The increase is due, among other reasons, to a higher number of complaints.
Calpe currently has a total of 54 active cases of gender violence, which represents an increase of 29% over last year. This has been announced by the Bureau of collaboration and coordination of gender violence, held this morning at the Town Hall of Calpe.
The meeting was attended by the Mayoress of Calpe, Ana Sala, the Councillor for Equality Itziar Doval, the Councillor for Public Safety, Guillermo Sendra and representatives of the Unit against Violence against Women of the Government Subdelegation, the Office of Gender Violence of Dénia, Women's Centre of Dénia, Office of Attention to the Victims of Crimes of the Judicial District of Dénia, the Family Meeting Point of Dénia, Civil Guard, Local Police, Health Centre of Calpe, IES Ifach, as well as the Department of Social Inclusion, Equality and Family of the Calpe Town Council.
According to what has been commented at the table, the increase in the active data of gender violence is due, among other reasons, to a greater number of complaints thanks to the work of sensitization and awareness carried out by the different agencies involved in the fight against this scourge in order to identify what is gender violence and report it.
On the other hand, it has been highlighted that of the 54 active cases, the largest number corresponds to victims between 41 and 50 years of age with a total of 19 cases, followed by the age range between 31 and 40 years, with 15 cases. In addition, there is also one victim who is a minor. Another relevant fact is that in 22 of these cases the aggressor is Spanish, which is the nationality with the highest number of aggressors registered.
The importance of continuous training for all the professionals involved has also been stressed, both for the detection of possible new cases and to contribute to raising awareness among victims so that they will report the crime. In this sense, the multicultural and polyglot nature of the Calpe population has been highlighted, which means that in many cultures mistreatment or any other type of aggression against women is normalised.
"It has been a very fruitful meeting that has shown the coordination and collaboration that exists between all these organisations specialising in the fight against gender violence, which are working side by side to put an end to this appalling problem", said the councillor for Social Welfare, Itziar Doval, who stressed that the fact that there are "such professionalised" working groups provides confidence and security for the victims. And she recalled the free telephone number 016, which can be called by both victims of abuse and other people who know of a case of gender violence close to them. A telephone number that offers assistance in 53 languages 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and leaves no trace on the phone bill, although it must be deleted from the phone's call register.