WINNERS FROM COEDUCATION CONTESTS IN OUR SECONDARY SCHOOL

By Estrella Soriano (3ºA).

Reviewed by Sara Cledera

CONTEST AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE

To celebrate the 25th November against gender violence IES Nuestra Señora de la Estrella Secondary school has participated in a contest in Cordoba about literature with images called “Microrrelato and Haiku”The contest consisted of writing a short story or haiku where you had to include terms related to the theme and accompanied by illustrations. For the competition the school selected five works among all participants and sent to Córdoba. We did not have luck with our participation but these five selected were awarded by our school and were posted on two blogs:

http://estrellacoeduca.blogspot.com.es/

http://bibliolaestrella.blogspot.com.es/

Here are the works of the winners of this contest:

Miguel Galán (2º A)                                                                                       Rafael García (2º B)

                 Belén Navarro (2º B)                                                   Estrella del Rocío Delgado (2º C)

María del Rosario Porras (2º C)

Here you can see the selected authors for the contest of gender violence:(From left to right)

Estrella del Rocío (2ºC) Belén Navarro (2ºB) Mª del Rosario Porras (2ºC) Miguel Galán (2ºA) and Rafael García (2ºB)

And here you can see the two winners of the contest:

                                                                                                                    

Belén Navarro (Haiku category) and Mª del Rosario (Microrrelato category)

SPANISH SONGS AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE

   

                              

By Miriam Calleja. (3º A)

Reviewed by Sara Cledera.

In this article we wanted to collect six Spanish singers who sing against sexism, abuse and gender violence. We have cited the authors and their songs. Moreover, we briefly explain the content of these songs. If you have a relaxing day do not hesitate to listen to these Spanish songs that help many women to open their minds and reporting abuse.

Luz Casal: A bouquet of roses (Un ramo de rosas)

The last to do a song dedicated to victims of gender violence is Luz Casal. One issue that speaks of a woman "doomed to suffer the infinite silence." "A fairy tale without a happy ending," explained the singer in a tribute to the 54 víctimas of sexism held in Madrid on November 25, 2011

Amaral: Run away (Salir corriendo)

The group Mano Amaral was one of the first Spanish band to denounce this violation of human rights. The song Run away, reads: "No one can keep all the water from the sea / In a glass / How many drops you need to drop / To see the tide grow? / How many times has made you smile? / This no way to live / How many tears can save / In your crystal glass? "

Malú and Manu Carrasco:That no street your truth (Que nadie calle tu verdad)

Manu Carrasco, unlike Amaral, has written one of the last songs that deal with gender violence, Nobody. A heartbreaking song and who plays with his friend Malu. The chorus reads: "Let no street your truth / that no one drowns the heart / anyone do more than mourn / sinking in silence / that no one forces you to death / cutting your wings to fly / to return your will to live" .

Hueco y Hanna: No more tears (Se acabaron las lágrimas) 

In 2009 the singer from Extremadura presented his song No more tears. To do this, to give more weight to the clip, was surrounded by many familiar characters. Including journalists such us Iñaki Gabilondo or Angels Barceló, former Minister of Equal or Bibiana Aido. "It's time to start walking / No more tears / is time to start to break your cage and walk," says the letter.

Bebe: Bad Person (Malo). 

Malo, the song that launched her to success Bebe, addresses gender-based on violence: "Once again, no, please, I'm tired / And I can not with the heart / Again no, my love, please / no shout, the children are sleeping (...) ".

Andy y Lucas: And in your Window (Y en tu ventana)

The duo Andy and Lucas also has among its repertoire one of the most heartbreaking letters about this social problem that affects women of all classes and condition. The most beautiful piece of it (And in your window) reads: "What would I / By change fears for a star / Where no hits live alone / What would I / For stopping the clock at dawn / To  sleep quietly and alone. "

ACTIVITIES FOR THE DAY AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE NOVEMBER 25

By Nuria Lendínez. (3º A).
Reviewed by Sara Cledera. 

In this article I will explain what we did in our weeks of tutoring to celebrate the day against gender violence held on 25 November. 

Firstly, 1^st  of ESO watched the film Buddha Collapsed out of Shame: and  students had a reflection and did activities performed on the film. This is the argument of this interesting film: 

Under the statue of Buddha destroyed by the Taliban, thousands of families still live. Baktay, a six-year old Afghan girl, is goaded into going to school for the child of her neighbours, who reads the scripts in front of his cave. The initial problem is that  Baktay has not got any notebook and pen. For the book should find a living, such as pencil, decides to take the lipstick from her mother, causing some children, pretending to be Taliban, decide to stone her. 

The village children playing war with branches posing as rifles and comets represent fighter jets. In this game, the stones are real. When Baktay trap, there are three other girls locked in a cave. The reasons for retaining range from saying that a girl should not go to school or who have small eyes too pretty. Reflect the violent society in which they live their elders. 

                         

On the other hand, the courses of 2^nd, 3^rd  4^th  of ESO and 1^st and 2^nd PCPI went to the audiovisual room and watched five short films. These films were awarded nationally and were written by teenagers and staged by famous Spanish actors and actresses and also well known directors. All films reflected somehow, the idea of fighting against gender violence. To work more deeply in the short we did pre-viewing activities and then reflected on the activities of each short film:

These are images and short films names:

First prize: "Live or Die", Ángeles González Sinde. Guión: Lluc Puig Codina / IES Cardedeu Ses - Barcelona. 

Second prize: "Never too late to assert yourself", Grace Querejeta.Guión: Bianca Ancares Diaz / CEB Cerredo - Asturias. 

Third prize: "Unreason", Daniel Guzmán.Guión: Marta Blanco Fernandez / IES Carlos Casares de Viana do Bolo - Ourense. 

Fourth prize: "Without a second thought", Chus Gutiérrez. Guión: M ª Luisa Martínez Segarra, Sarai Hernandez Ferrer, Maria Dolores Olivares Vincent / IES Carrús of Elche - Alicante. 

Fifth prize: "Under the Hood", Martha and Jesus Belaustegui Ruiz.Guión: Ceballán Alvaro Gomez, Celia Berlinches Mata, Lydia Molina Cuesta / IES Gaspar Sanz de Meco - Madrid. 

Finally, each class prepared and wrote a “manifesto” commitment and read it on November 25 in order to fight against gender violence.