Two clinics will operate in the lower part of the Tungurahua governorate, from Monday to Friday between 08:00 and 16:30.
Two clinics for free legal assistance and support to women victims of gender violence and for mental health assistance began operating in Ambato.
This, through an agreement signed between the government of Tungurahua and the Autonomous Regional University of the Andes (Uniandes).
The clinics are located on the ground floor of the government building.
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The legal service is coordinated by Valeria Usinia, who stated that the main function is to provide legal advice and sponsorship to people who are victims of domestic violence. He warned that the rate of these events in the province is high.
He stated that there will be an accompaniment to the political lieutenants in order to visualize what is the real situation of violence in the parishes, as far as, he assured, they will go out to spread the free work they do in the clinics.
The lawyer Angie Espín will advise and sponsor the victims of violence so that the events do not go unpunished. “We have the adequate space for a person to come and be willing to tell us their story so that we can help them throughout the legal process,” he stressed.
Legal attention will be complemented with psychological attention, to attend to the state of crisis in which those who are victims of domestic violence find themselves.
This second service will be led by Ana Freire, who said that she will work in therapies and treatments after psychological evaluations. He argued that the levels of violence in Tungurahua are around 70%.
The specialist indicated that the aid will also attend to the consequences of abuse that, in many cases, translate into tendencies to suicide.
The fight against political violence against women is still a pending issue despite the validity of laws
Joint work
Mario Zavala, dean of the Faculty of Jurisprudence of the Uniandes, mentioned that the opening of the clinics is a public-private alliance to work on one of the main problems such as intrafamily violence, which he assured has not been addressed directly despite of being such a lacerating part as a generator of abuse and deaths.
He commented that this is a pilot plan that could be replicated in the rest of the country as part of a public policy. The clinics will attend from Monday to Friday from 08:00 to 16:30. Starting in January 2022, training seminars and workshops will be implemented for the sectors involved.
Zavala anticipated that the processes will be followed up with technological resources. (I)
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