” women in areas affected by the DANA.
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