Public employees who have to change their place of residence as a result of gender-based violence will be able to maintain their employment and salaries. agreement signed this Tuesday. Gabriela Bravo, Minister of Justice, Home Affairs and Public Affairsthis Innovation, Universities, Science and the Digital Society, Josefina Bueno, and those responsible five Valencian state universities. Transfer is possible both between different academic institutions and with Autonomous Administration and vice versa.
Describing this agreement as “a new initiative to combat sexist terrorism,” Bravo said, “We want to make it clear to the women suffering from this scourge that they are not alone, that institutions and civil society stand by them.” ”
Making this workforce mobility viable makes it easier for them to get their lives back together because “there are so many problems that arise when the victim wants to take a step, sometimes causing them to take a step back,” he said.
But the minister’s opinion is that the scope of this agreement Don’t be alone in public but it transcends the private sector. “Manufacturer for the rest of the fabric and especially large companies with several business centers, “In case there are women affected by sexist terrorism among their cadres,” he said.
Therefore, her ministry recommended that “employers and unions articulate their systems of job transfer and protection for victims of Gender Violence”.
At another point in his previous speech Rectors of the universities of Alicante and Valencia, Amparo Navarro and Mavi Mestre and rectors of Miguel Hernández Elche University, Juan José Ruiz, Valencia Polytechnic, José Esteban Capilla and Juan José Ruiz and Jaume I University Castello, Vicente CerveraThe Minister emphasized that public institutions should take a greater share in the fight against this scourge. “And in this way, we have a new regulatory tool that is faster and more efficient than the usual way of transferring social forces, the implementation of which is already included in Generalitat’s III Plan for gender equality, which was approved in August.”
Bravo reminded that his department is investing in the fight against gender-based Violence. 36,000 euros per day and a year through the Crime Victims Assistance Offices. 13,000 women, an average of 36 per day.
Amparo Navarro began his speech with figures speaking on behalf of the other four presidents of Valencia’s universities there. 29 women have been killed by their partners or ex-partners so far this year (increases to 40 if all femicides are counted), 20 orphans and 47 children have been killed since 2013... For this reason, the rector defined the newly signed agreement as “the light at the exit of a tunnel that will enable these women to continue their work with dignity and facilitate mobility”. As a continuation of the agreement signed in 2015, students who are victims of abuse change universities between Consell and universities.
Minister Bueno underlined the efforts of universities to ensure that women are increasingly involved in all areas of academic life. “The social commitment of universities is visible so that campuses are spaces where gender violence is free and equality values permeate the entire university community,” he said.
Among the participants, the mayor of PSPV, Main Barcelonasub-representative of the government, Villager from Araceand union and university representatives.