The Department of Equal Cotillas Towers held on the morning of Friday 23 November two acts included in the program of activities to celebrate in the town the "World Day Against Gender Violence" (which falls on Sunday November 25).
So, on the one hand the members of the "Association of Women Isabel Gonzalez" have visited the facilities of "Sports Center Las Torres" to enjoy a morning as healthy.
There, both monitors Torreño center as the Councillor for Sports local, Ginés Pérez Iniesta, have guided them in various sports activities both in room and in the heated pool.
And, secondly, the esplanade of City Hall has been the scene of the popular reading of a manifesto against gender violence, which has been carried out by staff Torreño Consistory.
This event, chaired by the local mayor, Domingo Coronado, has enjoyed high attendance of an audience of residents of the municipality and municipal workers.
Painting and shiatsu
Some activities that began on Tuesday November 20 with the inauguration of the painting exhibition "Perspectives" by Carmen Maria Ortiz, who remains active in the local council until next November 30 and has free admission.
Ortiz has a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Granada and is currently Professor of Secondary.
In addition, the Center for Women Torreño-located in Constitution Park hosted locally on the afternoon of Wednesday November 21 shiatsu workshop, which featured free admission and participation of about 70 women.
Organized by the "Association of Women Isabel Gonzalez" in collaboration with the Department of Equality Torrena, this workshop was given by the school Murcia "Shiatsu Levante" (created in 1998) and sought to publicize her students healthy lifestyle through development of body awareness and inner balance.
An active CAVI
This program of activities was presented at the Meeting Room of City Hall on the day of the opening of the exhibition of paintings by Councillor Torrena area.
In addition, this press conference took stock Fernández performance Center for Victims of Gender Violence (CAVI), a service created in 2007 by the Institute for Women of the Region of Murcia in collaboration with the municipalities of the Region .
"So far this year, the CAVI has worked with 118 clients, 75% of Cotillas Towers and 25% of the neighboring municipalities, while 77% are Spanish versus 23% who are foreigners," said Torrena councilor, who recalled that this center manages prevention-intervention programs in violent dating relationships with minors, coordination with law enforcement authorities, and to improve the detection and treatment in cases of gender violence health centers in primary care, and offer information sessions in the schools in the municipality and various local associations.
"I want to show our deepest rejection of such violence that unfortunately too many women suffer within our country and outside, and doing all express our support for them, transmitting them they are not alone, that society generally supports the support the government, although that reality shows us that even the measures being taken are not enough, "said Councillor Torrena Equality, Gloria Fernandez, who asked awareness.
"Please do not look the other way because it can affect us all, whether in first person or someone close," said the mayor Torrena.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Las Torres de Cotillas