The mauve project, present in the “III Congress on violence of gender: prevention and intervention” in Villajoyosa.

The Congress is a landmark in policies and programmes carried out against gender violence

-the town of Villajoyosa (Alicante), in collaboration with the University of Alicante and Fundación Caja Murcia, have organized the III Congress on gender-based violence: prevention and intervention ”, to be held on 29 and 30 in Villajoyosa. He will address such important issues as the role of victims in the prosecution of child abuse, the gender violence in young people, or intervention and care for victims. The mauve project of the Health Foundation and community will participate as a speaker at the inaugural conference of the Conference with the presentation the mauve project: preventive workshops for teenagers ”, today 29.

Alicante, October 2009.- The Health Foundation and community (FSC), through the mauve project participate today in the III Congress on gender-based violence: prevention and intervention ” to be held in the Teatre Auditori de La Vila ”, offering a Conference, which will be presented this programme for the prevention of gender-based violence associated with the abuse of alcohol, exposing its main objectives and lines of action.

Responsible for the mauve project in the Valencian Community, sea houses, will be in charge for this paper, which will focus mainly on workshops in prevention of domestic violence associated with alcohol consumption, aimed at young teenagers.

According to the technique of the project, these workshops are intended to affect especially those factors that relate to an increased risk of becoming involved in abusive relationships, and at the same time, is to offer tools to build relationships egalitarian, healthy and free of stereotypes of gender, all of this from a dynamic and participatory methodology ”.

This Congress is directed mainly to groups linked to the gender violence, specialized turn as lawyers, students or professionals in the field of education, public in general, etc.

According to sources the Villajoyosa Town Council, Congress is a landmark in the policies carried out against gender-based violence ”. And it is necessary to create this type of forums, where the different sectors of society involved in the fight against gender-based violence can exchange their views and reach common conclusions.

This symposium is also formative in nature, given that adequate training in this area can ensure better care for victims, at the time that allows to identify such cases more quickly.

One of the speakers at this Congress is Jesus Neira, doctor in law and Chairman of the Advisory Council against gender-based violence in Madrid, will participate on 30 October day, being responsible for closing this Symposium.

This is the first Congress of gender-based violence involving Jesus Neira, which will give an overview of gender-based violence and also explain their experience at the head of the Advisory Council against gender-based violence. Professor Neira jumped to the media following the aggression suffered in Majadahonda (Madrid) out in defense of a woman who was allegedly being ill-treated by her partner.

The mauve project of FSC is both subsidized by State entities (National Plan on drugs) and local (Ministry of health of the Generalitat Valenciana). It carried out in the Valencian Community, Catalonia and the community of Madrid.

Currently, more than 70,000 users benefit directly each year FSC services, thanks to the work of more than 1,000 professionals and the support of almost 400 volunteers.