Auditorium and Congress Palace "Infanta Elena" Eagles hosted yesterday afternoon in a Roundtable on "Reality of Gender Violence in Older Women", organized in collaboration with the Federation of Murcia Housewives , Consumers and Users "Thader consumption."
It was moderated by Catherine Garcia, president of the Association of Housewives, Consumers and Users "Lady of Sorrows" Eagles, and was attended by: Veronica Lopez, CEO of Prevention of Domestic Violence, Youth, Legal Protection and Juvenile Court, Cristina García, head of the Coordination Unit of Violence against Women of the Government Delegation in Murcia, Carlos Astráin, deputy head of Team Women and Children of the Civil Guard of Murcia, and Mary Sponsorship Martinez mayor of Finance, Personnel and Consistory aquiline woman.
During the debate, most speakers agreed at the time noted that "women over 56 years are a particularly vulnerable group, often do not report their abusive situation."
The Observatory on Domestic Violence and Gender, attached to the General Council of the Judiciary, warning that between 2009 and 2011, only one of the dead that exceeded this age had come to justice.
As stated by the mayor of Women "with initiatives like this is to report on the reality of abuse and its serious consequences, involving the whole society hooked on fighting domestic violence and promoting a caring and committed attitude towards these terrible situations to help break the silence of the victims and provide access to existing resources. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Águilas