On a day as marked as it is precisely the day against sexist violence, Citizens has submitted a motion that will raise the plenary on Monday 28 regarding the "accession of the municipality of Lorca to the European charter for equality of men and women in life local".
Antonio Meca comments on the timeliness of the issue: "Since Citizens we firmly bet for equality not only as a guarantor of freedom and democracy, but as an attitude that must be promoted and promoted from the public to be adopted in every situation And social activity, in order to banish stereotypes and practices both in the public sphere, in the conduct of the Administration itself, politics or the world of work, as in the private sphere, in the family or in culture ".
Adherence to the European Charter for Equality of Men and Women in Local Life is the most appropriate instrument for joining supra-municipal initiatives to which other municipalities across Europe already belong and associations or federations of these, such as the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP).
In its first epigraph, the Charter "invites local authorities to exercise their powers in favor of greater equality between all persons"
single parents
Single-parent families are those that are composed of a single adult person with one or more dependent children.
The situation of single parenting can be derived from very different realities, such as the death of the other parent, the separation of spouses or couples and also has to do in many cases with an individual choice, the decision to assume a maternity or paternity regardless of any Stable coexistence
The Edil explains: "Single-parent families are especially vulnerable to inequality when both parents do not live together, violating the constitutional principles of equality and economic capacity." This motion seeks to grant real estate tax relief to single-parent families with one or more parents. Two children with the same guarantees as a large family of general category, or special category if there are more than two children in charge "
Source: Ciudadanos Lorca