Government Delegation for Gender Violence
The Government Delegation for Gender Violence (Spanish: Delegación del Gobierno para la Violencia de Género, DGVG) is a department of the Secretariat of State for Equality of the Spanish Department of Equality responsible for formulating the central government policy against the different forms of violence against women and promoting, coordinating and advising on all the measures carried out in this matter.
| Delegación del Gobierno para la Violencia de Género | |
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| Formed | March 4, 2005 |
| Type | Directorate-General |
| Jurisdiction | Spanish government |
| Headquarters | 37 Alcalá Street Madrid |
| Annual budget | €69.2 million (2022) |
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| Parent department | Secretariat of State for Equality |
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| Website | Official website(in Spanish) |
The DGVG is headed by a Delegate of the Government, a civil servant with the rank of director-general appointed by the Monarch with the advice of the Minister of the Equality. The Government Delegation is structured through a central organization integrated by two deputy directorates-general and a decentralized network of gender violence units.
The Delegation of the Government manages the national registers of gender violence victims; the women register was created in 2003 and the childs register in 2013. Since its creation, it has recorded more than 1,030 women and 34 minors murdered in this kind of violence.