It is indisputable that we recognize femicide as the most heinous form of gender-based violence and from the beginning it was our primary concern to create an organized framework of protection and prevention, emphasizes Ms Syringela.
On the occasion of the recent incidents of violence against women, some of which resulted in their murder by intimate persons, the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Maria Syregela, whose competence includes issues of gender equality, underlined that “unfortunately”, still once, “the phenomenon that has shocked us and we are doing everything to deal with it” is recorded.
“The phenomenon of the murder of women is obviously condemnable and causes sadness in the entire Greek society. However, once again, unfortunately, we observe with regret the instrumentalization of murders for purely petty partisan purposes. But the truth is only captured by the numbers and the numbers say that of the 44 counseling centers of the network of structures of the General Secretariat of Demographic and Family Policy and Gender Equality (G.G.D.O.P.I.F.), only one was inaugurated by the SYRIZA government, while at the same time a hostel for abused women and their children was closed.
We must also not forget that the government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis tightened the penalties for such crimes, while at the same time SYRIZA did not vote in favor of these amendments. It is undeniable that we recognize femicide as the most heinous form of gender-based violence and from the beginning it was our primary concern to create an organized framework of protection and prevention.
In these matters we must all be together. The fight against violence continues. There are no camps, only a goal to eliminate this phenomenon”, said Ms. Sirengela.
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