THEn Italy were not sufficient 16 law proposals in almost 50 years to establish emotional education and relationships as compulsory school mattersas already happens in the majority of European countries. To make it lights up a lighthouse on school training in the sphere of affections and that of sexuality, which could prevent and limit hatred and gender violence, the coop Italian.coop He launches an awareness campaign with “saying, doing, loving”. An awareness -raising operation launched in the context of “Close the Gap”the Coop campaign for inclusion and gender equality that turns five.

Say, do, love: the coop for emotional education at school

“Today we raise the attention of public opinion on the importance and need for education to relationships for the younger generations” Maura Latini, president of Coop Italia says. “We believe that the theme is no longer procrastinable and that there is an urgency to deal with it seriously, without ideological infinitation, just as an indispensable tool of greater awareness and prevention”.

«The teaching by competent operators would allow young people to learn, Beyond the ABC of grammar, also the ABC of feelings and have better tools to fit into a world of less individual and more collective relationship “, Maura Latini continues.

Sexual information, still a taboo?

The confirmation of this urgency is the research “The school of affections, investigation of education to relationships”. Research conducted by the Coop Study Office in collaboration with Nomisma (on a sample of 2 thousand Italians between 18 and 64 years old). In summary: 70 percent of the sample expresses their appreciation to that education for relationships becomes a compulsory school subject. The research was presented in Milan by Valentina Quaglietti of Nomisma. And commented by the psychologist and professor Elisabetta Camussi, by Linda Laura Sabbatini and Enrico Galiano, members of the scientific committee.

It’s time to learn

The goal of Coop’s new commitment (a female company in which 71 percent of the workforce is women) is to start a widespread awareness of awareness on the topic. Using your network of stores, its products and starting collaborations with the world of associations. Because education for emotions and feelings becomes a reality.

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