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"I am convinced that this pact had an extremely important effect, which was to put the issue of gender violence on the political agenda again."

Silvia Valmaña

assures

.

"We cannot polarize or use women's rights."

adds

Marta Martín

.

They are the wishes and statements of some of the politicians and feminists who signed the

State Pact against Gender Violence

.

Four years have passed since the signing of the Pact in December 2017. To celebrate this anniversary, the protagonists most involved in this project met this Monday in

Alicante,

in a conference to make an evaluation of everything that has changed and reaffirm themselves in the covenant.

It is an unprecedented Pact that was approved without any vote against and that was the first agreed by the parliamentary groups since 2015. It is made up of 214 measures from the Congress and 267 measures from the Senate.

In addition, it is a way of consolidating the measures contained in the 2004 law on the comprehensive protection of women.

The objectives of this commitment at the national level include breaking the silence by promoting awareness-raising actions and preventing violence.

"These days are important to remember these moments of success of the Spanish democracy" says Silvia Valmaña, deputy for Guadalajara in Congress, and participant in the anniversary day of the pact.

Marta Martín, one of the directors of the day, affirms: "It is a very important transversal pact".

As the promoter of this initiative, she believes that the goal is to make this meeting an annual event and invite people from across the political spectrum.

The counterprogramming of the conference in Madrid

The Alicante days were counterprogrammed with an event organized by the

PSOE

in the Congress of Deputies in

Madrid

. The PSOE has opted to put an end to prostitution in this legislature and has underlined the need to cover the different manifestations of sexist violence, putting an end to

prostitution

in this legislature. "The PSOE is abolitionist and this should be the legislature that puts an end to trafficking and prostitution. Without prostitution, there is no trafficking," said Susana Ros, spokesperson and executive secretary of the PSOE against gender violence.

During this day in Madrid,

Adriana Lastra

has strongly criticized the PP.

In fact, she considers that Pablo Casado's party was "dragged" into the State Pact against gender violence due to pressure from the feminist movement.

In addition, it has underlined the need to renew that agreement, which expires in one year.

What has changed and what needs to be improved?

The figures show that the number of female fatalities due to gender violence falls in 2020, with 45 deaths against 55 in 2019, according to figures from the Ministry of Equality.

This striking figure is encouraging.

But what has really changed?

María Ángeles Carmona

, President of the Observatory against Domestic and Gender Violence, represents the General Council of the Judiciary. He intervened to draw up a balance of these last four years. It has drawn up a balance of the successes, and of the way forward to achieve total protection and significantly reduce the victims of violence, psychological and physical, and protect minors.

The president of the Observatory has insisted on the specialty in gender violence within the judiciary.

Jurisprudence has played an important role on the issue of injuries, for example, they have shown that it is not necessary to have injuries to prove abuse or violence.

It has drawn up a list of all the issues that are part of this pact and the 2004 law, which stands as an example at the European and international level.

"The complicit silence in matters of violence against women is punishable", recalled María Ángeles Carmona.

There is a public obligation to report it.

They are measures that must be improved.

The president has exposed the role of the media, which must continue to sensitize the public;

"It is a commitment of all".

A long way

Awareness about

sexist violence

is opening little by little, but the protagonists of the pact insist on the need to implement the pact measures. "I believe that at the moment we have a great ignorance of how to use this pact and the measures it contains," says

Ángeles Álvarez,

former deputy and signatory for PSOE. For her part, Marta Martín, who has left politics and left Ciudadanos, trusts that the fight against gender violence is "the priority agenda of the government and the public sphere."

The signatories expect more.

"What we need is for public policies to be evaluated and to avoid sterile debates," says Marta Martín, deputy for the Alicante constituency.

"At the moment I cannot say that it is a fulfillment of the pact, because we lack some key elements, such as the appearances," says Ángeles Álvarez, who knows the potential of the pact, but also knows that other measures and tools are necessary.

This part is important to carry out financial control and distribute the funds among the autonomous communities.

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