Amidst a week of newspaper reports and op-eds regarding the social program of familial violence, President Fernández created yesterday a new high-level commission to tackle the issue. The President issued Decree 423-98, creating the Commission for the Prevention and Fight Against Intra-family Violence. The new commission is charged with studying the dimensions of the problem and elaborating plans to prevent such violence and to help and treat people affected by it. Commission members will include: the nation’s Attorney-General; the Coordinator of the Justice Reform and Modernization Commission; the ministers of Education, Public Health and National Police; representatives of the departments of Community Affairs, Promotion of Women and Coordinator of Relations with Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs). Also included will be a representative of the National District’s district attorney’s office and representatives of two NGOs working in on women’s issues.
