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»
Inm
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Mon
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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»
Inm
acul
ada
Mon
talv
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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 - [email protected]
Technical cooperation & media advisorInês P. G. A. Pinto
