The Minister of Social Inclusion, Youth, Family and Equality, Loles Lopezchaired this Friday in Seville the plenary session of the Andalusian Observatory against gender violencewhere he presented the review of Andalusian protocol for the care of disabled women, victims of gender violencewhich “has been strengthened and expanded” to “offer more comprehensive and comprehensive support.”
As the ministry reports in a press release, before the plenary session, a minute of silence for the two-year-old baby murdered in Linares (Jaén) and which was confirmed as a suspected case of indirect violencethe advisor condemned these “senseless and horrible” events, while describing this week as “very hard”, which began with the murder of a woman in Steppe (Seville) probably by his partner.
He also underlined “the importance of a forum like this” where, in a coordinated manner, we deepen “the analysis of the different manifestations of gender violence”. During this plenary session, “this protocol focused on women with disabilities was discussed, as well as the conclusions of a diagnostic study on cyberviolence were exposed.”
The councilor explained that the specific care protocol for women with disabilities was approved in 2021. After the activation of the Andalusian Observatory against Gender Violence, a working group focused on victims with disabilities was launched on last year, which was responsible for “strengthening and improving the protocol.
Among the new features, he stressed that it is opening up to more areas of action. Thus, while the previous protocol was “centered on the field of judicial action with a model of intervention, itinerary and supervision within the court”, this has been extended to sectors such as health, social services or education.
Moreover, “more indicators of suspicion try to make detection more effective and expand the field of professionals with information on this subject so that they can join the network of alliances and alerts promoted by the Andalusian government to fight this scourge.
In this regard, he highlighted that the current protocol incorporates “more specific questions to help detection, as well as the addition of indicators classified according to the profile of the professional, taking into account entities without specific training in violence gender or people who care for people with the condition. disabilities. The goal, as López emphasized, is that “we are all part of this network of alarm and detection of this massacre that never ends.”
Likewise, the protocol takes into account up to ten types of disabilities by integrating two typologies, mental health and psychosocial disorders; and the cerebral palsy. The objective is, as the head of Inclusion pointed out, “to provide support as comprehensive as possible”.
Likewise, within the framework of this plenary session, the first conclusions of the diagnostic study on cyber-violencewhich was launched following the working group on this type of violence that appeared last year within the Observatory.
This study was coordinated by University of Malaga in collaboration with the Universities of Seville and Almería. It had more than 1,800 questionnaires aimed at Andalusian adolescents and young people aged thirteen to 25; and 20 in-depth interviews with professionals, secondary school teachers, parents and security forces.
The counselor expressed “her concern” about this type of violence, which occurs from a very young age and therefore stressed “the importance of education in values to avoid toxic behavior which is far from being a healthy relationship “.
In this context, the Andalusian Observatory against Gender Violence represents the different ministries and agencies of the Andalusian Government, other public administrations, as well as the Superior Court of Justice of AndalusiaTHE Superior Parquet of AndalusiaTHE Professional colleges lawyers, psychologists, social workers, nurses and doctors, among other social and economic agents.
Among its functions are the collection, analysis and dissemination of information related to gender violence, the establishment of mechanisms for observation and analysis of the evolution of gender violence, the formulation of recommendations, as well as the preparation of reports, specific research studies and statistics in order to achieve the set objectives. as accurate diagnosis as possible regarding this problem.
