Gender Violence: The spanish side of the story

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Gender Violence Project presented to the World Bank in Sydney and Dili by Yolanda Serrano - expert in Gender Violence and law in Spain - May 2013

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«Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person»

Article 3

«Today there is no sense of impunity»

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President of The Observatory

Gender Violence

The “Spanish” side of the story

Gender ViolenceThe “Spanish” side of the story

• Historical background

• Gender violence is not a problem confined to the private sphere

• Results & Statistics

• The Financial Crisis

Gender Violence

• Historical background

• Gender violence is not a problem confined to the private sphere

• Results & Statistics

• The Financial Crisis

The “Spanish” side of the story

Gender Violence

• Historical background

• Gender violence is not a problem confined to the private sphere

• Results & Statistics

• The Financial Crisis

The “Spanish” side of the story

The kick off

The wipe out

Renaissance

The Kick Off

The sex will not be a reason for any privilege

Right to be elected but not vote Divorce Law

Legalization of abortion

The wipe out

Age of majority for women was 25 y.o.

The father tutelage finished when the woman was married or she entered a convent

The husband was authorised to beat the spouse and his sons and daughters if he did not injure them

From 1975, the wife is not under any obligation to obey her husband

Renaissance

Equality Principle, Art. 14 Constitution 1978

Penalty of continuous maltreatment and abuses 1989

The sexual harassment at work is

typified in 1995The first time psychological abuse

becomes a crime 1999

Gender ViolenceThe “Spanish” side of the story

• Historical background

• Gender violence is not a problem confined to the private sphere

• Results & Statistics

• The Financial Crisis

Gender ViolenceThe “Spanish” side of the story

• Historical background

• Gender violence is not a problem confined to the private sphere

• Results & Statistics

• The Financial Crisis

An Integrated Law

Main Changes

Victims’ rights

An Integrated Law

The Act extends its scope to preventive, educational, social, welfare and victim support initiatives

The punitive response

A Fund shall be established

Main changes

Awareness measures

Education system

Health system

Communication & Advertising

Judicial measures

Administrative Bodies

Victims’ rights

Right to integrated social assistance

Legal aid

Labour rights

Economic rights & Support Information resources &

telematics control

Information to victims Psychological assistance Social assistance Monitoring of women's rights claims Educational support to the family unit Support to employment training and

insertion

Integrated Social Assistance

Victims’ rights

All victims of gender violence have the right to:

Be defended and represented by a lawyer or Court Representative.

Legal Aid

Victims’ rights

Reduction or re-organisation of their working hours

Geographical mobility Change of workplace Suspension of employment with

their post reserved, and Termination of their employment

contract under legal situation of unemployment

Labour rights

Victims’ rights

Social Aid: Lump-Sum benefitHousing resources

Emergency Centres Shelter Centres Protected apartment

R.A.I Insertion Income

Economic rights & Support

Victims’ rights

W.R.A.P: (Web Support Resources and Prevention against GV)

016 HELP LINETELE ASSISTANCE SERVICES

Atenpro Wrist bands or electronic devices

Information Resources & Telematic Control

Victims’ rights

Gender Violence

• Historical background

• Gender violence is not a problem confined to the private sphere

• Results & Statistics

• The Financial Crisis

The “Spanish” side of the story

Results & Statistics

Results & Statistics

% Vertical NumberTotal Population 100% 47,190,493Women + 15 y.o. 43.4% 20,499,869

Gender Violence Complaints January 2007 - September 2012

% Vertical Number

Total complaints 100% 769,478year 2007 16.4% 126,293year 2008 18.5% 142,125year 2009 17.6% 135,540year 2010 17.4% 134,105year 2011 17.4% 134,002January - September 2012 12.7% 97,403

Women with Active Policial attention - 31st December 2012

% Vertical Number

Total Women with active policial attention 100% 99,021Women with active policial protection 16.8% 16,630

Total in SpainSpanish Population - 1st January 2011

Results & Statistics

/ All yearUntil 20th Feb./

Number of deaths

Gender Violence

• Historical background

• Gender violence is not a problem confined to the private sphere

• Results & Statistics

• The Financial Crisis

The “Spanish” side of the story

The Financial CrisisGeneral Impacts

Reduction about 24, 1% in equality (18.95 million of Euros)

Prevention of gender violence reduction 6.8% (22, 20 millions of Euros)

The Financial CrisisThe consequences go beyond the victim...

Reduction 70% advertising campaigns Reducing number of lawyers in legal

aid & denial protection orders Reduced budgets in care devices

The Financial CrisisThe consequences go beyond the victim...

Reduction in education, healthy, therefore staff training for education, health

Salaries reduction Labour market precariousness Impossibility of independence

«Today there is no sense of impunity»

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President of The Observatory

More 74% the mortal victims do not make a complaint. In Spain out of every ten women killed by their partner between

seven and eight had not reported them.

Gender Violence

“No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment”

Article 5 Universal Human Rights Constitution

Thank youPresenter Yolanda Serrano-MontañoLawyer - yolandaserrano@live.com

Technical cooperation & media advisorInês P. G. A. Pinto