The President of the Republic, Luis Abinader, and the coordinator of the Social Policy Cabinet, Tony Peñainaugurated this Saturday the first Comprehensive Development Center for Women (CEDI-MUJER)located on Francisco Lora Avenue, La Otra Banda in the province of Santiago. This innovative project is aimed at all Dominican women.
This initiative, which was financed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), is the result of the joint effort of the Social Policy Cabinetand other State institutions, aimed at transforming the lives of Dominican women, supported by the Government of President Luis Abinader.
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Tony Peña said that this work is a testimony to the commitment assumed to improve the quality of life of Dominican women, through the social protection institution that he heads.
Peña recalled that in the coming months a second Comprehensive Center for Women will be inaugurated in Santo Domingo Norththus expanding the scope of this transformative initiative.
She also indicated that the operations of this new center will be carried out exclusively by women and she outlined how the process would be carried out.
“The people who are going to work here are community members from all these sectors that are around this center,” he emphasized.
The services of the Comprehensive Women’s Development Center (CEDI-Mujer) will be available after completing the logistics for the opening.
CEDI-WOMANIt is a safe space for women, run by women, operating under a model based on the articulation and coordination of specific services from different institutions, strategically inserted into a Comprehensive Care Plan for each woman based on her needs, and to achieve her full development.
The director of the CEDI-MUJER center, Ana Lendorsaid that with this work in the Dominican Republic a path of transformation and development is also being built.
“We are committed to creating an environment where every woman, walking through those doors, feels a blanket of security and possibility,” she added.
On her side, the Minister of Women, Mayra Jimenezsaid that the country has had many advances and changes in recent years that pose great challenges to continue deepening the reduction of inequalities and violence.
“CEDI-MUJER has therefore been established as an innovative model for female well-being and empowerment in which the provision of high-quality services is organized in a single space,” she said.
To access CEDI-Mujer services
Dominican women will be able to access CEDI-Mujer services by making an appointment through OGTIC, dialing *462 and through the website: www.cedimujer.gob.do.
Each user will be assigned a unique code within the interoperability platform, which will facilitate the monitoring of their progress and needs by the CEDI-Mujer team. The ongoing support of the social work team ensures that the user is being cared for as required and also ensures that the quality of life of each Dominican woman who is cared for in these centers is positively impacted.
