Yolanda Caballero was the territorial delegate for Education. She inaugurated ‘Castillo de la Yedra” at Cazorla Secondary School, along with Manuel Hueso, deputy for Employment, and Marcos Gutierrez (patrons of the Baltasar Garzon International Foundation [FIBGAR), fourth traveling exhibition ‘And you, what do know about human rights?), which is the result of a provincial competition organized jointly by FIBGAR and the Ministry of Education.
After the celebration of the fifth provincial contest, in which 30 centers participated, the exhibition will continue its tour through the various requesting centers, until June 21. A total of 165 works, including posters, short stories, and short films, were displayed.
“The Declaration of Human Rights was approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 10, 1950, just like today. This is a key moment in humanity’s progress that is connected to the exhibition of student creations, which show young people’s involvement in the world. This commitment was reflected in breaking the record for provincial competition participation this year. Caballero said yesterday that posters, photographs, stories, and short films all work together to raise awareness of human rights among the young people who visit the centers that will be exhibiting the film.
He also stressed that the Delegation has distributed the exhibition in both its digital and printed versions through the Espacio de Paz Schools Network. 245 centers across the province are involved in the network.
The fifth contest saw the award-winning students study the topic through workshops with experts, participation workshops with NGOs, and meetings with Human Rights specialists. They also explored the topic through leisure activities like concerts, hiking trails, sport, and bird watching. The contest and the exhibition are a fundamental and cross-disciplinary task in order to work on human right, an important topic in education during a time of so many walls being built. His work titles speak volumes about the concerns of young people. Slavery, child poverty, decent housing rights. The Education delegate concluded that these are topics that should prompt us to think about the future and present.
Manuel Hueso, deputy for Employment, highlighted the role played by the Jaen Provincial Council in the initiative, stating that it “helps maintain and defend human right in our province, taking and transmitting them to young students.”