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The “Safe Campus for the Prevention of Gender Violence” program, focused on building egalitarian spaces, has started on the Tec campus in Monterrey. Derived from a partnership between Tecnologico de Monterrey and UN Women, this gender equality initiative will also be implemented on all Tec de Monterrey campuses nationwide.
The agreement signed on March 21 means that Tec de Monterrey became the first educational institution in Mexico to implement the Safe Campus Program.
“Tecnologico de Monterrey unwaveringly commits to building a community free of gender violence. We have directed our efforts towards diversity and inclusion. We defend respect for individual rights, equal opportunities, and fair treatment,” said Mario Adrián Flores, Vice president of the Monterrey Region.
Belén Sanz, a UN Women in Mexico representative, stressed that universities are key training spaces emphasizing inclusion, security, and freedom for women and girls. “What we are launching is a call to action, not to be left out, to generate a true commitment with the community to prevent violence,” Sanz said.
The panel “Building safe campuses for the Tec community” was a highlight of the launch on August 16 in the Library auditorium. Members attending included Inés Sáenz, Vice-president of Inclusion, Social Impact, and Sustainability at Tec de Monterrey; Marina Macías, a representative of Tec de Monterrey’s student Girl Up group; Deisy Hernández, Director of the Municipal Institute of Regia Women; Mariana Gabarrot, a professor in the School of Humanities; and Emilio Álvarez, National Director of Borregos Athletics.
About the Safe Campus Program
The Safe Campus Program, explained Belén Sanz, is an adaptation of one of UN Women’s global programs called Safe Cities. “This program (Safe Cities) has a proven, robust, and solid methodology that seeks to diagnose situations in public spaces, generate normative policies and protocols, develop the necessary infrastructure, and work with the community to prevent violence, “explained Sanz.
The “Safe Campus for the Prevention of Gender Violence” program employs an intervention methodology based on three pillars:
1. Impact on the Tec community: This consists of preventing gender violence by involving students, teachers, collaborators, and trainers, among others, in activations, awareness workshops, and actions aimed at good prevention-of-violence practices.
2. Internal transformation: This orientation is to implement policies and actions from objectives established for gender equality, ensure representation and development paths for women, and eliminate gender violence within the Institution.
3. Social transformation: This implies transforming social norms, attitudes, and behaviors in the Tec community through joint communication and actions promoting women’s rights in all their diversity for safe, educational spaces free of violence and discrimination.
“This program is fertile ground.”
Marina Macías, a Tec de Monterrey representative of Girl Up, stressed that the Safe Campus Program means the student community must participate in creating egalitarian spaces. “This program is fertile ground to sow lasting changes and approach the needs of our classmates and teachers to generate collective care,” Macías said.
The Monterrey campus student added that Girl Up is committed to continuing to build a bond between the student community and the institution to create egalitarian spaces. “Let’s take advantage of this project to imagine possible futures where we devise ways to commit to the well-being and safety of our environment and, above all, take responsibility for our part in those changes, “said Macías.Girl Up at Tec de Monterrey is a Campus Club born from the campaign of the United Nations Foundation called Girl Up. The Campus Club at Tec de Monterrey inspires, convenes, trains, and connects girls worldwide, helping them position themselves to be leaders and change agents.
Translation by Daniel Wetta
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