I am very happy to be able to present the Camargo initiative to prevent bullying and cyberbullying in schools and institutes of the valley. This is a doubly positive project since it will also help students to reflect on how sexist stereotypes can influence peer relationships.
Camargo is located north of the autonomous community of Cantabria, and consists of eight population centers, Muriedas being the capital of the municipality. Municipal leaders and project staff can congratulate each other because it is a pioneer action in Cantabria. Classroom work will be done. by the specialist Sara Lanza, a psychologist who says that 2.5% of schoolchildren between the ages of 12 and 16 are being harassed. 'Episodes of violence among schoolchildren are observed almost daily by more than 50% of students, and are detected every day at an earlier age'
It is intended that children and young people acquire experiences that demonstrate the possible 'misuse of freedoms' in the field of peer relationships. And the project will be carried out with children between 10 and 14 years old, which according to Lourdes Blanco (holder of equality of the municipality) 'is an ideal age spectrum, since it allows working with young people at the time they begin to have their first emotional relationships'.
To understand and tackle violent attitudes and harassment in the school environment in adolescence and preadolescence, it is “absolutely essential” to take into account the gender perspective that causes many young people to start using inherited stereotypes
This initiative jointly developed by the departments of family, education and equality has received very good reception among the educational community. In this way, the factors involved in bullying can be addressed together.
The aim of this initiative is to encourage students to change their attitude towards bullying or bullying and to develop in young people a point of view that allows them to realize how sexist stereotypes are interfering with their way of thinking, speaking and acting. in certain situations
What I like most about this project is that the students they will be able to understand from another point of view a behavioral model that sometimes goes unnoticed and that is not always understood as bullying. It is very important to let them see the consequences of certain attitudes and actions, and for someone to teach them how to modify them.
Surely in our country initiatives with similar objectives are being developed, since bullying and cyberbullying are already very visible. In Peques y Más we had already presented a study on cooperative learning developed by the University of Extremadura, which can be implemented in schools. And today we congratulate the municipality of Camargo for the efforts made in this area.
