Another Time organize the Conference on the Protection of Children and Adolescents from a human rights (HR) and intersectional feminism perspective. Once again, our colleagues will be organizing a series of conferences aimed at professionals from institutions that provide care, prevention and protection against sexist and sexual violence, and the general public interested in sharing approaches and specific experiences of this form of rights violation.
Marina Oliva, from the Associació Hèlia, will participate in 'Roundtable 2: Social monitoring of the rights of children and adolescents'.
Civil society monitoring is key to documenting and reporting rights violations committed by the State and its institutions. Institutional gender-based violence is one of the most invisible forms of violence and carries the highest level of impunity, as it is often not recognized by the institutions that perpetrate it. Its lack of recognition and the impunity surrounding it make accountability spaces practically nonexistent. Given this reality, monitoring and surveillance emerge as essential strategies to guarantee the rights of women, children, and adolescents and demand that the State act in accordance with its obligations and responsibilities.
Since the OVIM's inception, we have worked on a monitoring and reporting tool: the collective reporting channel. In this context, the OVIM not only works to expose these acts of violence but also to generate advocacy strategies that promote the transformation of institutions and the recognition of institutional violence as a structural problem.
As a second key tool, at the OVIM we are working on our first annual report, which will focus on the analysis of institutional gender-based violence in the justice system and will be published during the first half of 2025. This report not only compiles the key data collected in 2024 through the collective reporting channel, but will also identify recurring patterns and make recommendations to institutions, as the report's ultimate purpose is to influence public policy.
In conclusion, social monitoring of institutional gender-based violence is essential in a context of institutional impunity and lack of accountability. Collective action and reporting are valuable tools for transforming institutions and demanding the guarantee of our rights. In this regard, we at OVIM invite organizations, professionals, activists, companions, and survivors to join the movement. collective reporting channel.
