Estepona Women's Centre Offers Free, Comprehensive Support

Estepona Town Hall is highlighting a vital, free resource providing specialised support to women across the municipality

Estepona Town Hall, through its Women's Affairs department, is drawing attention to the important work of the Municipal Women's Information Centre (CMIM). This free municipal resource offers information, advice, and specialised support to women in Estepona, addressing their needs across personal, family, social, and professional life.

Julia Simón, the Councillor for Women's Affairs, emphasised the importance of making this service accessible to residents and raising awareness of the work carried out by its professionals. She noted that the centre's role extends beyond addressing gender-based violence, offering support for many other life circumstances where information and advice are crucial.

A Dedicated Team for Comprehensive Support

The centre operates with a multidisciplinary team. It includes an equality agent, a psychologist, and a legal professional, alongside a mediation service and administrative staff. This structure ensures specialised care tailored to each user's circumstances, facilitating access to information, guidance, and resources that promote their well-being and autonomy.

The equality agent serves as a primary point of information and guidance within the CMIM. Her work involves responding to user queries, providing information on available resources, and developing awareness, prevention, and training initiatives aimed at promoting effective equality between women and men. This work is complemented by activities and programmes designed to foster equal opportunities in various societal areas.

Psychological support provides professional guidance to women who need assistance with situations affecting their emotional well-being, particularly in contexts of gender-based violence. The intervention is adapted to the individual needs of each user, offering a specialised space for care.

Legal advice helps resolve queries and provides information on rights, legal procedures, and available resources for specific circumstances. This guidance empowers women to understand their options and have the information needed to approach their situations with greater confidence and autonomy.

The centre also features a mediation service, which facilitates dialogue-based management of conflicts suitable for this procedure. It promotes communication and the search for agreements when circumstances allow. This resource expands the CMIM's range of services and offers an alternative approach to certain conflicts.

Alongside these direct services, the CMIM also carries out prevention, training, and awareness initiatives throughout the year. These efforts aim to advance equal opportunities and bring these values to the wider community. Thus, the centre's work combines direct support for women with initiatives that help prevent inequalities and promote a more egalitarian society.

The Women's Affairs department continues to work on promoting these services and ensuring women in the municipality can access them. The objective is to strengthen the CMIM's role as a free, specialised public resource offering information, guidance, and support, thereby contributing to the promotion of women's autonomy and effective equality of opportunities.