María Rivas visits, together with Mayor Manuel Angel Leis, the workshops of affective sexual education aimed at the prevention of violence in childhood and adolescence

The subdelegate of the Government in A Coruña, María Rivas, visited this morning the IES Xulián Magariños de Negreira to visit one of the activities promoted by the Subdelegation within the programming of November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. In this case, one of the workshops of affective sexual education aimed at the prevention of violence in childhood and adolescence, in which 75 students of 3º of the ESO of this center participate.

The deputy delegate was accompanied by the mayor of the town, Manuel Angel Leis, along with other members of the corporation; the director of the center, José Luís Mateos Santiago, and the counselor, Cristina Galdo, as well as the head of the unit of violence against women in the province of A Coruña, Manuela Vilaboy.

The main objective of the workshops is to work on the prevention of all types of violence, promoting well-being among children and adolescents. It is about providing students with tools to prevent, detect, know, and when necessary, face situations of violence.

The subdelegate indicated that from the administrations we have to do everything in our power to work in the field of prevention, especially in childhood and adolescence since it is time to provide the girls and raptors with the tools to know, detect and face the possible situations of violence; that if they occur they will mark their entire existence. “We have to try to shit first, to detect in time, and to offer the victims and their families our full support.”

The latest report prepared by the ANAR Foundation, the sexual assaults detected through the services of the entity, increased by 55.1% in the last 5 years; for each case in 2008, 4.5 were registered in 2023. The main mode of aggression occurs face-to-face, at 91.5%. The profile of the victims and markedly female: in 78.7% of cases, girls and adolescent women are involved. The profile of the aggressor is a man, older, of the victim's environment, where 50.3% are members of their own family. The technologies are involved in 43.9% of cases, with phenomena such as grooming or non-consensual sexting.

The main objective of the workshops is to provide students with tools that allow them to self-cognize, understand and respect themselves.

The biological, emotional and related aspects of the body are treated, including body perception and sexual health. Concepts such as empathy, active listening and respect in interpersonal relationships are strengthened. We talk about loving relationships, couple relationships, sexuality, myths about love and consent will be treated in an integral way. And it addresses sexual violence and dangers on social media and pornography.

The subdelegate reported that this activity will be carried out in collaboration with Child Abuse and Maltreatment NO-Galicia (AMINOGAL), a non-profit entity founded in 2014, which works fundamentally on prevention, detection and advice in situations of violence towards children and adolescents; offering support to families and victims through care by professionals from various fields related to childhood and adolescence.

Rivas reported that the workshops are part of the activities programmed by the subdelegation in A Coruña around November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

The subdelegate recalled that we have Organic Law 10/2022, on the integral guarantee of sexual freedom (LOGILS), which contains specific measures to guarantee the protection of girls and boys under 18 years of age against sexual violence; and Organic Law 8/2021, on the integral protection of children and adolescents against violence (LOPIVI), which makes it possible to act from a comprehensive approach, taking into account the multidimensional nature of risk factors and their consequences. No LOPIVI framework, the government is developing the strategy to eradicate violence against children and adolescents.