The President of the Observatory against domestic violence and gender, on days like todays RNE

immaculate Montalbán in RNE: today that jump alarms when a woman alleged ill-treatment ”

– Spain is among the most advanced countries in diagnosis and action against gender-based violence”

– claims involved in the learning of young people ” and specific policies ” for immigrant women

-false allegations: is a myth. You can have them, but the system is prepared to detect them ”

– discards the information in the media to produce contagion effect and commends his work very important to publish the private ”

Madrid, July of 2011- the President of the Observatory against domestic violence and gender has highlighted the advances that have occurred in the fight against abuse, which have enabled today skip all alarms ” before a complaint. Immaculate Montalbán has been interviewed on ‘ on days like today ’ by Marc Chamber, Deputy Director and presenter of the information space of the National Radio.

When a woman says that she is afraid indicates that it is more serious than it seems ”. With this ruling, immaculate Montalban has expressed the importance to be given to any complaint concerning ill-treatment, a process that defines as complicated and long, not sudden or isolated ”. Also pointed out that of every ten deaths, seven had no complaint, which, in their view, demonstrates that the complaint saves lives ”.

The President of the Observatory against domestic violence, dependent on the General Council of the judiciary organ, has explained how in a decade Spain has become one of most advanced countries in diagnosis and action against gender-based violence ”. In his view, today that jump alarms when a woman alleges, and trying to put all means at its disposal ”.

32 victims in 2011

The death of 32 women at the hands of their partners or exparejas since the beginning of the year demonstrates, according to Montalban, that need more work in the family, which continue to operate very old patterns of domination of men over women’s ”.

The President of the Observatory has been proposed to overcome it through education and prevention. judicial works every day, but only intervenes when already there has been violence ”, has tempered. Important thing is to do so before, preventive ”.

Profile of the victims

Montalbán has expressed concern about the youth of the victims of domestic violence, put that in spite of the messages of awareness that are launched from the Observatory, there are other messages in the media, video games or television, which reproduce stereotypes where women plays a secondary role in society ”. Why has insisted in involved in the learning of young people ”.

Also referred to immigrant women, a collective sobrerrepresentado ” here: were 38% of the victims in 2010, although they are only 11 ’ 5% of the female population. In this sense, has called for specific policies for this group with a double vulnerability ” due to the absence of family support networks and the difficulty of the language.

False dennounces

The President of the Observatory against domestic violence and gender has downplayed the weight which have false complaints in this area. Is a myth ”, said. You can have them, but the system is prepared to detect them ”.

Montalbán has explained that the Observatory study on 530 sentences only appreciated signs of false complaint in one of them. Moreover, only 15 per cent of women who complain about then go to a process of separation or divorce, which could benefit thanks to the complaint. Last but not least, the only Prosecutor has withdrawn the accusation in less than 20 cases.

Effect catch

Montalbán has ruled out the media to generate an effect transmission or imitation of reporting cases of gender-based violence. Media have made a very important work to publish the private ”, pointed out. It favoured continue reporting, with rigor and seriousness and avoiding the morbid contents ”.