The President of the Republic, Delcy Rodríguez, approved on Monday four sets of regulations designed to deepen social protection and the defense of human rights, with a primary focus on the women of the country.
The regulations were approved during a strategic meeting with representatives from various entities belonging to the «Table for Peace and Democratic Coexistence», held in the Sol del Perú hall at Miraflores Palace in Caracas:
“Venezuela is currently in a state of what I call ‘tension through contradiction,’ but of notable advances considering where we have come from, and also the path we have chosen to follow together. And for these regulations I have signed today, I commend you all. I am aware of the effort and dedication put into these various areas; these four sets of regulations are profoundly humane,” emphasized Rodríguez.
The legal instruments approved include the regulations for the “Law for the Prevention and Eradication of Sexual Abuse against Children and Adolescents“; the regulations for the “Organic Law for the Care and Comprehensive Development of Older Adults”; and the regulations for the “Law for the Integral Care of Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder“.
Likewise, the regulations for the “Organic Law on the Right of Women to a Life Free from Violence“, a framework within which the Head of State approved a proposal to establish shelters in every municipality across the country, “so that no woman feels alone or abandoned.”
“So women can know where to go, who they can count on, and who can listen to and support them in this battle. So may they know that they are not alone. That is my message. Today, as a woman, I find myself in the position of the presidency, to take charge, and I say this as a woman: No woman who is a victim of violence should ever feel alone or abandoned. That’s what we women are here for; that is why us women stand united,” she stated.
The set of regulations was presented by the representative of the ‘Women in Politics of Venezuela’ movement, Iris de Franca, who highlighted the need for the National Assembly to debate “the legal classification of ‘vicarious violence’ and, above all, the reform of the judicial system from digitalization of the system.”
“We would also like to delve deeper into what is political violence and digital violence of us women who make politics or are in any public space and suffer it; you, too, have suffered this,” De Franca added.