PAN advocates for lifelong benefits for orphans affected by domestic violence

This Wednesday in Porto, the PAN leader defended additional measures to close gaps in the physical and mental health of young people and “a lifetime pension for orphans who are victims of domestic violence.”

Ines Souza Real spoke at the Campanha Youth Center, which welcomes 40 young people aged 13 to 25 and ensures that “these young people, who are in a more vulnerable situation, can receive support both at the educational level and at the psychosocial level development and, on the other hand, guarantee their integration into the labor market upon reaching the age of 25,” he said.

Health gaps “unfortunately affect our nation’s youth,” he said.

“Yesterday [terça-feira] “We were with the Academic Association of Coimbra, where we were able to hear how difficult it is for a young person forced to leave his area of ​​residence to access primary health care. Therefore, we need more policies in this area,” said Ines Souza. Real.

PAN “wants to demand more support for healthcare and mental health from the next Legislature” and guarantee “more funding for this institution.” [Centro Juvenil de Campanhã]that for all these 40 children and young people there is only one specialized psychologist who cannot even provide psychological advice.”

“We need to change the paradigm, to guarantee more policies, because in Portugal at the moment the level is very high, we are the country in Europe with the most cases of depression, and also the antidepressants that young people take. “break this paradigm and ensure more preventative mental health policies and social support for young people and children in more vulnerable situations,” he says.

He cited as an example “the case of orphans who are victims of domestic violence, in which PAN wants to provide them with a lifetime pension that will allow them to escape poverty, which has not happened so far.”