The talks of the Master Plan for Coexistence and Improvement of Security in Educational Centers and their Environments that are being developed from the Provincial Directorate of the Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports (MEFPyD) and that are taught from the Coordination Unit Against Violence Against Women of the Government Delegation in Melilla, have ended this week.
Laura Segura has been in charge of giving the talks that have been given to the fourth grade students of the ESO of the different educational centers of the city. The last ones were this week in ‘Nuestra Señora del Buen Consejo’ and in the IES ‘Juan Antonio Fernández Pérez’
The Head of the Unit has positively valued this initiative that aims not only to prevent male violence but also to detect and act in the face of situations of violence that are taking place.
“One of the objectives is for students to recognize the first signs of violence, as well as to prevent future violent behavior,” explained Segura, who recalled that the Master Plan has covered different contents, one of its objectives being the prevention of behaviors of discrimination based on sex or sexual discrimination and the prevention of gender violence.
Promote values of respect
In the workshops developed by Laura Segura, work has been done so that the students are able to perceive the uniqueness of this violence and understand that the origin lies in machismo and inequality.
“The goal is for students to recognize the first signs of violence and, in this way, prevent future violent behaviors and in turn detect those that may already be occurring,” he explained.
In short, among the main contents are providing general information to adolescents about gender violence, digital gender violence or cybergender violence, trafficking and exploitation of human beings and prevention of sexual crimes. At the same time, it aims to promote values of respect, tolerance and equality between women and men, as well as to encourage the filing of complaints in cases of sexual and gender violence.
Segura has pointed out that the students in these workshops have been very participative and have shown a lot of interest, “creating a space for change and awareness that is so important in these ages”; and at the same time it has been intended that, with the work that has been done in these talks, the students act as a motor of transformation in their environments.