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Murcia will be one of the seven Spanish cities participating in the march 'Walking for freedom' on 15 October.

Ruiz Caballero recalled that in June the City Council approved a motion to intensify joint work with associations working in prevention and care for victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation

Murcia City Council commemorated the International Day Against Sexual Exploitation, on 23 September with a series of planned jointly with the Autonomous Community activities, to be carried out against trafficking in women.

This has been explained this morning at a press conference the Councillor for Social Rights, Conchita Ruiz Caballero, the Minister of Family and Equal Opportunities, Thomas Violante and CEO of Women, Alicia Barquero.

The aim of this commemoration is to raise public awareness of the need to end the trafficking of women for sexual exploitation and involved in their detection and reporting, preventing sex trade trivialized.

For the 23th has coordinated a program of activities in the Plaza de Santo Domingo in the city of Murcia which includes the reading of a manifesto, so 'dramatized' (performance mode).

During the ceremony testimonies of victims of trafficking, a statement of values ​​and also participate the Office of the City of Murcia Graffiti for a memorial mural of the day in the square they will be read.

People who stroll through the square can write and leave their testimony in the same mural.

Another planned activities is a 'photocall' with #SeTratadePersonas slogan, people, spontaneously, a picture is made using their own mobile phones and hang on social networks your photo with the hashtag #SeTratadePersonas, and thus mobilize social networks.

Additionally, Murcia will be one of the seven Spanish cities participating in the march 'Walking for freedom', organized in 28 cities in the world, which will start on 15 October the Plaza Circular, along the Gran Vía and trying to visualize this situation.

Ruiz Caballero recalled that the City is Murcia "is very committed to this issue, the proof is the adoption of a motion last June to visualize this social scourge, which affects many women in the municipality and in order to intensify joint work with associations working in prevention and care for victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation. "

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia