Cancun, Q.R. — State officials have participated in a gender violence workshop presented by the Embassies of Canada, the United Kingdom and the UNODC.
On social media, the FGE poasted “the head of the FGE Quintana Roo, Mtro. Óscar Montes de Oca, attended C5 where Graeme C. Clark, Canadian Ambassador to Mexico, Kristian Hölgue, Representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Grace Chun, United Kingdom Consul started the training workshop in the field of detection, intervention and assistance to victims and survivors of sexual violence,” the FGE posted on social media.
The workshop was aimed at the tourism and hotel sector to strengthen the capacities of attention, action and channeling of cases of violence against tourist women and girls.
The government of Quintana Roo, together with the Embassy of Canada, the Embassy of the United Kingdom and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Mexico, inaugurated the training workshop.
The workshop was aimed at personnel from public security, law enforcement and the tourism and hotel sector. Its objective is to strengthen the capacities of attention, action and channeling of cases of violence against women and girls as tourists and other migratory statuses.
Governor Carlos Joaquín said that the need for equality is very clear. “We need a lot in education, in training, in exchange for traditions. We need to take many actions that, without a doubt, require the effort of all to eradicate violence against women and girls,” he said.
“Joint work between the government of Quintana Roo and international organizations will strengthen the capacity of the personnel assigned to the Prosecutor’s Office, the Security Secretariat, the tourism and hotel sector,” added Carlos Joaquín.
The Canadian ambassador to Mexico, Graeme C. Clark said, “our countries face great challenges to combat gender-based violence in general, and today more than ever, cooperation between nations and the joint work of governments, civil society and the private sector is essential.
“Being a victim of sexual or gender-based violence is a distressing situation. Living it in another country, far from a support network, even more so. We are proud to collaborate with UNODC Mexico and the Embassy of Canada to offer tools to the Mexican authorities that support survivors,” said Grace Chun, Consul and Manager of Consular Operations of the British Embassy in Mexico.
The Mexico UNODC representative Kristian Hölge said that “preventing and combating violence against women and girls must be a priority for any state. Ending sexual violence must be part of security and justice policies. Attending to the victims has to be at the center of our work.”
