Health and education for children in Chiapas

We have talked about the reality of insecurity that exists in the city of San Cristóbal and the need to continue training with girls and boys accompanying working families for the promotion and defense of their rights, but this quarter we have focused on promoting the rights of girls and adolescent women, within the framework of #8M, Melel has accompanied a training process according to the age of little girls to encourage them to say what they think and feel regarding violence.

One of the fundamental rights is to live a life free of violence. From 2015 to 2022, 268 femicides were recorded in Chiapas, of which 23% were of girls and adolescents. San Cristóbal is the first place in the state.

It is necessary to promote the identification of emotions from early childhood, to be able to create tools for dialogue and assertive communication in times of stress, teamwork and eliminate gender stereotypes from a young age. 

In the following internet link you can find a video with the song that the girls and adolescents created to raise their voices and defend their rights, although little girls do not participate in singing, they are an active part of this movement:

Song for girls and teenagers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDbwfDnILjA

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On behalf of the entire Melel Xojobal team, we appreciate your constant solidarity for this project and we hope to continue counting on it. Rest assured that it is correctly distributed among the population served.

Greetings to you and yours.

Thank you.

Links:

• renewed website
• Song for girls and teenagers