The event, held at the Faculty of Legal Sciences of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), is part of the Aliadas program, promoted since 2019 and funded by the State Pact Funds against Gender Violence. The objective was to share experiences, projects, and tools aimed at fostering equality and preventing machista violence among young people.
During the day, discussions focused on the challenges of public interventions and the need for sustained prevention strategies adapted to new generations. The director of the Canary Institute for Equality, Ana Padrón, highlighted the importance of acting from early life stages, stating, 'If we wait for violence to appear before acting, we are already too late.'
Padrón emphasized that youth policies must be designed by listening to young people, considering their relationships, concerns, and new forms of violence, including in digital spaces. She stressed that prevention requires 'commitment, continuity, and public policies that respond to the reality experienced by young people.'
For his part, the Director General of Youth, Daniel Morales, highlighted the consolidation of the Aliadas program and the collaborative work. 'A commitment to working through prevention, education, equality, and collaboration among those who share the same goal,' he stated. He acknowledged the importance of the knowledge and experience of professionals in the field, saying, 'The prevention of machista violence cannot remain solely in good intentions. It requires knowledge, research, professionals, resources, and, above all, actions that reach the daily lives of young people.'
Various initiatives promoted in the province of Las Palmas within the Aliadas program were presented, including Por-No Hablar, Acuerpar(nos), Sin Filtros, Harimaguadas, the III Congress, the documentary «Lo Estructural», and Brújula. The day concluded with an exchange session to strengthen youth public policies against machista violence.
