UN and EU to invest $ 6 million to help women reduce femicide in Argentina – 03/19/2019

Femicide in Argentina does not fall. It has been more than ten years since there was one murder per bad every 30 hours in the country. In 2017 alone, there were 274 femicides and, if we add transvesticides, transfemidiomas and femicides, the number of cases increases to 308. Two of the provinces with the highest rates are Salta and Jujuy. And the one with the most cases is Buenos Aires. To reduce these figures, Argentina will receive international badistance: six million dollars in 2019 and 2020.

The initiative is calling Spotlight, an alliance between the European Union and the United Nations, aims to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls around the world. It focuses on domestic violence, badual violence, trafficking in human beings and badual and labor exploitation. It also aims to encourage governments to make political commitments, in particular, in order to achieve the goal of gender equality and invest in it. According to the World Health Organization, one in three women experiences physical or badual violence at some point in their lives.

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L & # 39; initiative Spotlight It provides for an investment of 500 million euros. The European Union is the main contributor and the fund is administered by the United Nations. In Latin America, it will be implemented in Argentina, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico. This plan will be launched Thursday in Argentina. This Tuesday gave some clues as to how it will work in the country.

"The goal is to eliminate violence, because this scourge is unacceptable and is a reality around the world, we have chosen some countries and Argentina is the only one in South America, because there are many femicides here Yes, but also because it civil society that wants to act, "said Aude Maio-Coliche, ambbadador of the European Union in Argentina.

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"The femicides can not continue as they are, the levels are very high.In Buenos Aires, they are numerous.Northern, they seem concentrated.Six million dollars will be invested in Argentina.The choice of the country depends on the number of femicides and By the strength of the civil society movements that the country has created, from there came the Ni Una Menos, "added René Mauricio Valdés, UN Resident Coordinator.

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Valdés explained that the funds would be mainly invested in prevention campaigns, especially in the media and social networks, as well as in field work in schools and neighborhoods. Civil society projects, to which ten per cent of the investment will be allocated, or $ 600,000, will be achieved.

"With education, we must achieve cultural change, especially among men, because we are the ones who kill, we must be against violence and revise the concept of masculinity," he said. he declares. She also explained that women in situations of vulnerability and violence would be invested in services, such as signing contracts with companies to train them in trades and give them a job. Another axis will be the training of justice operators and security forces "because the pursuit of crime is very important". He also talked about the importance of the existence of statistics. He added that they would work with companies and unions to eliminate violence, as part of programs supported by the International Labor Organization (ILO).

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"It's a dream that this program exists in Argentina, Spotlight wants to enlighten, to focus on the subject and this question is very important, we are worried," said Fabiana Túñez, director of the National Institute of Women , "Violence, feminicide cultural problem that does not end up one day for another, it takes years, it's quite a process, this program will maintain policies over time, violence must be a public issue at least for the next 20 years, at that time Maybe we could have a country without violence. Here, the only enemy to overcome is machismo, it's patriarchy. "

50% of the money, it has been detailed, will be distributed for campaigns in the three provinces. And the rest, in the three powers. The advisory council will be composed of civil society groups specializing in gender. Its implementation will begin in April. Part of the funds will go to the National Action Plan for Prevention, Assistance and Eradication of Violence against Women implemented by INAM since 2017.

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Some examples given: Strengthen work in non-formal education spaces, such as cultural and sports workshops. Also in formal education by teachers. And by strengthening the training of prosecutors, judges and police. "We are waiting for results," said Maio-Coliche.

This Thursday, Spotligth Initiative will be officially presented to the CCK. Will be the Minister of Social Development. Carolina Stanley, the governor of Buenos Aires, Maria Eugenia Vidal, and the governor of Salta, Juan Manuel Urtubey. President Mauricio Macri is invited. He has not yet confirmed his presence.