Brussels (BE), the 28th of MAY 2009

Case study: Spain’s regions fight violence

against women.

Murcia Region in the European Map…

Murcia Region in numbers…

Region Population in 2008: 1.426.109

Gender distribution: 722.999 male 703.110 female

Capital city: Murcia city Murcia City

population:430.571

MURCIA REGION WOMAN MURCIA REGION WOMAN INSTITUTE (IMRM)INSTITUTE (IMRM)

Autonomous body in charge of the regional policy concerning woman: all those actions and measures targeted to reach the equality between women

and men, to remove the obstacles to reach the real

equality and to delete all kind of discrimination ways against

women in Murcia Region. Miss Teresa Miss Teresa Moreno, IMRM Moreno, IMRM

DirectorDirector

www.imrm.es

IMRM RESOURCESIMRM RESOURCES

Phone line 112 Emergency Centre Shelter Resources CAVIS Network Coordination Point

Device for Urgent Attention to Mistreated Device for Urgent Attention to Mistreated Women: Phone line 112Women: Phone line 112

This resource help women with: Information and counselling.

Immediate derivation to the proper resource for sheltering.

Psychological support.

Legal support.

This resource: is working 24 hours, always

attended by social work professionals.

the phone calls are recorded and it permits to locate the number if needed.

Device 112: numbers until the 31Device 112: numbers until the 31stst of March 2009of March 2009

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Phone calls

1.209 2.818 3.690 4.443 3.974 3.471 793

Women attende

d2.068 2.231 2.567 2.423 2.145 547

SHELTER RESOURCES: SHELTER RESOURCES: EMERGENCY CENTEREMERGENCY CENTER

To ensure the protection of woman victim of violence, offering a safe space for the reflection, where the woman could raise awareness about her situation, to take the most adequate decision, according her needs and reality…

OBJETIVE:OBJETIVE:

MANAGEMENT: It is under the IMRM management. The sheltering management is

always done by the 112 social worker.

It offers sheltering and protection to mistreated women and their

children.

It works 24 hours/day, short stages (around two weeks).

The Centre has facilities to guarantee the privacy and intimacy of

women and children, as well as the safety and security conditions

needed in these cases.

USERS: Spanish of foreigner women, and their children, in situation of

physical and/or psychological mistreatment. The criteria to decide the acceptation in the centre is to ensure

the woman protection. The mistreatment denounce is not a requirement, but a

recommendation.

SHELTER RESOURCES : SHELTER RESOURCES : EMERGENCY CENTEREMERGENCY CENTER

SHELTER RESOURCES: HOUSES SHELTER RESOURCES: HOUSES AND MENTORED APARTMENTAND MENTORED APARTMENT

Centres where women victim of violence and, in some cases, their children in charge, are temporarily accommodated and attended.

It is facilitated an integrated treatment, by promoting their personal autonomy and facilitating the resources to help them to re – build their life in normal conditions.

The stages are mid – term periods (3 - 6 months).

The access is always through the zone social worker.

SHELTER RESOURCES: HOUSES AND SHELTER RESOURCES: HOUSES AND MENTORED APARTMENTMENTORED APARTMENT

The mentored apartment is a functional home, where women victim of mistreatment and their children live together until reaching a level of autonomy. It is the second step after the shelter house.

Currently, in Murcia Region there are four shelter houses (*) and one mentored apartment (*), managed by the municipalities and financed by the IMRM.

CAVIS NETWORKCAVIS NETWORK

Regional network of Centres for specialised Regional network of Centres for specialised attention to women victim of gender violenceattention to women victim of gender violence

CAVIS NETWORKCAVIS NETWORK

Multidisciplinary teams, composed by:Multidisciplinary teams, composed by:

- one psychologistone psychologist

- one lawyerone lawyer

- one social workerone social worker

Specific attention in terms of:Specific attention in terms of:

-Psychological support, both individual and groupPsychological support, both individual and group

-Social counselling.Social counselling.

-Legal advisement.Legal advisement.

CAVIS NETWORKCAVIS NETWORK

CAVIS WEBSITECAVIS WEBSITE

http://www.cavis.es

ONLY ONE PHONE NUMBER FOR THE WHOLE NETWORK

From every point of the region, the phone From every point of the region, the phone number for consultation or previous date is: number for consultation or previous date is:

901 101 332

New attentions in 2008: Around 1.708

Total number for women attended in 2008

Around 2.110

Total number of attentions Around 10.678

Attentions by the psychologist 5.365

Attentions by the social worker 3.367

Attentions by the lawyer 1.946

GENERAL NUMBERS IN 2008GENERAL NUMBERS IN 2008

COORDINATION POINT

Service by the IMRM, where it is received the Protection Orders from the

correspondent Courts, as well as the legal resolutions concerning domestic violence. The concerned documents are sent to the

municipalities by this service too.

SOME NUMBERSSOME NUMBERS

PROTECTION ORDERS AND LEGAL SENTENCES YEAR 2009

(Till the 28th of February 2009)

PROTECTION ORDERS

LEGAL SENTENCES

TOTAL

135 146 281

OTHER RESOURCES: GRANTS TO NGO’s OTHER RESOURCES: GRANTS TO NGO’s and SOCIAL AGENTSand SOCIAL AGENTS..

• COP• OBLATAS•APRAMU• FEDERACIÓN DE MUJERES• SINDICATOS: UGT Y CCOO

OTHER RESOURCES: RURAL WOMENOTHER RESOURCES: RURAL WOMEN

• Grant to Federation of Associations of Women in Murcia Region.

• Situation of woman in rural areas in Murcia Region – 2008.

• Direct attention in rural areas by CAVIS mobile unit.

OTHER RESOURCES: ATTENTION TO OTHER RESOURCES: ATTENTION TO WOMEN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.WOMEN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

Specialised resource in attention to women victim Specialised resource in attention to women victim of violence, related with special needs.of violence, related with special needs.

Grants to:Grants to:

• Oblatas Order: shelter apartment:.Oblatas Order: shelter apartment:.

• Asociación Beto (NGO)Asociación Beto (NGO)

• APRAMU (Association for the Prevention, Re – integration and APRAMU (Association for the Prevention, Re – integration and Attention of women in Risk Situation in Murcia Region)Attention of women in Risk Situation in Murcia Region)

OTHER RESOURCES:OTHER RESOURCES:

Protocol for Regional Prevention and Detection of Violence against woman older than 65 years

OTHER RESOURCES:OTHER RESOURCES:

Prevention ProgrammePrevention Programme PRO-mujerPRO-mujer

Agreement between Agreement between Regional Government and Regional Government and CAMCAM

Workshops targeted to Workshops targeted to Women Associations.Women Associations.

Workshops for Local Police Workshops for Local Police Corps.Corps.

General public.General public.

OTHER RESOURCES: THE MASK OF LOVEOTHER RESOURCES: THE MASK OF LOVE

OTHER MEASURES: SENSITIZATIONOTHER MEASURES: SENSITIZATION AND AND PREVENTIONPREVENTION

Training bus Campaign 112 Guide for Aid Against Gender Violence (handy

phone resource) CAVIS dissemination campaign Publications:

Manual of support for mistreated woman. Leaflet about sexual harassment at the workplace.

Sensitization campaigns.

Our mission, our vision, our Our mission, our vision, our values…values…

To be sensible to the gender violence phenomenon: to raise awareness at personal and social level.

To give the adequate importance to violence situations and behaviours.

To educate our children in equality.

To denounce.

¡Gracias por su ¡Gracias por su atención!atención!