From its lines of work, the Federation joins each initiative of this type and in all the spaces where they intervene, they propose to address a topic that is so necessary to raise awareness among the population
Camagüey, Cuba, Sep 3th.- Among the actions undertaken by the country to counteract abuse and violent demonstrations targeting women is the Comprehensive Strategy for the Prevention and Response to Gender Violence.
It arises as a response to one of the most widespread social scourges in Cuba, based on the coordinated action of various sectors that have a decisive role in the search for solutions to these negative trends.
In this regard, the Granma newspaper, the official organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, highlights that the strategy «reaffirms the constitutional mandate to promote the comprehensive development of women and their full social participation, as well as to ensure the exercise of their sexual and reproductive rights, and to protect them from gender violence in any of its manifestations and spaces».
This line of work at the national level is also the result of the efforts made by the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC), which since its founding in 1960 has redoubled its efforts in the search and fight for women’s rights.
According to the general secretary of the FMC in the municipality of Camagüey, Yuneisi Caballero Álvarez, the approval of this Strategy…, which is added to the mechanisms and legislation already in place, is an example of the long road ahead to eradicate the negative manifestations that persist in Cuban society.
Through its lines of work, the Federation supports each initiative of this type and in all the spaces where it intervenes, it proposes to address a topic that is so necessary to raise awareness among the population.
These actions are intended to make both victims and perpetrators aware of the situation they are experiencing, since many forms of abuse that do not reach the physical level are not considered part of the broad spectrum contained in the term violence.
By Daylén Fenollar Alemán/Radio Camagüey