Last Tuesday, 23 November, the Council of Ministers adopted the Institutional Declaration on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on a proposal from the Minister for Equality, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the European Union and Cooperation, the Minister for Justice, the Minister for the Interior and the Minister for Inclusion, Social Security and Migration.
On the occasion of the commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of All Forms of Violence against Women, established by the decision of the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1999, the Government of Spain reiterates its strong and firm commitment to effective equality between women and men and to the eradication of all forms of machista violence, through the strengthening and implementation of public policies and norms whose integral objective is the prevention and
This year we commemorate the twenty-sixth anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, which established an international roadmap to achieve equality between men and women, guiding the global fight against discrimination and obstacles to the empowerment of women and pointing to violence against women as a serious obstacle to achieving the goals of equality, development and peace.
Anniversaries call us to take stock of the advances, but also of the global and national challenges currently facing the fight for gender equality and against violence against women, in our country and internationally.
Consequently, the Royal Decree-Law 12/2020, of 31 March, of urgent measures in the field of protection and assistance to victims of gender-based violence, was enacted and Law 1/2021, of 24 March, of urgent measures in the field of protection and assistance to victims of gender-based violence, which establishes organizational measures for the proper functioning of the services intended for comprehensive pandemic assistance and the protection of the victims, as essential services, has been adapted.