Councillor for Equal Opportunities, Lina Gázquez, and the Councillor for Social Policy, M ÂŞ Angeles Tunisia, have turned this week to Crete (Greece) to work in the last phase of the project will benefit 220 local organizations and 880 individual beneficiaries in four participating countries.
The town of Puerto Lumbreras works in the last phase of Daphne Spire project work to sensitize the public about domestic violence in rural areas.
Project coordinators, along with representatives from European Union countries such as Sweden, Greece and United Kingdom take part in a day's work in Greece where starts the last phase of the project that includes specific actions to work against violence gender in rural areas.
According to the Councillor for Equal Opportunities, Lina Gázquez, "the essence of this project is to increase the knowledge on gender violence in society.
According to the research and analysis carried out throughout the year from now will develop a series of training and development interventions to operate across the EU. "
Specifically, Greece has made the web Daphne Spire, dissemination of information materials, the implementation of training programs in the participating municipalities, and managing an external evaluation system to promote the project with a high standard quality.
Moreover, the last phase of the project will promote information programs and training interventions in the rural area which will benefit 220 local organizations and 880 individual beneficiaries in the four countries participating in the project.
Puerto Lumbreras, commitment to gender violence
During 2010 and through Daphne Spire project, the City has implemented various training activities and information to work against gender violence.
Among the initiatives undertaken in the municipality notes a seminar on "Gender Violence" in Puerto Lumbreras nursery schools to raise awareness of the town mothers and fathers on the importance of education to prevent future violent behavior, violence plays gender, as well as working with various sectors of importance in the district and law enforcement, professional teachers, associative, or healthcare staff.
In addition, coinciding with the day of the Violence Against Women, there was a competition in schools to design an information campaign that distributed more than 4,000 stickers on gender violence in all shops, public buildings and municipal associations.
In this sense, the Councillor for Equal Opportunities, Lina Gázquez, concluded by explaining that "Daphne Spire project contributes to the development of rural areas in the social field.
Proper training and the creation of better mechanisms of action contribute to increasing awareness of gender violence, and in turn reports on the steps when it detects a case of violence. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras