SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Oct 15 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The total number of calls to 112 for sexist violence from La Palma in September was 72, almost double than in the same month last year in which 39 calls were received, which represents a growth of 84% –the volcano It erupted on September 19.
The average number of calls on the island this year was 43 – 32 the lowest month and 54 the month with the most calls.
In the accumulated of the year until the month of September, emergency calls went from 130 last year to 206, which represents an increase of almost 60% and emergency calls also increased by 25% and information calls were maintained –62 in 2020 and 63 in 2021–.
Regarding the increase on the island, the director of the ICI, Kika Fumero, argues that “unfortunately” it is a common occurrence, since “all social stress and all collective tragedy carries with it an increase in gender violence, always and everywhere “.
Thus, he comments that both the pandemic and the confinement, to which the volcano eruption is now added on the island, “are dramatic situations, there are families who are experiencing a tragedy losing everything, and in this context, where there is a germ of Violence erupts, and where there is violence and mistreatment, it intensifies. “
This telephone service is provided from the operating rooms of the Emergency and Security Coordination Center, CECOES 1-1-2, throughout the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
According to the latest report generated by the SAMVV-112 Service for Women Victims of Gender Violence until September of this year, throughout the Canary Islands there is an 8-point increase in emergency calls, which represent dangerous situations imminent for the life, property or rights of people.
Between the months of January and September 2021, this service, financed by the Canary Institute for Equality (ICI), received a total of 11,477 calls, of which 7,667 (67% of the total) were emergency calls. During the same period last year, emergency alerts represented 59% of the total.
In the analysis of the data month by month, the summer season (July, August and September) is the period with the highest incidence.
In the event of an emergency due to gender violence, in addition to calling 112, any woman who feels threatened or a person close to her can ask for help at pharmacies through the ‘Mask-19’ protocol.
If you need information or advice, you can call 016 or consult the closest resource to your place of residence in the Support Network Guide on care services for women victims of gender violence in the Canary Islands, on the dalaalarma.com website or at the Redvican mobile app.
Regarding the type of violence, about half of the calls (48%) referred to non-physical violence and 42% were physical violence. The rest were called coordination or undefined violence.
72% OF THE OFFENDERS WERE THE PARTNER OR FORMER PARTNER
44% of calls (5,279) were made by the victim himself, 29% (3,390) by accidental alerters, 16% by institutions and 6% by relatives, and the rest were made by other services.
Regarding the age of the victims, 122 affected children under 18 years of age, 2,441 women between 18 and 35 years old, 2,818 women between 35 and 55 years old, and 765 women older than 55 years.
By islands, the largest number of calls came as usual from the capital islands, 4,612 from Gran Canaria and 4,942 from Tenerife.
CANARY ISLANDS, THE COMMUNITY WITH THE HIGHEST RATE OF CALLS TO 016
According to the data provided by the statistical bulletin for August 2021 of the Government Delegation for Gender Violence published last Monday, the highest rate of calls per million women aged 15 and over to the Information and Legal Advice Service in terms of gender violence 016, the Canary Islands (542.5), followed by the Community of Madrid (475.6).
By province, the highest rate of calls is in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (560.2), followed by Las Palmas (525.8).
Of the 522 calls received from the Canary Islands to 016 in the month of August, 75% were from the victim himself, almost 20% were made by relatives or close friends, 6% were other people with no previous relationship with the victim.
Compared to the same month last year, calls made from the Canary Islands increased by 22%.
Regarding the ATENPRO telephone service, at the end of August, 992 women residing in the Canary Islands were registered with the service, a figure that represents 112 more than in August 2020.
The Canary Islands is the third community, after the Valencian Community and Asturias, with the highest rate of users registered in this service (1,031) when the state average is 785.
The rate in the Canary Islands is raised by the large number of active cases in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (665), which makes a rate of 1,427, while in Las Palmas there are 327 active cases (a rate of 659).
The Telephone Service for Attention and Protection for victims of gender violence (ATENPRO) offers victims of gender violence immediate attention, in the event of any eventualities that may occur, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and whatever. wherever they are.
Victims of gender violence who do not live with the person or persons who have subjected them to abuse and who participate in specialized care programs can request the service.
To register they must go to the social services of their town hall.
