CHILE:

NTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

GOVERNMENT HANDS OUT BROCHURE IN CREOLE ON GENDER VIOLENCE TO HAITIAN WOMEN

"Migrant women have the right to denounce and be protected by institutions"

11/24/2017

The Minister of Women and Gender Equality , Claudia Pascual, met Haitian women today, to whom she handed out a brochure in Creole , the language of this Central American country, on the prevention of gender violence .

Under the framework of the commemoration of the International Day Against Violence against Women , the authority released a brochure that is aimed at Haitian migrant women who explain in their language what to do when violence is being experienced , and what are the mechanisms of protection and complaint.

"As the Ministry of Women and Gender Equity, we have been spreading the preventive campaign 'Against violence, we support you' for over a month, whose main objective is to raise awareness in the community that violence against women can be ended ", assured the portfolio manager.

Pascual added that "to more effectively prevent violence against women requires information that is capable of reaching and being understood by the diversity of women living in our country. We must overcome territorial and social barriers, but also language barriers, at a time when migration has become an increasingly growing phenomenon. "

The information contained in the booklet delivered by this ministry addresses the questions: "What can I do if I live violence ?, How can I support a woman who lives violence? And what are the recommendations in case of witnessing violence against women? in public spaces . "

The Secretary of State also referred to the migratory situation and the fear that could occur to make a complaint. "We want to make a call that nothing justifies violence. Nothing justifies that we can not support, regardless of the migratory situation, migrant women have the right to denounce and be protected by the institutions . In addition, there are other institutions, such as Immigration that can address their immigration status so that they can regularize it if it is not regularized, "he concluded.