This pioneering activity in the region is included in the program that the Department of Women and Women's Organizations Federation have prepared to commemorate the November 25, a day on which for the first time will pay tribute to the victims of this scourge in the War Theater.
The Council of Women of the City of Lorca, Eulalia Ibarra, and the President of the Federation of Women's Organizations of Lorca, Pilar Fernandez, presented the joint program of activities organized to commemorate the November 25, International Day Against Gender Violence.
Ibarra stated that the main novelty of this year is the first call for the region to promote a contest that Lorca via Twitter sensitize gender violence more intense over the next seven days.
To do this, from today will be available on the municipal website www.lorca.es the basis of this initiative with which registered in the municipality can win a mobile phone (Samsung Galaxy S4 type or Iphone 5C), one tablet access, a family weekend in a hostel hostels Network El Molino or Headphones, depending if your tweet is selected as the first, second, third or fourth best of any that include the hashtag # Lorca25N and mention the official account of the City @ AytoLorca, which also must be sent before 10:00 pm on November 21 a private message with a contact number to communicate with the winners.
The council has stressed that this year's campaign will be named "Education is Prevention", so we intend to raise public awareness, and show that with only 140 characters can all send messages, slogans or expressions contrary to gender violence or solidarity with their victims.
The mayor explained that "in this way we take the multiplier effect of this social network, through the sponsorship of Vodafone Tretelco, Mateofic, The Mill Leisure and Free Time and Dimension".
Moreover, in parallel we encourage the use of new technologies between Lorca, for which those unfamiliar with social networks can make a free introductory course on line in just three hours, which is accessed from the municipal website.
In the same vein, Lali Ibarra stated that in this area to educate younger 18 to November 22 Training Workshops will be held on "Toxic Relationships teen dating and adolescents" to 150 students of Educational Institutes High "Sierra Almenara" of Puri and "hamlets High" La Paca.
They will also hold training workshops and prevention "How to recognize domestic violence?"
directed to a hundred students from the Initial Vocational Training programs of the Department of Employment of the City of Lorca.
This seeks to address the increase in youth violence is a reflection of certain current audiovisual projects.
Since the day November 25 at 12:00 observe a minute of silence for the victims in the Plaza of Spain and 20:00 hours will be held for the first time the official ceremony in tribute to all victims of violence Gender in the Theater War, after which he will make the wreath at the monolith from Plaza Calderon.
In this sense, both as Lali Pilar Fernandez Ibarra have called for citizen participation showing the condemnation of these crimes by society Lorca and solidarity with the victims.
Throughout that day will be various media interventions, highlighting the gathering that Radio Cadena Azul held from 12:00 to 13:00 hours.
Second Conference on Prevention of Domestic Violence: "There are numbers.'re Lives"
Meanwhile the president of the Federation of Women's Organizations of Lorca has encouraged citizens of the town to join the second Conference on Prevention of Domestic Violence, which has been organized for Tuesday 26th 9:30 to 19:00 h in the Cultural Hall Cajamurcia under the slogan "No are numbers.'re lives."
Fernandez has specified that morning Professor Gloria Alarcon discuss a new approach to public policy to prevent violence, the prosecutor José Martínez Blanco give critical judgment on the law of domestic violence 9 years after enactment and technical intervention criminologist Paloma Recio and José Alberto Ruiz.
To end the day, evening women victims of violence present their experience.
Finally, the mayor has indicated that on Wednesday, December 4 the Paradiso Cinema Club screened at 18.30 h and 22.00 h.
Teatro Guerra in the movie "The Green Bike", the first feature film written and directed by a woman from Saudi Arabia, the talented Haifaa Al Mansour.
Lali Ibarra stressed "the importance of collaboration with the Women's Federation City Council, considering that both institutions to perform throughout the year, measures to prevent gender violence with the collaboration of the autonomous region, highlighting the Center management Victim (CAVI), located in the Local Development Center, which this year has increased the number of hours of care. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca