Once more, the Sala Palmanova was the place chosen to hold the 4th Conference on Gender Violence in Calvià within the International Day against violence towards women.
Once more, the Sala Palmanova was the place chosen to hold the 4th Conference on Gender Violence in Calvià, organised by the Social Welfare and Health Department within the International Day against violence towards women.
The Town Hall´s Deputy Mayor for Social Welfare and Health, Cristina de León, presented the benefits of the Social Service Department towards women, victims of gender violence. Regarding this matter, it is to be reminded that, since 2006 a total of 224 cases have been attended within this service, from which 34 have been notified this year.
De León highlighted that the “Technical Board on Gender Violence” was established on 18th October 2011, which counts with representatives of the different medical centres of the municipality and the Local Police of Calvià.
Also, the results of the survey “what men think about gender violence”, which was carried out through the municipal web page, were presented.
After, they gave way to a round table in which the debate “men's perception of gender violence” took place.
The conference counted with a great number of public, amongst them there were technical experts in Education, Health, Social Services, Women´s Associations and anonymous citizens with special interest in the matter.
Conclusions IV Conference on Gender Violence
Results of the Gender Violence 2013 survey