Naples, Aug. 21 (LaPresse) – “Informed consent does not concern what is contained in the new curricula: therefore, sexual education in the biological sense, the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, education in respect and the fight against gender-based violence, which is taught from kindergarten onwards.” Education and Merit Minister Giuseppe Valditara said this in an interview with La Stampa. “I believe the issue needs to be addressed more broadly – Valditara explains – and not only when a femicide occurs. It concerns the role and empowerment of women in our society, and respect for them. We must start from here, without addressing the issue ideologically. We are the first government to have made education in respect, healthy relationships and empathy compulsory. The new Civic Education guidelines provide for education to combat violence of any kind. All of this has been reiterated in the new school curricula for both the first and second cycles, from early childhood through high school. The response from schools has been very good; in the first year of implementation, almost all schools, from North to South, included these programs. What the opposition says, namely that there is no education in respect, is false. The evidence is there, everything can easily be verified.” According to Valditara, “we do not need to think about new projects but to make the best possible use of what we have planned. We have invested significant resources, 18 million euros in total; we are doing much more than other European countries.”
Femicide, Valditara: “Respect is already taught in schools”
Naples, Aug. 21 (LaPresse) – “Informed consent does not concern what is contained in the new curricula: therefore, sexual education in the biological sense, the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, education in respect and the fight against gender-based violence, which is taught from kindergarten onwards.” Education and Merit Minister Giuseppe Valditara said this in an interview with La Stampa. “I believe the issue needs to be addressed more broadly – Valditara explains – and not only when a femicide occurs. It concerns the role and empowerment of women in our society, and respect for them. We must start from here, without addressing the issue ideologically. We are the first government to have made education in respect, healthy relationships and empathy compulsory. The new Civic Education guidelines provide for education to combat violence of any kind. All of this has been reiterated in the new school curricula for both the first and second cycles, from early childhood through high school. The response from schools has been very good; in the first year of implementation, almost all schools, from North to South, included these programs. What the opposition says, namely that there is no education in respect, is false. The evidence is there, everything can easily be verified.” According to Valditara, “we do not need to think about new projects but to make the best possible use of what we have planned. We have invested significant resources, 18 million euros in total; we are doing much more than other European countries.”