Mañueco announces that in January 2025 he will bring the new Law against gender violence to the Cortes: digital violence and vicarious

Junta President Alfonso Fernández Manueco announced this Monday that his government will send a new law against gender violence to the Cortes of Castile and Leon in January 2025. “.

Mañueco said this on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and at the inauguration of the Community's first focal point for victims of sexual violence in Salamanca.

The Chairman of the Board said that his Executive Power will send the new law against gender violence to the Consultative Council this Tuesday with the aim of bringing it to the Autonomous Chamber in early 2025.

“What you are looking for is to regulate new forms of violence, digital violence, illegal violence produced on family members of machista violence, strengthen prevention and focus and strengthen the fight against sexual harassment. “, ha concreteness.

The Chairman of the Board assured that his aim is that the Act “brings legal advances to strengthen the protection of victims and the response to these new types of violence, digital violence and vicarious”.

“Also strengthen prevention, respond especially to vulnerable women, especially those with some kind of disability,” he said, announcing a “strong campaign” in the media to “sensitize” the society of Castilla and León de la violencia de genero”.

“All efforts are collected, we have created a thousand people in 2023, we will have more help and support points for victims of macho violence. We want to improve institutions that care for victims of macho violence,” he said.

The focus is on the victims

Manueco said this during the opening of the first focus center for victims of sexual violence in Castile and Leon, which will be called “Atiendo” in Salamanca this Monday. “Intentamos que sean accesible, seguros y que ofrezcan una atención immediata”, he affirmed.

In addition, he stated that in the next few days, other centers focusing on victims of sexual violence will be promoted in all provinces, fulfilling the request of the government of Pedro Sánchez. March before November 31

Mañueco said the states of Castilla and León were the “least complaining”, but he assured that the only important number was “zero”.

“Agresiones, nunca más, contra la violencia machista no caben tibiezas, tiene que haber tolerance cero, ni una sola mujer tiene que sufrir menosprecios, maltrato y vejaciones por el mero, gave no signal”.

The Junta president assured that he has “always” defended the same position and that the Junta government is “100% committed to the fight against violence”. “We are implementing an innovative and advanced model, victims have our full support,” he added.

Attention “immediately”

The autonomous executive confirmed that the new centers will be “accessible, safe, will provide immediate attention and coordinate attention with other resources operating in the field, municipalities, Spanish government, Forces and Security Forces. State , ante cualquier situación delito gender”.

“We claim to be close to any victim of harassment and reach the whole area, so the virtual Atiendo center, which complements these physical centers, is already on the way and pioneered in the whole of Spain. It has been working for several months.”

This 'Atiendo' de Salamanca center is managed by the Asociación de Ayuda a la Mujer Plaza Mayor, and Mañueco praised the work of this institution and its president, Ascensión Iglesias, better known as Choni.

“Habeis sido pioneras en el trabajo de visibilizar la la work de la mujer y en poner de manifesto las agresiones sexy y la violencia machista,” he pointed out.

Mañueco: “Tolerance cero”

Mañueco emphasized that in the next few days, the nine capitals of the province will open centers with these features. “We want them to be psychologically focused, we don't know how to behave before these situations often, we want them to be social and socially oriented,” he said.

In addition, he said, the goal is to “help the people around the victims so that they can cooperate in their recovery.”

“In Castile and León, there is help and support for victims, and it is carried out with professionalism and intimacy,” he recalled, recalling that these centers were established in the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan and were funded by New Generation. It finances the European Union.

“Estos centros buscan atender de manera immediata a quienes han sido víctimas”, he said, adding that they would also be included in the new law against gender violence to be adopted by the Junta in January 2025. Cortes de Castilla y León.

“We want to work tirelessly to prevent this scourge and continue to care for the victims. “, ha zanjado.