5. Gender Violence
The “Spanish” side of the story
• Historical background
• Gender violence is not
a problem confined to
the private sphere
• Results & Statistics
• The Financial Crisis
6. Gender Violence
The “Spanish” side of the story
• Historical background
• Gender violence is not
a problem confined to
the private sphere
• Results & Statistics
• The Financial Crisis
7. Gender Violence
The “Spanish” side of the story
• Historical background
• Gender The kick off not
violence is
a problem confined to
the private sphereout
The wipe
• Results Renaissance
& Statistics
• The Financial Crisis
8. The Kick Off
The sex will not be a reason for
any privilege
Right to be elected but not vote
Divorce Law
Legalization of abortion
9. The wipe out
Age of majority for women was 25
y.o.
The father tutelage finished when
the woman was married or she
entered a convent
The husband was authorised to
beat the spouse and his sons and
daughters if he did not injure them
From 1975, the wife is not under
any obligation to obey her husband
10. Renaissance
Equality Principle, Art. 14
Constitution 1978
Penalty of continuous maltreatment
and abuses 1989
The sexual harassment at work is
typified in 1995
The first time psychological abuse
becomes a crime 1999
11. Gender Violence
The “Spanish” side of the story
• Historical background
• Gender violence is not
a problem confined to
the private sphere
• Results & Statistics
• The Financial Crisis
12. Gender Violence
The “Spanish” side of the story
• Historical background
• Gender violence is not
a problem confined to
the private sphere
& Integrated
• Results AnStatistics Law
Main Changes
• The Financial Crisis
Victims’ rights
13. An Integrated Law
The Act extends its scope to
preventive, educational, social,
welfare and victim support initiatives
The punitive response
A Fund shall be established
14. Main changes
Awareness measures
Education system
Health system
Communication & Advertising
Judicial measures
Administrative Bodies
15. Victims’ rights
Right to integrated social
assistance
Legal aid
Labour rights
Economic rights & Support
Information resources &
telematics control
16. Victims’ rights
Integrated Social Assistance
Information to victims
Psychological assistance
Social assistance
Monitoring of women's rights claims
Educational support to the family unit
Support to employment training and
insertion
17. Victims’ rights
Legal Aid
All victims of gender violence have
the right to:
Be defended and represented by a
lawyer or Court Representative.
18. Victims’ rights
Labour rights
Reduction or re-organisation of
their working hours
Geographical mobility
Change of workplace
Suspension of employment with
their post reserved, and
Termination of their employment
contract under legal situation of
unemployment
19. Victims’ rights
Economic rights & Support
Social Aid: Lump-Sum benefit
Housing resources
Emergency Centres
Shelter Centres
Protected apartment
R.A.I Insertion Income
20. Victims’ rights
Information Resources &
Telematic Control
W.R.A.P: (Web Support Resources
and Prevention against GV)
016 HELP LINE
TELE ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Atenpro
Wrist bands or electronic devices
21. Gender Violence
The “Spanish” side of the story
• Historical background
• Gender violence is not
a problem confined to
the private sphere
• Results & Statistics
• The Financial Crisis
25. Gender Violence
The “Spanish” side of the story
• Historical background
• Gender violence is not
a problem confined to
the private sphere
• Results & Statistics
• The Financial Crisis
26. The Financial Crisis
General Impacts
Reduction about 24, 1% in
equality (18.95 million of Euros)
Prevention of gender violence
reduction 6.8% (22, 20 millions
of Euros)
27. The Financial Crisis
The consequences go beyond
the victim...
Reduction 70% advertising campaigns
Reducing number of lawyers in legal
aid & denial protection orders
Reduced budgets in care devices
28. The Financial Crisis
The consequences go beyond
the victim...
Reduction in education, healthy,
therefore staff training for education,
health
Salaries reduction
Labour market precariousness
Impossibility of independence
29.
30. More 74% the mortal victims do not make a complaint. In
Spain out of every ten women killed by their partner between
seven and eight had not reported them.
31. Gender Violence
Article 5
Universal Human Rights Constitution
“No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment”