Minister of Family, Women, Children and the Elderly, Amel Belhaj Moussa, said that her department relies on the networking of regional coordinations to fight violence against women, particularly in light of the increase in this scourge and the high number of feminicides. During the first national conference of regional coordinations to combat violence against women, held in Tunis, as part of the global campaign of 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, the minister underlined, on Thursday, that a professional standard has been put in place in favor of regional coordination, making it possible to prevent and anticipate cases of violence against women. She explained that the National Observatory of fighting violence against women will organize a campaign and training sessions for the benefit of these coordinations, which have more than 400 members in total, in order to fully understand and apply this standard. The minister declared that cases of violence have increased given that the National Ob servatory received 12,400 reports of acts of violence from January 2023 until last October, including 4,000 reports linked to legal consultations. Emergency departments and hospitals affiliated with the Ministry of Health also issued more than 23,000 initial medical certificates (IMCs) between March 2022 and March 2023. She pointed out that this conference will make it possible to further organize the work of regional coordinations to combat violence against women. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse