Coordinated action and comprehensive care for victims. These are the pillars of the technical round table on violence against women held on Wednesday 21st at the Las Lagunas Branch Office. The protection of women at risk and the ongoing improvement of action protocols were the focus of the monitoring committee meetinge, which brought together all the agents involved with a clear objective, as expressed by the mayoress of Mijas, Ana Mata (PP): “We want a municipality free of violence against women. We do not want violence against women in our municipality and we all have to work together”. Mata also stressed that “education is essential and, for this reason, the Town Hall is also working to reach young people who are the present and the future of society”.

 

This technical meeting was attended by officials and technicians from the Mijas Local Police, including its chief and the SIMA team, which specialises in gender violence; the Civil Guard,  represented by the captain of the local command; and the Family and Equal Opportunities team led by the mayoress herself, together with professionals from the Municipal Women’s Centre. Mata stressed that the system, “works in Mijas thanks to the daily coordination carried out by all those who have met today”. In fact, these meetings serve to address new situations, update regulations and, crucially, ensure that information flows “so that all women experiencing gender-based violence in our municipality feel supported”.

Protocols and tailored care

From the Municipal Women’s Centre, its lawyer, Encarnación Daunis, said that these meetings, “which stem from the need to coordinate on issues of gender violence, are fundamental for us. In principle, what we have discussed is how to coordinate and, if possible, further improve the organisation between the security forces and our work area”. 

In these sessions, the “Local Police, the Civil Guard and ourselves talk about victims by name and we can see what each person needs or how we can help others”, allowing us to make protocols more flexible and offer more personalised and comprehensive care, while always safeguarding privacy. 

Unconditional support

 

The mayoress of Mijas wanted to “convey to all citizens, and especially to those women who may be experiencing gender-based violence at home, that they should allow themselves be helped, that they must break free from that cycle of violence, and that we have a team of highly trained, experienced professionals who will support them every step of the way”.

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