Noemí Pereda: "It Is Not Possible for the DGAIA to Change in Three Months, as Has Been Announced"

The Directorate-General for Child and Adolescent Care (DGAIA) is still at the centre of the controversy. Although the contribution to DGAIA was generously increased between 2018 and 2020, for years it failed in its role of protecting minors. The case that has precipitated everything is that of a 12-year-old girl who fell victim to a network of paedophilia. Those who have uncovered irregularities in DGAIA have been warning for some time that this…

What has been uncovered these days about the DGAIA, the fraudulent subsidies to “social” entities and the business that has been built around children who have been taken out of care is not an anecdote. It is a reflection of the system. The news is not that a plot of irregular financing is being investigated for foundations that charge for services not provided. […]

Noemí Pereda has been studying child sexual abuse and the sexual exploitation of minors for years. She has a doctorate in clinical and health psychology from the University of Barcelona, is a professor of victimology and director of the GReVIA research team. She was at the head of the expert commission that analyzed the cases of sexual exploitation of minors under guardianship in Palma and is very clear that cases like the one of the girl under …