The Sala Palmanova was the place chosen to hold the 3rd Conference about Gender Violence in Calvià within the International Day against violence towards women, this morning.
The Sala Palmanova was the place chosen to hold the 3rd Conference about Gender Violence in Calvià, organised by the Social Welfare and Health Department within the International Day against violence towards women, this morning.
The Town Hall´s Deputy Mayor for Social Welfare and Health, Cristina de León, presented the benefits of the Social Service Department towards women, victims of gender violence. Regarding this matter, it is to be mentioned that, since 2006 a total of 190 cases have been attended to within this service, from which 23 have been notified this year.
De León highlighted that the “Technical Board on Gender Violence” was established on 18th October 2011, which counts with representatives of the different medical centres of the municipality and the Local Police of Calvià.
After, they gave way to a round table in which a debate was created about the treatment of gender violence in the media and which counted with the presence of journalists of the different means of communication of the island.
The conference counted with a great number of public, in between them, technical experts in Education, Health, Social Services, Women´s Associations and anonymous citizens with special interest in the matter.