The Minister of Social Welfare, Equality, Youth, Childhood and Families, Candelaria Delgado, stated this Friday in Lanzarote “the commitment of the Government of the Canary Islands to diversity, the visibility of LGTBI+ groups and against hate speech.”
“Public administrations have an unavoidable responsibility: we must do everything in our power to protect the rights and dignity of all people and promote an environment of respect, and that means financially supporting entities that work defending the rights of the LGTBI+ Collective, but also carrying out awareness and training actions aimed at the entire population,” said the Minister after joining, together with the municipalities of Lanzarote and the Cabildo, the Island Pact Against Hate Speech and the Visibility of the LGTBI+ Collective, led by the LGTBI+ Lánzate Association.
“With the signing of this pact, we publicly commit to continue working, supporting specialized entities and leading policies that improve people's lives and that, ultimately, advance the Canary Islands in rights and freedoms for everyone,” she said.
The Minister stated that "many lines and objectives raised are aligned with the policies promoted by the General Directorate of Diversity to fight against hate crimes, LGTBIfobia and transfobia".
From Lánzate, Nahum Cabrera has expressed the relevance of this alliance for the collective. “That the Ministry of Social Welfare is part of this pact reaffirms the political and social commitment towards the realities of our LGTBI+ collective, and in Lanzarote we have managed to be an international benchmark regarding the Pact and Commitment of the institutions with our community.”
For her part, Montse Cedrés, president of Lánzate, has underlined the impact of this commitment in the archipelago: "With this very important adhesion we confirm that Lanzarote and La Graciosa continue on the path towards the normalization of the LGTBI+ collective in the whole society in a true commitment.”
The objectives included in the text of the signed pact are: to reinforce the social and political consensus in defense of equality and non-discrimination; to promote local action to protect groups at risk; to promote the visibility and empowerment of the LGTBI+ collective; to raise awareness among the Lanzarote society about the importance of equality and non-discrimination; to protect the rights and dignity of all people, and to promote cooperation and dialogue between institutions and civil society.
As measures, it is proposed to continue with awareness actions, promote protection measures in the workplace, carry out statistical analysis of hate speech and carry out training and awareness on groups in situations of risk and respect for human rights.
