The new healthcare center in Zaragoza for victims of sexual violence will open before Christmas. This is the deadline set by the President of Aragon, Jorge Azconwho announced it this Monday during the institutional event of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women in the countryside It also happens in your environment.
“Words are not useful, but actions,” said Azcón, recalling that he committed a year ago to opening a center to combat sexual violence in each of the three Aragonese provinces. “In less than a year, it’s a reality“, he indicated, highlighting the two other centers already operational in Huesca and Teruel for several weeks.
The commitment of this @GobAragon in the fight against gender-based violence, she is firm.
A year ago, the #25Nwe announced that the Comprehensive Support Centers for Victims of Sexual Violence (Caivis) would be launched throughout 2024.
The centers of Huesca and Teruel are already… pic.twitter.com/dsEj7FknD2
– Jorge Azcón (@Jorge_Azcon) November 25, 2024
The event took place in the Crown Room of the Pignatelli building, and was also marked by the intervention of the Vice President Sea cowboyand the director of the Institute of Aragonese Women, Mr. Fe Antoñanzas.
The profile of violations
As noted, the number of rapes and sexual assaults in Aragon remains high. Between January and September of this year, 2,602 women victims of violence They called the toll-free number of the Aragonese Women’s Institute to ask for help (tel.: 900504405). In addition, from January to June of this year, in Aragon, were held 48 violationsas well as others 157 sexual assaults of different types.
For its part, it should be remembered that those of Vox demanded in Aragon a study of the repeated profile of rapists to protect women, which is still being developed, given that it was part of the governance agreement in Aragon before its departure from the bipartisan, with the main focus on knowing who is behind the statistic of more more worrying, the violence against women, which points the finger at men of foreign origin, as denounced by the Vox deputy, Carmen Rouco.
gender-based violence
Furthermore, Azcon This year he focused on “sexist” and “gender” violence, warning that “it can happen anywhere”. “Each of us has a civic duty to report these situations when we witness them, as well as to provide the necessary assistance to the victims,” Azcón added.
“A single case of sexist and gender-based violence against women is too many,” he denounced, “we will continue to move forward so that it is eradicate from Aragonese society“.
An institutional message in which the absence of Vox in the Executive was noted, in favor of the elimination of the notions of “sexist” Or “gender» emphasizing that violence “has no gender”, and that Azcón defended. From the Zaragoza City Hall, those from Vox did not participate in the minute of silence, unlike the deputies of the Cortes.
Center for combating violence against women in Zaragoza
The center to combat violence against women in Zaragoza will be located on the street Demonstrationcomplemented by the care offered by the Aragonese Institute of Women, located on Paseo María Agustín.
The center for combating violence against women, in Zaragoza, Huesca and Teruel, will be will outsourcedue to lack of sufficient staff for “the direct management of this service”, as justified by the government of Aragon.
As the vice-president of the government explained, Sea cowboyLast Thursday, these centers will have a library, conferences, events, exhibitions, “so that people have no conditions for victims to ask for help”, he stressed.
Likewise, the center, in addition to offering in-person care, will offer care 24 hour telematicss. In addition, the President of Aragon recalled that there will be “apartments linked to the three centers of Aragon, in case there are no housing options available.”
