The City Council of Getafe, through its Equality Department, has announced a programme of awareness and prevention activities aimed at the entire community in recognition of 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The initiative is diverse and participatory, addressing various forms of gender-based violence, with a particular emphasis on vicarious violence, one of the most severe expressions of gender violence.
Under the slogan ‘All against vicarious violence: so they don’t have to draw fear’, the focus is on mothers and children who are victims, appealing to the prevention, protection, and commitment of society as a whole to eradicate this form of violence.
Upcoming activities
The activities will commence on Thursday, 12 November at 10:30 AM with a Badge and Ribbon Workshop against violence towards women, held at the Municipal Centre for Women and Equality, aimed at women and girls in the municipality. This will be followed by one of the key events on 16 November at 10:00 AM, the ‘Conference on Vicarious Violence: professional response and action from organised mothers’, taking place at Espacio Mercado, available both in-person and online.
The programme also includes a performance titled ‘So they don’t have to draw fear’ on 17 November at 12:00 PM in Plaza de la Constitución, an artistic initiative highlighting vicarious violence and its impacts on women and their children. On 19 November, a theatrical representation of ‘Saturns and Medeas’ will be staged at 6:00 PM at the Federico García Lorca Theatre, a flamenco and social awareness performance open to all residents of Getafe.
Commemorative event
The activities will culminate with a commemorative event for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 26 November at 6:30 PM. This will begin with a march from Plaza de España to Plaza de la Constitución, followed by a gathering where the manifesto prepared by the Getafe Women and Equality Council will be read. The event will conclude with a musical performance by Milena Brody and Lesya Milyutenko.
