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The Department of Political Equality and Development Cooperation, headed Alicia Barquero, bet next year to increase support for victims of domestic violence with the accomplishment of training courses and professional training for immigrant women;
as well as specific training courses for the staff of Civil Protection and the taxi industry in the municipality of Murcia, so they know how to act in situations of violence against women.
The budget of the Department of Political Equality and Development Cooperation, headed Alicia Barquero, is about one million euros, of which 566,300 correspond to Equality Policy and 341,000 euros for Development Cooperation.
The main activities for the coming year is to continue the comprehensive and specialized care for women victims of domestic violence, as well as management, maintenance and improvement of the two shelters and I group home.
Prevention programs and awareness of domestic violence, welfare measures (legal, psychological, educational, support, leisure time) for women victims of domestic violence and their children / as through the Municipal Team will also be maintained Attention to Violence against Women (EMAVI).
This team has responded so far this year 266 cases of women victims of violence, 15 cases less than in the same period of 2013.
The municipality has 76 Centers for Women, which involved 12,500 members.
The City Council allocated € 50,000 for renovations and improvements Centers for Women and in 2015 a collaboration agreement for the granting of subsidies, technical assistance, transfer of local municipal and training for these partnerships will be renewed.
As a novelty, next year will be equipped with new computer means the Centers for Women and Women's Associations.
Waterman explained that the priority of the Department is to offer courses that will improve the capabilities of women and facilitate access to employment workshops of new technologies, languages ​​and vocational training.
These partnerships also preventative courses of physiotherapy, reading promotion, health promotion, early intervention and Bebeteca for parents or grandparents and babies are held.
Likewise, the Centers for Women and associations commemorate special days to claim the figure of women and the fight against gender violence as the March 8 and November 25, and organizes competitions flowers and books, short story ' March 8 'and second edition of the event theater' Amparo Rivelles'.
Another front on which this Council is working equal opportunities, which features new for next year by holding a program on women and consumption, women following project: literary and musical heritage of the city of Murcia and competitions 'videos on violence prevention in pairs in the youth population,' 'Building equality' and 'Prevention of Gender Violence in Secondary Education'.
In addition, Sport and Enterprise Equality award in Murcia on Equality, and the project 'People's History', which discloses women neighborhoods and districts that have had an important social and cultural role and have not been recognized will remain.
The City continues to work with the Commission for Equality and Equality Agency, and maintains the training program 'woman embarks on' educational programmed 'Equal parts' and the incorporation of the gender perspective in the tourist routes that promote the city.
In the area of ​​development cooperation, 2015 is planned for 200,000 euros to the public announcement of grants to NGOs to develop their work in underprivileged countries and are based in the city of Murcia and maintain institutional support in situations of catastrophe by signing agreements and support activities of humanitarian aid.
This area also raising awareness and promoting volunteerism through programs like 'Educating in development', organized activities on days like Peace, Nonviolence International celebration of camp and Humanitarian Aid Missions is important in the Malecon organization of the Week of Cooperating with exhibits, educational lectures, Fair Cooperation;
and promotion of NGOs in the municipality by organizing charity events and collaboration.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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