The Minister of Economy, Planning and Development, Pável Isa Contreras, specified that the eradication of gender-based violence will require a comprehensive transformation of the regulatory framework and the policies that are currently implemented.
“Advancing effectively will require a comprehensive transformation of the regulatory framework and policies,” he emphasized when signing a commitment letter with the Ministry of Women, the Ministry of Education, the Attorney General’s Office and the Ministry of Public Health, to promote a strategy Comprehensive and sustainable prevention of violence against women and girls.
He indicated that sexist violence is the “most grotesque” expression of inequality and discrimination against womenand the idea that one has the right to beat and subdue a woman, or a person who does not conform to traditional patterns of gender identities or sexuality, must be eradicated.
I affirm that the objective of the current government is to improve the quality of life of the people; In this sense, he described as unacceptable the inequality in opportunities and in the exercise of rights, gender inequalities being one of the deepest and reflected in the devaluation of care.
“From the beginning I have seen with great enthusiasm the high priority that the government in general, and the MinMujer in particular, has placed for address gender-based violencein response, in addition, to a strong demand from citizens”, Isa Contreras specified.
He indicated that the program is part of a broader set of interventions that seek to adopt a comprehensive approach to the “tremendous challenge”, which includes overcoming the patriarchal culture, providing effective and timely justice; protection and reparation for violent women.
