"The violence suffered by millions of women all over the world is something that challenges our consciences, and sometimes overflows us."
With these words has begun institutional manifesto of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, read by Councilwoman Women and Equality, María del Mar de Béjar, in the ceremony held this afternoon at the House of Culture and which was also attended by the mayor, José Soria and several councilors.
"The alleged superiority has historically been granted to men over women has wreaked havoc in the lives of many people and in relationships, has resulted in the most glaring cases, the use of violence by men to subjecting the woman he claims to love, "he continued Bejar, who highlighted the death of 700 women in Spain in the last ten years.
In reading the manifesto has been a special memory and support for women "under the yoke of his assailant"; young "who are unaware that they are suffering violence because all justified in the name of love 'to those most vulnerable women and children "who witness violence against their mothers and drag, on many occasions, profound impacts on their lives."
The event is complete with a talk-show by the Municipal School of Yoga.
Your instructor explained that yoga is a discipline that seeks harmony and the positive side of life, the practice of yoga, he added, "is a way of finding the quiet joy, loss of fear, withdrawal of conquering anxiety and health. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cehegín