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From this service the Department of Equality of the City of Lorca and the Autonomous Community have been met from January to the end of June 282 victims of domestic violence, 11 more than in the same period of 2014.

Equal Councilwoman City of Lorca, Eulalia Ibarra has reported that "the number of abused women served by the Center for Care of Victims of Violence (CAVI) Lorca has increased by 5% in the first half of the year with the same period last year. "

Ibarra explained that "specifically, since this service Consistory Lorca, thanks to the collaboration of the autonomous region, were handled from January to the end of June 282 victims of domestic violence, 11 more than in the time interval 2014" .

Eulalia Ibarra has condemned that "in the XXI century will continue to give macho cases of physical, psychological and sexual assaults on women and even over their children" and recalled that "is everyone eradicate" both by the complaint as to the sexist or violent and collaborating with the victims' education.

The mayor explained that "increased attention has been especially relating to physical and psychological abuse, rising from 37.64% to represent 46.5%, followed by the psychological, which are 26.9% vs. to 31.73% in the same period last year. The cases in which the three types of abuse, physical, psychological and sexual occur, continue to represent 20.2% of cases, while there have also been 9 cases sexual and psychological abuse and one that also affect children.

Users of the service in the first six months of 2015 were 4 of between 10 and 20 years.

48 between 21 and 30, 86 between 31 and 40, as in the decade of the 41 to 50 years, while women 51-60 have been addressed 45 61 to 70 12 and more than 71.

In this regard, the council recalled that since the CAVI, which is located on the first floor of the CLD de la Alameda de Cervantes a free and confidential legal, social and job counseling is offered to victims of violence .

Until mid-year women assisted in this service have been 24 different nationalities, with the majority (198) Spanish, followed by Ecuador (28), Moroccans (15), Bolivia (8) and Colombia (7), although they victims come Romanian, French, Brazilian, of Costa Rica, Cuba, Israel, Honduras, Guinea, Russia, Ukraine, Dominican Republic, Poland, Mexico, Italy and Paraguay, Nigeria, Nicaragua, among others.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca