The Minister of Equality, Ana Redondo, has announced that the socialist group will soon present a bill to put an end to third-party leasing, a word that hides those citizens or companies that provide a place for sexual services to be carried out. In short, to go after brothels and flats, as has already been done in the Netherlands.
Specifically, the reform of the Penal Code will be proposed to put an end to those premises and spaces where prostitution is carried out. Redondo considers that it is the “first step” to abolish prostitution, something that, however, will not be carried out until a housing and employment solution is found for the more than 60,000 women who carry out this activity, the vast majority of whom are victims. of trafficking.
This is how Redondo responded to the questions about the fight against trafficking that different parties have asked in the Equality Commission, where he has appeared to explain the roadmap of his ministry this legislature.
The PSOE will recover its commitment to abolish prostitution, as agreed at the Political Convention held this weekend in A Coruña, a topic present in its electoral program for the last general elections but parked in the PSOE progressive coalition agreement and Sumar, due to the differences between both formations.
Thus, it recovers the proposed law against pimping that they presented two years ago but which declined due to the call for general elections and which sought not only to “prosecute pimping”, but also to “punish men who resort to prostitution” with the in order to put an end to this form of “violence against women”.
Redondo has placed the defense and renewal of the State Pact against Gender Violence as one of the priority commitments in this legislature. He will also reinforce the means and resources in the fight against gender violence.
“It is essential to renew this civic and democratic commitment,” defended Ana Redondo, who has proposed the creation of a subcommittee in Congress to resume the work of renewing the State Pact. In 2023, 56 women were murdered by their partners or ex-partners, 1,239 since 2003. “This, ladies and gentlemen, is a major problem for a democracy. A sexist terrorism that we have the duty, not only legal, but also moral, to stop.”
In this sense, Redondo has announced that his ministry will work to promote universal screening. “We must place Primary Health Care in the first space for early detection of violence against women, generating specific resources for referral in cases of positive screening, and circuits of care and coordinated action, avoiding secondary victimization of survivors.”
Minister Redondo has extended her hand to the deputies of the Equality Commission of the Congress of Deputies so that the fight for the rights and freedoms of LGTBI people “is a joint fight.” Redondo has committed to working so that the Law for real and effective Equality for trans people and for the guarantee of the rights of LGTBI people is implemented as quickly as possible.
“We will work to achieve the complete eradication of the so-called conversion therapies that are neither therapies nor do they have to try to convert any person into what they are not,” he indicated.
After pointing out the difficulties of trans people in finding work, the minister has announced a specific Plan for the labor insertion of trans people, which will be worked on jointly and in coordination with the Ministry of Labor and social agents.
Another of the laws that were approved in the previous legislature was the reform of the Law on sexual and reproductive health and voluntary interruption of pregnancy. Ana Redondo has announced the development of active policies for education and prevention of unwanted pregnancies through information campaigns on contraceptive methods and family planning.