Gender Equality Mexico Project #24471

Educate and Empower Girls in Mexico

by Yo Quiero Yo Puedo

Project Report | May 26, 2023
Promoting gender equality in Mexican schools

By Luis Enrique Elizalde | Lider de Programas de Prevencion de Riesgos

Promoting gender equality is a critical part of violence prevention. School initiatives are well placed to prevent violence against women, preventing school drop out of girls through building life skills and changing social norms with both boys and girls.

Community interventions can empower women and engage men through a gender-focused “School for parents”, building caregivers‘ tools necessary to raise healthy and successful children.

In Yo quiero Yo puedo we know that girls need to be listened to and considered so that they can fully develop. Our comprehensive program include:

Life skills with students (e.g. assertiveness, conflict resolution, decision making, negotiation); dating violence prevention program with youth; values, beliefs and behaviors for gender equality; human rights and school for parents among other topics.

The results show that there are changes in behaviors that promote gender equity:

Girls have higher expectations about their future and develop their talents including physical activity and sports.
The program prevents bullying and discrimination by making changes in the school community.

The school programs I want to I can, have been implemented in Mexico City, Ciudad Juárez, Hidalgo and Tlaxcala. We need support to take the program to more schools in marginalized areas where violence against girls increases day by day.

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Jan 27, 2023
We promote equality and empowerment of girls

By Luis Enrique Elizalde | LIDER DE PROGRAMAS DE PREVENCION DE RIESGOS

In Yo quiero Yo puedo ( I want to, I can) we know that girls need to be heard and considered so that they can fully develop. That is the main reason to implement the "Walking Together" Program, with the aim that more girls in preschool and elementary schools in Tlaxcala, State of Mexico, and Chihuahua achieve this goal.

Some of our results show success of this strategy:

• Students reject to a greater extent the normalization of violence (such as teasing and beatings) and have increased life skills solve conflicts through assertive communication instead of violence.

• The enjoy participatory methodology and learning through play approach.

• They recognize that violence can be prevented prevention applying life sills: identifying emotions, active listening, assertiveness, decision making and negotiation.

• They identify that the program has helped them reflect on things they can improve to have better and healthy relationships within the family and community.

• Girls and boys identify the different types of violence and recognize them in their schools.

• They have learn self regulation techniques: identify and practice breathing as good way to relax when dealing with anger.

• They recognize that girls and boys should have the same rights and defend the gender perspective to be treated in the same way, with respect and in a context without violence.

This testimony exemplifies the achievements:

“There is more awareness in children, little by little the seed of gender equality is seen and seeing it from the perspective as a right for every human being, the relationship has changed; girls are included more in the games”.

2nd grade Teacher from Huamantla, Tlaxcala.

However, this is not enough. We need to reach more girls in Mexico. With your support we will reach more schools to promote actions in favor of empowerment and equality between girls and boys, women and men, to promote they achieve their own goals.

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Sep 30, 2022
We continue to promote the empowerment of girls

By Luis Enrique Elizalde Perez | LIDER DE PROGRAMAS DE PREVENCION DE RIESGOS

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