They train the Health and Justice sectors against violence and HIV

Santo Domingo.- The Center for Gender Studies of instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo CEG-INTEC, and the United Nations Population Fund UNFPA, signed an agreement this Monday, September 12, in which they establish their union to train and sensitize sectors of the country against violence against children and women, and to raise awareness about HIV-AIDS.

The agreement signed by the outgoing rector of INTEC, Miguel J. Escala and the auxiliary representative of UNFPA, Sonia Vásquez, establishes that the latter will provide funds to INTEC in the amount of one million one hundred twenty thousand eight hundred and eighty eight pesos (RD $ 1120,888.00) , to carry out activities to develop and implement the Link Strategy between Violence against women, children and HIV in the Dominican Republic. The same will be applied in Santiago, Azua, San Pedro de Macoris, Santo Domingo North and Santo Domingo Este.

Lourdes Contreras, director of CEG-INTEC informed that the training will be directed to the health and justice sectors, understanding the importance of prosecutors, judges, police officers, doctors, nurses and even social workers educating themselves on these issues and understanding their importance.

For her part, Angela Polanco, UNFPA National Sexual and Reproductive Health Officer, explained that the agreement is part of the Funds Acceleration Program (PAF) as part of the United Nations joint program on HIV / AIDS, through the project 71203 and activity 04. "We hope that this pilot structure can be strengthened in such a way that a future can even become an international model" Polanco said.

The signing of the agreement was carried out in the meeting room of the INTEC rectory where Angelica Adrian, executive director of INT-Institutional relations and Fior Daliza Alcántara, assistant of SSR and HIV programs of UNFPA, also met.