The delegate of the Spanish Government in Andalusia, Pedro Fernández, today “strongly” condemned, on the eve of the commemoration of 25-N, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, all types of violence against women and girls, “a scourge which we cannot doubt”. let us unite and raise our voices against those who commit them and against those who whitewash them for their own interest. » In figures, since January, there have been 9 murders of women and two minors for indirect violence, awaiting confirmation, by the Government Delegation against Gender Violence, of the case recorded on the night of this Saturday a woman from the Seville municipality of Estepa, 46 years old and two minor children, which would bring the number of victims in Andalusia to ten.
According to data extracted from the monthly report of the Comprehensive system for monitoring cases of gender violence, VioGén system, Compared to the month of September, the number of active restraint bracelets in Andalusia increased by 10% in the month of September compared to 2023, reaching 1,710 devices imposed by gender violence courts for compliance with protection orders and prohibition.
This figure, which represents 35.78% of the national total and 158 more than the same month of 2023, where 1,552 were reached, shows that the implementation of this type of devices continues to be fully consolidated, with figures well above the national average. , since the rate per million women aged 15 or over in Andalusia is 455.7, more than double the national average established in 223.9.
The delegate of the Spanish government in Andalusia, Pedro Fernández, insisted on the need for “the victims and, if this is not possible, their environment, their family or their neighbors to report any situation of which they become aware so that, as soon as the Forces and the State Security Corps, we can undertake surveillance and protection actions for women who suffer from it.
From the beginning of the year until September, 7 women were murdered in Andalusia by their partner or ex-spouse, and two minors were murdered by indirect violence, although in the month of October two other cases were recorded in the province of Almería, bringing the total to 9 murdered women. Without taking into account the case of Estepa, awaiting confirmation.
At the end of September, 26,049 cases remained active in the Viogén system in Andalusia, to which must be added 164,837 cases deactivated since 2007. The VioGén system, launched by the Secretary of State for Security of the Ministry of the Interior in Since 2007, it centralizes and manages all information resulting from complaints filed for cases of gender violence with the Security Forces and Organs of the State. both the National Police and the Civil Guard, and also includes some local police forces of municipalities that have signed collaboration agreements with the Ministry of the Interior.
In Andalusia, 266 Andalusian municipalities make up this network, “aware of the need to have all possible resources to be more effective in prevention and increase the capacity to protect victims”, underlined Pedro Fernández.
By Instruction 4/2019 of March 13, 2019, the notion of multi-victimizers was introduced, which refers to the perpetrators of several victims, in order to follow cases in detail, even by locality. In this case, we already have figures from October 3, where 6,776 particularly important cases were recorded, with 6,577 victims and 6,075 perpetrators.
The vulnerability of victims – whether due to disability, serious physical or mental illness due to attempted or intended suicide – has also been introduced as a factor to be considered in cases of gender-based violence. Also on October 3, 157 cases were registered in Andalusia, with 131 victims and 157 perpetrators.
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