Olesa updates anti-gender violence protocol to include explicit consent

The revision of the 2017 document incorporates new legal concepts such as institutional violence and strengthens internal municipal training.

Documents oficials sobre la taula durant una sessió de formació municipal sobre protocols de gènere.

Documents oficials sobre la taula durant una sessió de formació municipal sobre protocols de gènere.

The Olesa de Montserrat City Council has begun revising its local protocol against gender violence, adapting the 2017 document to new laws that incorporate concepts like institutional violence and explicit consent.

The updating process, led by the Department of Gender, Feminisms and LGTBIQ+, aims primarily to guarantee a rigorous institutional response and better define action circuits and roles. This revision responds to the need to adapt the previous framework to regulations approved between 2020 and 2023.

"As a public administration, we must be exemplary and not generate any kind of institutional violence. Institutions cannot be accomplices by omission, but active agents in the response."

Emma Duran · Councillor for Gender, Feminisms and LGTBIQ+
The area's councillor, Emma Duran, highlighted that the update is crucial for incorporating new legally recognized forms of violence, beyond the scope of the partner, including digital, obstetric, economic, trafficking, and sexual exploitation.
The local response circuit in Olesa includes the SIAD (Women's Information and Assistance Service), Social Services, Local Police, and Mossos d’Esquadra, and will be expanded with the Barnahus team (specialized in child sexual violence) and the Department of Migration to ensure an intersectional perspective.
The process has the technical support of the Doble Via cooperative and funding from the Diputació de Barcelona. The update includes a diagnosis phase with key interviews and a citizen survey, and is expected to conclude in October with the public presentation of the new document.
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