016 is the new helpline number for victims of domestic violence in Tenerife
A giant step forward has been taken in Spain in the last month with the first dedicated, anonymous, and completely confidential hotline for victims of domestic violence. This line is open to all who are either victims of, or who know someone who is a victim of, domestic violence. It is 100% confidential, and the number will never appear on a telephone bill and will disappear from the physical telephone memory. English speaking specialists are on hand for those who do not speak Spanish. The number to call is 016.
El Pais reports as follows:
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016, nuevo número de teléfono de emergencias para luchar contra la violencia machista. Funcionará las 24 horas, todos los días y mantendrá el anonimato de quien realice la llamada.
Las mujeres, ha afirmado Murillo, no siempre están en condiciones de ponerse a salvo y establecer toda la tramitación que supone una denuncia, de ahí la puesta en marcha del 016 para asesorar e informar de forma muy clara. En todo caso "siempre van a ser ellas las que adoptarán la decisión", enfatizó Murillo, quien explicó que el nuevo servicio no sólo está destinado a las víctimas de violencia de género sino a toda la sociedad (familiares, amigos, vecinos etcétera), para que sepan cómo pueden ayudar a estas personas.
La Delegada del Gobierno contra la Violencia sobre la Mujer enfatizó, por otro lado, la absoluta confidencialidad del 016. ... Por ello, este teléfono de información y asesoramiento de los derechos y recursos existentes nunca va a aparecer en una factura telefónica y va a desaparecer de la marcación que se efectúe
hay profesionales especializados en violencia de género, que pueden atender en castellano, inglés, francés, catalán, gallego y vasco
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Spain now has a new 24-hour emergency line for victims of domestic violence. The number is 016.
Women are not always in a position to get themselves to safety and do everything necessary to carry out a denuncia, and the 016 line will help to simplify and speed up any help that is needed. It is important to note that this service is not just for the use of victims of domestic violence themselves, but for ANYONE who might be in a position to help those in danger.
The Minster responsible for Prevention of Domestic Violence stressed that the line is 100% confidential, and the number will never appear on a telephone bill and will disappear from the physical telephone memory.
The lines are manned by professional specialists in domestic violence, who will be able to take calls in Spanish, English, French, Catalan, Gallician, and Basque.
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A giant step forward has been taken in Spain in the last month with the first dedicated, anonymous, and completely confidential hotline for victims of domestic violence. This line is open to all who are either victims of, or who know someone who is a victim of, domestic violence. It is 100% confidential, and the number will never appear on a telephone bill and will disappear from the physical telephone memory. English speaking specialists are on hand for those who do not speak Spanish. The number to call is 016.
Janet, I agree with you 100% it is a huge step forward that the authorities have finally realised the importance of a means for anyone ,male or female,to be able to report domestic violence.
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The amount of cases of domestic violence in Spain are continually increasing, in the first 6 months of 2007 in comparison to the year before there has been an increase of 17.5%
So far this year there have been 40 deaths of women, 35% of these deaths were of foreign origin, in most of the cases there was a restraining order in place, and the crimes happened in the home, generally the pattern is that of a weekend syndrome where the killings were mainly on Saturday night through to Monday morning.
57% of the killers have been arrested, and 12.5%handed themselves in voluntarily a futher 12.5% of the killers committed suicide and 15% tried to commit suicide and 2.5% are still on the streets.
The last case was that of the 30 year old Chinease man who killed his partner by violently stabbing her to death in Gran Canaria and then proceded to committ suicide by jumping of the roof top of the building where they lived.
A colleague of mine came into work the other day and one side of her face was black with bruises and she had cuts and her eye was all red. I have never seen anything like it in my life. I was told that this had happened before but not to this extent. When a colleague of mine asked her why her boyfriend had done this to her she said it was because she was drunk, and the way that she said it was as if this was an exceptable reason. She hasn't even been to the hospital and refused to give police the details of her boyfriend.
I can't understand why people always go back to their partners it really does baffle me. If anyone ever did that to me i would leave them straight away. Don't get me wrong i do believe that emotional abuse is a part of it, which may be the reason why some people find it hard.
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I don't think they always go back, but it is an absolute mystery to me why so many do. If there are any women out there who could explain this one to me, I would be grateful.
I don't think they always go back, but it is an absolute mystery to me why so many do. If there are any women out there who could explain this one to me, I would be grateful.
it is hard to explain....i struggled myself far too long to leave and to report it, but looking back it was the only sensible and right thing to do. at that time back then i was in a vulnerable position, not knowing my rights as a foreign resident, panicking what could possibly coming up as a single mum. though i had the support of my family, i thought still i could maybe change him...which was a wrong thought of course. i assume most women feel so out there, helpless and without any self confidence and self esteem, that they rather go back to famliar situations than to face the truth and to walk away.
I imagine that many will return because it is a more reassuring prospect (especially with promises that it won't happen again) than the prospect of making a new life on one's own (especially with threats that life will be made difficult). And bear in mind, too, that these women have already had huge dents knocked (often physically) in their self confidence and feeling of self worth.
EDIT> was posting similar possible explanation at the same time, Cin ... unfortunately.
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