In yesterday morning's Councillor for Women, Lola Canovas, held a press conference where he presented the entire program of activities that this council has prepared to mark the International Day Against Violence Against Women to be held on November 25 .
Beside her was found Carmen Yago Alonso, Psychologist Point Specialized Care for Women (PAE), and was responsible for introducing some of the activities that will take place this year.
The mayor of Women opened the press conference with emphasis on the significance of this year's poster, "It has to do with the importance of making visible to men who use violence against women, not only women as victims," ​​said the mayor.
"The image of this poster we have tried to influence today's struggle is that this violence is unthinkable just like cannibalism today it is unthinkable in the society in which we live, to paraphrase the quote from a few years ago Milagros Rivera ".
Lola Canovas reviewed the major activities this year are to be made for the commemoration of this day: "Workshops awareness and prevention of domestic violence," "Eleventh Edition of the Competition: 'No discrimination, no violence and equal "," Exhibition Poster Competition "," Talk: "Why call it love when it comes to violence," "Sunset symbolic link against gender violence in the balcony of City Hall," "March Against Gender Violence" and "Concentration and reading the manifesto of rejection in the House of Culture."
(Dates and times of all these activities can be found in the attached "Schedule International Day Against Violence Against Women".)
However, the mayor wanted to stop at one of the most innovative activities that the council will launch this year and will take place on Monday, November 17th.
This is the opening of the photo exhibition "Under the Same Sun" in the Exhibition 'The Granary' which will open at 20: 30h.
and will remain open to the public 17 to November 30.
Lola Canovas announced that "is a photographic exhibition on women by Lina Jimenez and promoted by the Institute for Women of the Region of Murcia in 2005, with the aim of denouncing the discrimination of women and putting in place the necessary measures to facilitate the incorporation of the same in all areas of life "measures.
The exhibition consists of 34 photographs of women around the world and a specific mural photograph of women in Murcia;
with various issues such as maternity, housing, labor, water scarcity, female genital mutilation, etc.
Each photograph bears his title and every item has a text.
The pictures are of high artistic quality.
Carmen Yago, PAE psychologist, noted, "this kind of violence is a problem at the root, rooted, and so it is necessary to change the relationship between men and women from childhood."
In this regard, he noted that youth work is very important.
"The workshops will be taught in two schools in the town to mark the 25N also talk of good treatment and how to set limits to violence, noting that the point Cavi Specialized Care is available to any woman who is Alhama interested ".
Yago also paid special attention to the talk will be held on November 24, "Why do we call it love when it comes to violence ?," will address the invisible veils that conceal this kind of violence in intimate relationships where sometimes we put the need of love for other needs, such as feeling respected, listened to and treated well. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Alhama de Murcia