“Machismo and violence against women are serious and important issues that are at the heart of this government. It is no coincidence that a bill signed by Roccella was approved by Parliament and is entitled ‘Provisions to combat violence against women and domestic violence’. . And it is no coincidence that on November 22nd a memorandum of understanding was signed between the Ministers of Equal Opportunities and Family, Culture, Education and Merit to promote the fight against violence against women in schools.” : this is what Minister of Education and Merit, Giuseppe Valditara, announced that “Educating in Realities” will move forward without guarantors.
“My project ‘Educating for relationships’ provides a response that implements this direction and takes into account the many sensitivities that make up the country and Parliament. Therefore, it does not speak in any way about sexual education, affective education, or gender culture. Establishes, voluntarily, outside the school curriculum, discussion groups among young people, moderated by a teacher specially trained by Indire, to combat mentalities and attitudes that generate discrimination, oppression and violence against women. make young people reflect on an issue that is crucial to the level of civilization in our society. The involvement of associations representing parents is also planned”, he explained.
Valditara then reiterated that this project aims to make the students themselves an active part of the discussion: “It is more generally part of a school that educates respect for each person. . The presence of the guarantors was simply intended to support this initiative. Its cultural diversity was a strong message to mean that in the fight against violence against women we must all be united, based on concrete initiatives, common sense and not extremist, not even ideological. It was an attempt to unite worlds very far apart for a socially important purpose.”
“However, this choice also aroused controversy. As the Italian school needs serenity and not controversy, I decided not to activate the role of guarantor of the ‘Education for Relationship’ project for Sisters Monia Alfieri, Paola Concia and Paola Zerman. Renew I would like to thank them for their availability and generosity. The ‘Educating for relationships’ project will continue without any guarantor. In its concrete development, dialogue will continue with associations representing parents, teachers and students”, he concluded.
Source: IL Tempo
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