Reference :
V-P-BR-E-00582
Date :
03/11/2023
Caption :
Rio de Janeiro. A staff member of the ICRC's "Safer Access to Public Services" program talks to a woman in charge of preventive education and protection.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
"The mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, highlighted the importance of the Safer Access programme and the partnership with the ICRC, explaining that the focus has always been on maintaining quality and on protecting the right to learn. "Our aim for 2024 is to become the reference point for reducing inequalities in education. We have the largest municipal education network in the whole of Latin America, with 170,000 students, 1,544 teaching establishments and almost 52,000 staff," he added.
Renata Costa de Oliveira, the head of preventive education within the School Protection Management Unit of the Municipal Secretariat for Education in Rio de Janeiro, said that many of the city's schools are in communities affected by armed violence and she reiterated the need to tailor the methodology to each area.
"The training helps people to better recognize the signs that violence may break out in their area. By raising awareness and evaluating the situation daily, a decision can be made about whether it is safe or not to provide a full and face-to-face community presence. There may be other options, such as operating on a reduced schedule," said Costa de Oliveira. "The methodology involves making an evaluation based on a set of criteria, which means that neither the community nor the physical and mental well-being of staff are adversely affected," she added.
The Safer Access programme provides guidance to teachers and students. It also involves the planning of joint actions in schools and across areas and it helps reduce the school drop-out rate. "It is important that teachers are able to calculate actual risk and are in a position to implement appropriate measures to address that risk. The programme aims to ensure that providers of essential services and their users are not exposed to violence but still have access to the service in question," said Karen Cerqueira, the ICRC's Safer Access programme coordinator."
Site web du CICR, article 29/06/2022
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digital
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2500x1667
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
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