27th October - 2nd November 2017
EST 2005
Not acceptable By Alastair Stewart THE Andalucian Women’s Institute (IAM) has expressed its most profound repulsion at the attack of a woman by a man in the town of Cuevas de Almanzora. The accusation, which is being probed as a gender violence incident, would raise the number of fatalities against women to eight in Andalucia so far this year. It comes as residents of the town held a minute’s silence in memory of the 38-yearold victim, who was found dead with signs of violence in the home of a woman she worked for. Her husband was found hanged in the garden. The IAM has activated the Crisis Psychological Support Service for Daughters and Sons of Women Fatal Victims of Gender Violence. The unique service in Spain that offers free and immediate psychological attention to children and relatives who face trauma because of the murder of a mother at the hands of the father. IAM director Elena Ruiz said that minors
MINUTE’S SILENCE: Held for the victim in Cuevas de Almanzora. are the direct victims of their aggressor parents, and as such they “should receive maximum protection,” as outlined in the State Pact against Violence Gender. Ruiz has reiterated the need to ask for help in the face of any sign of ‘macho’
maltreatment. She reiterated that victims and minors would have a whole network of care and integral recovery so that they can resume a life free of their aggressors and violence (Women’s Information Telephone 900 200 999 or Telephone 016).
New phase begins THE city of Zurgena has continued its restoration in the neighborhood of La Cruz with a new phase of improvement works. New public lighting and a modern sewerage system have been installed to help improve the distribution of water in the houses of the municipality. At the same time, construction of new steelworks in several roads of the neighbourhood has begun that add to the streets whose renovation work has been carried out in recent months. The works, which began last October, entail a complete urbanisation of La Cruz, with the installation of new systems of sanitation and lighting as well as the arrangement and improvement of public spaces such as steel, asphalt and the square of the neighborhood. Plaza de la Cruz has had new tiles and construction of ramps that not only allow access to neighbours with reduced mobility, but also helps with the collection of rainwater, avoiding flooding of public roads in intense rainfall.