SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, July 19 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The deputy for Equality and Gender Violence of the Diputación del Comun, Beatriz Barrera, has met with the members of the Harimaguada collective and coordinators of the Report ‘Comprehensive Affective Sexual Education in the Canary Islands, legality and reality’, María Dolores González and Mari Carmen Bolaños.
The members of this group filed a complaint against “the ignorance and lack of information” about the execution of the Proposal No Law (PNL) of sexual and reproductive rights presented in the Parliament of the Canary Islands in 2018, in which they urged the regional government to implement comprehensive policies on sex education and attention to sexual and reproductive health.
The representatives of the group called for the implementation of a Comprehensive Education and Care Plan for sexual and reproductive health in educational centers in the Canary Islands. “We do not see that any step is being taken in this regard. We want and need a comprehensive program from the Government of the Canary Islands, since that is what international organizations demand. Not just any type of sex education will do.”
They claimed to have contacted the Education and Health Commissions in order to participate and present the reports: ‘Integral Sexual Affective Education in the Canary Islands, legality and reality’ and ‘Abortion in the Canary Islands, legality and reality’. However, they affirmed that, although they have been able to participate in the Health Commission, the Education Commission “has not found a space for our presence throughout the 2021-2022 school year, despite our insistence,” they affirmed.
Faced with this situation, they asked the Deputy for Equality and Gender Violence of the Diputación del Comun to follow up on this matter “so that the debate does not continue to be postponed”.
For his part, Barrera promised to study this case and will contact the competent administrations, in order to know the status of this NLP and the reasons why its content has not yet been executed. “I consider a coordinated public policy on affective sexual education to be essential. We have to address the causes, not just the effects of sexist violence,” said the deputy.
