Dénia does not give the slightest chance to machismo
The fight against gender violence has reached a new stage in Dénia. After awareness and detection, the big bet now is the prevention of this problem in adolescence. For this, from the Local Police, in collaboration with the councils of Citizen Security, Social Welfare and Education, they have launched a series of workshops under the title The mask of love seek to guide adolescents in the municipality in the keys to a healthy love relationship in which the two parties are equal.
The renowned psychologist and criminologist Vicente Garrido is the creator and responsible for this program, which consists of talks, audiovisual projections and reading of novels among 14 and 15 students from the schools of the city of Dénia.
The mask of love It has its base in two books. On the one hand, L'Infern de Marta, by Pascual Alapont, and on the other, The mask of love, of Garrido himself. These readings form the starting point of the workshops, and from the City Council a book bank has been created so that students can access these publications.
To this we must add four short films that have been made with the participation of the students of the School of Regional Theater (ETC), the School of Young Entrepreneurs (EJE), and the collaboration of the Artemis group of the Local Police and 8 Study.
In addition, Garrido will give talks to trainers, educators, teachers, fathers and mothers, and also to the students themselves with the aim of transmitting the values of dignity and respect in the couple as a key to detect and prevent violent behavior.
For Vicente Garrido, these workshops distance themselves from others because they teach what a healthy love relationship should be because, he says, "The kids are alone to learn this". The workshops are intended to reflect on what attitudes are violent and do not accept a relationship in which they are not respected.
The chief mayor of the Dénia Local Police, José Martínez Espasa, has been confident in the effectiveness of these workshops, since they have scientific and empirical support based on the experience of the 13 years of existence of the Artemis Police group. Local in Dénia, specialized in gender violence. Martínez assures that it is a "long-term" job that has just begun its journey in Dénia.
In the presentation of the workshops have been present students who have participated, in addition to the councilor for education, Rafa Carrió; the Councilor for Public Safety, Javier Scotto; and the Councilor for Social Welfare, Elisabet Cardona.
