The councilors for Equality, Eva Funes, and Citizen Participation, Carmen Elvira, detailed the initiative, which involves six municipal areas. The objective is to raise awareness about gender-based violence, considered a human rights violation that demands a firm institutional and social response.
Eva Funes highlighted the importance of prevention and education, especially in the face of discourse that denies or minimizes violence and new forms of aggression in digital environments. A debate session will be held on the role of social networks and AI in amplifying these forms of violence.
The responsibility to combat this violence, Funes stressed, does not fall on women but on those who perpetrate it and on a society that must work to prevent it. Carmen Elvira added that neighborhoods will have specific programming to foster collective critical reflection.
According to data from the Government Delegation against Gender Violence, 44 women have been murdered in Spain in 2026, 12 of them in Andalusia. Since 2003, the figure stands at 1,385, with three minors murdered this year in cases of gender violence against their mothers.
The City Council reaffirms its commitment to equality policies and the fight against gender-based violence, assuring that "we will not take a single step back." The program involves Equality, Citizen Participation, Education, the Municipal Popular University, the Municipal Social Affairs Board, and the Municipal Sports Board.
Among the activities are the round table "Gender Violence is Not AI" on November 18th, the institutional ceremony on November 24th, and participation in the Equality and Gender Violence Commission event on November 25th. The Department of Citizen Participation will organize audiovisual screenings and discussions in municipal neighborhood centers on November 16th, 17th, 19th, and 20th.
The Municipal Popular University will offer "Herstóricas. Resistencias," a walk-workshop on the historical memory of women in Jaén, on November 19th. The Department of Education will screen the short film "Cinema with Education: Let's Talk About Gender Violence" on November 23rd.
The Municipal Social Affairs Board will conduct participatory tours "Do Not Deny. Do Not Normalize. Do Not Excuse" on November 23rd and 26th. The Municipal Sports Board will host a women's self-defense workshop on November 25th, with proceeds going to AJICAM.
