From the From 2014 to December 31, 2021, 175 femicides were committed in Pichincha. On average every 17 days a femicide occurs. The knife occupies the highest percentage of committing these deaths, with 44%. Calderón is the rural parish in which the most femicides were registered, there were 13.
This and more figures on femicides and violence against women were presented at the Salesian Polytechnic University. The territory maps were made by the Pichincha Prefecture and the Latin American Association for Alternative Development (Aldea). The event took place around noon this Friday, March 11.
At 2021 there were 18 femicides registered in the province, from January 1 to December 31. of the victims, 10 were mothers, 15 daughters and sons were orphaned. The most frequent age is 20 years. What’s more, two were minors.
the prefect Paola Pabon expressed that the idea of this map is to have detailed data on violence against women to take better actions in those sectors.
the digital tool is available on the Prefecture page. Pabón assured that, despite the existence of a national map, the special thing about this new presentation is that it is divided into cantons and parishes of the province for a broader detail.
Lorraine Herrera, gender director of the Prefecture of Pichincha, highlighted that the ordinance issued in 2019 declaring as public policy on issues of violence against women It allowed a greater emphasis on protection work, modification of socio-cultural patterns, promotion of rights and generation of information and knowledge.
He also highlighted the creation of six comprehensive centers for the protection of rights (Warmi Pichincha) that serve as support points to deal with cases of violence against women.
In addition, he reported that the creation of the emergency line 166 allowed rapid access to care with professionals in rights protection services, which was decisive at the time of lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, when there was an increase in cases of domestic violence.
“We do not want that no woman experiences psychological, physical, patrimonial or political violence, that no woman is murdered because of machismo and patriarchy,” he asserted.
Geraldine Guerra, representative of Aldea, presented the territorial map of femicides and violence against women in Pichincha. In her presentation, she highlighted the importance of generating a tool that allows knowing the points where the victims were murdered. As “alarming and outrageous” indicated that, out of every ten women, seven have been victims of violence.
On March 8, 2022, the Prefecture inaugurated a center Warmi Pichincha that attends to issues of gender violence with lawyers, psychologists, social workers and judicial sponsorship in solanda, south of the city, one of the sectors that showed an increase in the number of femicides and acts of violence, according to information provided by the prefect Paola Pabón. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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