Can I bargain with the Mayor?

In Spain, in many cities, women, adults and people with a disability still have a lot to worry about when it comes to their personal safety. The local authorities and city management have a crucial role to play in the prevention of violence against them, both in public and private spaces, whether it be harassment or attacks outside the home, or domestic abuse behind closed doors. Local authorities can improve the city’s physical environment- for example, through better street lighting, building better alternatives to dark and secluded walkways, or even positioning bus stops in safer areas. Effective interventions often promote consultation and participation from themselves. Local governments can also make cities safer by mainstreaming gender in their crime prevention policies and programmes, especially through sensitisation campaigns, training and development of services for people affected by violence. These programmes have a role in changing attitudes and behaviour that ...

The original idea behind town twinning was to help the people of Europe to know and understand each other better. A twinning link is normally defined as a friendship agreement involving co-operation between two communities in different countries.   Twinning provides the opportunity to find out more about the daily lives of citizens in other European countries, to talk to them and exchange experiences, and to develop joint projects on issues of common interest, such as local integration, the environment, economic development, and cultural differences. The Town twinning movement has developed after the Second World War, in parallel to the progress made by the European integration process. One of the major developments was the establishment of new town twinning links between EU Member States and countries from Central or Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall, anticipating and preparing their integration in the European Union.   First, town twinning relies upo...

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