Councilman Remigio López-posthumously-Mediterranean Fund and the School of Art and Design of Murcia have been honored with the recognition "Murcia Equality" with which the City Council, through the Department of Social Welfare Policy Equality and Citizenship, wants to emphasize to people or institutions that have differentiated to promote projects, activities or actions aimed to promote gender equality and prevent violence against women.
The Mayor, Miguel Ángel Cámara, has delivered such distinctions during the official ceremony commemorating the International Day to end violence against women that took place this afternoon at the Plenary Hall.
Have attended the same charge of the area of Social Welfare, Gender Equality Policies and Citizenship, Maria del Carmen Pelegrin, and the Director General of Prevention of Violence and Juvenile Reform, Maria Teresa Moreno, along with presidents and members of the women's community centers.
During the ceremony, the Chamber has been reading a statement against violence, in which, among other things, expresses the determination to express "strongly our opposition to the violence, both publicly and privately denounced the attacks that women face. "
"I never shut up our voices against the death of a woman killed by virtue of being" so "added" while failure to achieve the total eradication of this scourge, "we will put all necessary municipal resources towards this goal until there is not an assault or murder again. "
The Mayor pointed out that violence is a lack of reasons for this "because they are not.
The only plausible explanation comes from the cowardice and unworthiness of those who violate that only deserves the utmost contempt and enforcement of a penalty earned his villainy and outrage. "
The activities carried out in recent days on the occasion of this anniversary celebration has ended with a concentration in the Plaza Belluga public rejection of gender violence and solidarity with the victims.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia