Summary.
The bill would designate November 18 of each year as the Day for the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Violence against Children and the Healing of Their Effects. The designation brings together, on an annual date, the prevention of those forms of sexual violence against children and the healing of their effects. The article establishing the date names the observance and defines the subjects it covers.
For that date, the bill provides for various activities at public and private educational centers throughout the country. The activities would be directed at teachers and students and would consist of guidance and training on topics related to preventing sexual exploitation, abuse and violence. Article 2 thus connects the date designated in Article 1 with action in educational settings: it identifies where the activities would take place, whom they would address and what they would cover. The provision includes both public and private centers and places the activities on November 18 of each year.
The activities would be coordinated with the Ministry of Education (Ministerio de Educación) and the relevant government bodies. The bill also allows those bodies to arrange collaboration with other national and international bodies. Such collaboration is contemplated for adopting the measures needed to fulfill the purposes of the proposed law. Participation by other bodies is framed as a possibility within the coordination provided for the guidance and training activities. The text thereby links the work of educational centers with that of the government bodies involved in coordinating it and, where applicable, with the collaboration they arrange.
Finally, Article 3 provides that the proposed law would take effect upon its promulgation. The bill proceeds from designation of the date to annual educational activities and then to its effective date. Its provisions set out a declaration and the guidance and training measures associated with it.
The Ministry of Education (Ministerio de Educación) and the relevant government bodies are the public entities connected with the proposed coordination. The National Assembly (Asamblea Nacional) appears in the text as the body to which the proposal is submitted, and the Education, Culture and Sports Committee (Comisión de Educación, Cultura y Deportes) appears in the document. Given its subject matter, the bill could interest or affect public and private educational centers, their teachers and students, families, and the education and child protection sectors.
What it proposes.
- Designation of an annual date for preventing sexual exploitation, abuse and violence against children.
- Guidance and training activities at educational centers.
- Government coordination and possible national and international collaboration.
Who it would affect.
- Public and private educational centers throughout the country.
- Teachers and students.
- The Ministry of Education and relevant government bodies.
Key points.
- Designates November 18 of each year as a day devoted to preventing sexual exploitation, abuse and violence against children and healing their effects.Art. 1
- Provides for various activities at public and private educational centers throughout the country on that date.Art. 2
- Directs guidance and training activities at teachers and students.Art. 2
- Focuses those activities on topics related to preventing sexual exploitation, abuse and violence.Art. 2
- Provides for coordination with the Ministry of Education and relevant government bodies.Art. 2
- Allows those bodies to arrange collaboration with other national and international bodies to fulfill the purposes of the proposed law.Art. 2
- Provides that the proposed law would take effect upon its promulgation.Art. 3