The Andalusian budgets for 2024 are marked with a "strong social character." This was announced by the president of the Junta de Andalucía, Juanma Moreno, on her social networks after announcing it in the Government control session held today in the Plenary Session of Parliament. Among the different items in the accounts, one stands out: the aid of 5,000 euros per year that minor orphans of mothers murdered by their partners or ex-partners in sexist crimes will receive.
At the moment, according to the statistics prepared by the Ministry of Equality consulted by this newspaper, in the region there are 86 boys and girls who could apply for this pension, although the registered data of the children affected by this scourge began to be counted. starting in 2013. Sources from the Andalusian Government have warned that the number of minors in this situation could exceed one hundred, something that will be taken into account to also cover the needs of these collateral victims who are not reflected in the records.
Since 2003, when the central government began monitoring cases of gender violence, machismo has killed 256 Andalusian women. This year alone, 17 of the 51 victims that have been counted have been murdered in the community, leaving 13 new orphans. The latest crime occurred yesterday in the Malaga town of Benalmádena, when a 51-year-old woman, also the mother of a minor boy, was shot by a gun wielded by her partner, who would end up committing suicide.
To try to help these victims, the Moreno Executive will allocate a sum through which each minor who has lost his mother in this context of violence will receive a pension of 5,000 euros per year until he reaches the age of majority.
Little else has emerged about this idea, whose preliminary draft will be released at the end of this month, making it possible for those affected to request, foreseeably, aid before the end of the year.
It was in 2023, with the publication of the report 'Orphaned childhood of gender violence: the most invisible victim of the drama', prepared by the Andalusian Ombudsman for Children and Adolescents, when the Andalusian Ombudsman, Jesús Maetzu, wanted to highlight the lack of support given to Andalusian minors who have lost their mothers in sexist crimes and the need to change some things to help them overcome the difficult ordeal they have gone through or are going through.
The study includes the testimony of one of these victims, who highlights the lack of defined protocols in cases like hers (with 48-hour psychological support) as well as the cumbersome procedures for requesting aid for orphanhood.
While it is true that the central State provides a pension to these orphans of around 600 euros until those affected turn 21 and/or until 25 if they are studying, the truth is that its management is complicated in a moment of mourning On the other hand, unlike other communities, Andalusia did not provide any type of aid for these minors until now.
