Despite the work of prevention of gender violence carried out by the Cali administration and different competent entities, women continue to receive daily mistreatment that negatively affects their mental and physical health.
The campaign brings a sorora hand, how friendship is defined, especially among women.
According to the Ministry of Defense, during the year there was a reduction in 75 percent in the cases of femicides registered in the capital of Valle del Cauca.
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For this reason, the mayor of Cali is reiterative with the accompaniment of women victims of gender-based violence, providing them with psychosocial and legal care, to overcome the different types of violence framed in Law 1257 of 2008.
The capital of Valle del Cauca is one of the regions where more cases of sexual violence are registered after Bogotá and Antioquia, according to the report of the Attorney General’s Office.
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This way, Maria Fernanda Penilla QuinteroSecretary of Social Welfare of Cali, made a call encouraging women to denounce any type of violence.
“The invitation is always to denounce, there is always a hand that can give them help and an authority that is willing to accompany them. Silence is an accomplice of the aggressors”, said Penilla Quintero.
“There is always a hand that can give them help and an authority that is willing to accompany them. Silence is an accomplice of the aggressors”
In November 2021, the Cali Metropolitan Police announced that to date there had been five violent deaths classified as femicides, two victims were minors. So it decreased a little in contrast to the year 2020, when the same number of cases were recorded during the same period.
Likewise, last year the Undersecretariat for Gender Equity attended to 856 victims of violence based on gender.
That is why the Undersecretariat daily promotes the prevention of different types of gender-based violence in diverse sectors and groups of the district.
“The administration continues with its efforts to achieve a society with gender equity and equal opportunities for citizens,” added Penilla.
To remind citizens, the official recommends seeking help through the different care routes who seek to help the victims.
Family police stations: 350 350 3218
Prosecutor’s Office URI: 01800919405 / 122
National Police Pink Patrol: 318 861 1522
National Police: 123
Ombudsman’s Office: 310 853 9454
Cali Personality: 310 895 2059
Mother House: 668 82 50 – 310 516 2760
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