NIUSMadrid Writing 03/10/2023 1:44 am
A flag against sexist violence. EUROPEAN PRESS
Number of complaints increased by 11.8%
In the last year, judicial bodies gathered in 32,842 orders of protection, 5.2% more than in 2021.
Complaints and victims of gender violence increased in Spain by over 10 percent in the past year, according to the Observatory against Gender: Violence of the General Council of the Judiciary. Victims increased by 10.7% (to 176,380) and complaints by 11.8% in 2022 compared to 2021.
71.5% of the 182,000 complaints filed by 2022 victims. Almost eight out of every ten sentences were convictions and the number of minors accused increased by 18.6%, up to 305. Measures were imposed in nine out of ten cases, 278 as many, of which 229 minors and 49 minors were reported. of other nations. The Observatory warns that the data is still provisional due to the difficulties derived from the strike of lawyers.
Last year, judicial bodies agreed on 32,842 protection orders, 5.2% more than in 2021, and delivered 57,059 sentences, 5% more than the previous year.
In 2022, a total of 47,279 orders were requested for protection in judicial bodies (seven out of ten requested). Suspensions of government visits to protect the sons and daughters of victims also increased to 4,100, double the number of the previous year.
Two out of three female victims (65.65%) were Hispanic. The rate of victims of various types of violence for every 10,000 women was 72.9 throughout Spain, almost seven points higher than in 2021. They were above the national average.
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The last rates were recorded in Castilla y Leon, with 46.8 victims per ten thousand women; Gallaeciae 49.6; of Basque Country, 53.5; La Rioja, 53.6 and Asturias with 53.9.
The percentage of female victims who used the right to exemption from the obligation to declare themselves remained very similar in 2021. A total of 16,839 victims, 9.5% of the total (against 9.86% in 2021), gave evidence against their spouses. attackers
