Manacor has already dealt with 43% more cases of gender-based violence this year than in 2024.

The Manacor City Council presented the 2025 Annual Report of the Municipal Service for the Care of Women Victims of Gender Violence (SMVVM) this Thursday during the 3rd Coordination Meeting held at the Antoni M. Alcover Public Institution. The event brought together municipal, institutional, and specialized service representatives to analyze the current situation and define joint strategies. During the session, it was reported that the service assisted 130 women in 2025, a 43% increase over the previous year, and intervened in 170 cases of children exposed to violence, highlighting the impact of these situations on families and the need for a comprehensive approach. Partners or ex-partners

87% of the cases (114 out of 130 women) involved violence within a current or former relationship, while 16 women were victims of sexual violence outside of this context, including cases of trafficking, prostitution, and rape. 81.5% of the women filed a police report. Regarding the profile, the largest group is women between 30 and 39 years old (46%), followed by those between 40 and 49 years old (23%) and those between 19 and 29 years old (19%). The majority reside in the town center of Manacor (72%), although women from Portocristo (13%), El Islote (4.6%), and other areas of the municipality are also served. "No single institution or service can eradicate gender-based violence in isolation. Only by joining forces and sharing strategies will we be truly effective. In Manacor, we want a safe, equal, and gender-based violence-free municipality," said Mayor Miquel Oliver in his address. Affected children and vulnerabilities

56.9 percent of the women assisted have dependent children, while 4.6 percent were pregnant. In 31 cases, possible child abuse (RUMI) was reported, and in more than two-thirds of these, the IMAS Child Protection Service had to intervene due to the severity of the situation. Furthermore, 25 percent of the women are receiving mental health treatment, and almost 4 out of 10 arrive without a close support network. Regarding housing, only 38 percent live in rented accommodation, 20 percent reside in sublet rooms, and 21 percent have required temporary accommodation in shelters. The main challenges identified by the service are the lack of mental health resources, the invisibility of child victims, the language barrier, the overburdened social services, the slow pace of the judicial system, the housing problem, and the decline in certain public aid programs for women victims of gender-based violence. New agreements

The working group, promoted by the Equality Department of the Manacor City Council and the Balearic Institute for Women, has concluded with several working agreements, proposed by the Equality Delegate, Carme Gomila. These include the development of new co-educational strategies aimed at young people to combat rejection of feminism, training on gender-based violence in private companies, especially those in the nightlife sector, and the creation of a united front to demand more resources for direct support to victims and to consolidate a stable structure for institutional coordination.