In her speech to the Assembly, the Minister of Education, Sports and Youth (MASR), Besa Shahini, said that "as long as she is a minister, MASR will not comment on individual cases of abuse" because it contributes to youth. -the abuse of victims.
"The group of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for the protection of women and children had sent us an email requesting that MASR be declared for individual cases of child abuse.
Now, I want to make one thing clear: neither today, nor yesterday, nor ever, as long as I am a minister, will MASR be pronounced for individual cases of abuse, because it is contributing to the re-abuse you are inflicting on victims by discussing abuse details and identifying them. Educational structures will always speak publicly about the phenomenon, take preventive and punitive measures, support children and young people with the tools they need in life to protect themselves.
I expect the same from NGOs dealing with the protection of women and children. Stop immediately going to the media with identifying information about the people you need to protect. ?
He added:
"In the list of organizations that had written to us was the partner organization of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection (MSHMS) that is paid from the state budget to manage the line of anonymous denunciations of violence and abuse, which as far as I understand, are always aware in advance of cases. who are denounced there, but for whatever reason the information does not go to the state institutions immediately to take the necessary measures.
Therefore, we have requested an urgent administrative investigation into the protocols implemented by NGOs that are paid from the state budget to provide public service for the protection of children. ?
Shahini said he had requested that "the Order of Psychologists report on the training it has conducted on issues of sexual harassment and abuse, with judicial and school psychologists." "We have sent to the municipalities the criteria that the guards and the sanitary staff that bring us to the schools must meet. Municipalities must keep in mind that the staff working in the school must be integrated. ?
Among other things, the Minister pointed out the way in which violence against women in the media is treated:
Have you heard of the term "passion crime" as a term used by the media to report on the murders of women by their husbands? If a man is killed, this is a serious crime. If a woman is killed by her partner, this is a crime of passion and the whole society seeks the reasons for the murder in the woman's behavior.
"She did something that made her husband jealous and led to the murder," and as soon as these words are used, the circumstances of the killer are alleviated and the message is sent to the men and boys who are saying, "By law you can be punished, but society gives you the right to the bodies of women and girls ?.
Of course, we have an institutional responsibility to change the culture in the school, but each of you has an individual responsibility to change the culture in your district. ?
Regarding the reaction of the citizens, in addition to those who congratulated Shahin for the initiatives taken, there were others who called her speech "moralistic and unprofessional attitude." "The problem must be caught in the head, not the tail. Periodic verification of school staff, not only of teachers, but also of chefs, guards, etc., is done all over the world, ?someone writes. "You have to take measures for all the pedagogical staff. Make school guards and kindergarten people get out of the way, ?reads another comment. "You have to take responsibility, Madam Minister. The rapist was in the school premises, an institution in which you are responsible, ?says a third party.
