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SEVILLA FC CONTINUES ITS FIGHT AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE

01/12/2017

The club renews its commitment to fighting gender violence alongside Real Betis

This Friday, Sevilla FC - through its Club Foundation - formally renewed its commitment alongside Real Betis Balompié to fight against gender violence. The ceremony took place at Sevillan government headquarters and was attended by Club Chairman José Castro, Betis Chairman, Ángel Caro, local Spanish governers Antonio Sanz and Ricardo Gil-Toresano. Sevilla players also represented the club: with Nico Pareja, Carriço, Escudero, Marta Carrasco, Alicia and Pamela all in attendance.

016 represents the Spanish phone line victims of gender violence can call

The ceremony aimed to raise awareness of gender violence and emphasise the need to eliminate a societal problem that has already claimed the lives of 45 women in 2017 (in Spain). The slogan of the campaign is "HAY SALIDA" (there is a way out).

Club Chairman José Castro made a speech: "Denouncing is easy but so is raising awareness. And when I talk about raising awareness, I'm talking about creating a mentality of equality for new generations. Perhaps if we had instilled this culture of equality before the onset of 'machista' violence, this would not be as big a problem as it is today. I'm sure of that. Still, let's be optimistic and make sure that optimism helps us double down in our efforts to achieve a society where equality is an undebatable reality. Because it will be then that we can truly put an end to violence against women once and for all. This renewed commitment we make today, without a doubt, is a good step in achieving that goal", he explained.