The Department of Equality reminds that victims have at their disposal the free telephone number 016
Benidorm condemns the latest crime of sexist violence, which brings the number of women murdered to 21 so far this year
The City Council of Benidorm has celebrated a minute of silence this afternoon at Plaza SSMM Reyes de España to condemn and reject the last crime of sexist violence registered in the country and which brings to 21 women murdered by their partners or ex-partners in what year to date, and 1,151 since 2003.
The mayor, Toni Pérez, and the Councilor for Equality, Ángela Zaragozí, have led this silent rally in which the victim of this latest crime, a 50-year-old woman allegedly murdered by her partner in Seville on April 25, has been remembered. and whose body was located last Wednesday on the banks of the Guadalquivir River.
The Department of Equality recalls that the City Council has staff specialized in gender violence to provide free advice to any woman who feels threatened. Likewise, it reiterates once again that the victims have the free telephone number 016, which leaves no trace on the telephone bill, although it is advisable to eliminate it from the mobile call log. This service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year and in 52 languages.