Preventing sexual abuse in Latin America

Between February 12 and 14, a new training on the PWGS methodology was held in Mexico as part of the child sexual abuse prevention project.
It was led by Dr. Alicia Casas, academic coordinator of the Claves program of Juventud para Cristo, as well as a psychiatrist and clinical sexologist.

Also in February, Silvia Yolde, a Claves trainer in Honduras, conducted a new “Playing, We Grow Stronger” course there on child sexual abuse prevention.

A group of educators, social workers, and psychologists from the organization Fe y Alegría in Uruguay received training in child sexual abuse prevention through the “Playing, We Grow Stronger” course from the Claves program of Juventud para Cristo.

In March, a group of 22 people from different Christian churches working with children and adolescents were also trained in the “Playing, We Grow Stronger” methodology. Some of the topics covered in the course included: resilience and sexual abuse; moving from a risk-based approach to the development of strengths in response to sexual violence; building prevention barriers; and specific factors for preventing sexual violence that can be developed through play, among others.