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Giovani e violenza: oltre la repressione.
Buone pratiche a confronto tra europa
e centro america
di Valentina Valfrè
A young person in Latin America of between 15 and 24 years of age is in more danger
to die assassinated that in any other place of the world. This result, described in the
report “Mapa de la violencia. Los jovenes de America Latina 2008” has been reach by an
investigation conducted by the Network of Información Latin American Tecnológica (RITLA)
after analyzing 83 countries, among them 16 Latin Americans. In Central America,where
already exists a history of civil wars and a political culture of violence, the situation has
gotten worse by the expulsion of the United States of members of youthful gangs called
maras. Studies of the correlates of crime have found that the distribution of wealth
in a society is actually more significant than raw poverty in predicting violence levels.
Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador are two of the most unequal regions in the world in
terms of income distribution. Women, children and youngsters are the most vulnerable to
this unfair society. The phenomenon of the youth violence are spreading also in Europe,
especially among young people coming from Latin America, looking for identity and missing
a real integration in the European society. State actors haven’t been quite successful in
formulating public policies to ensure opportunities for the young generation. Civil society,
both nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and community based organizations (CBOs),
are increasingly working with a multifaceted and multi-disciplinary approach to involve
youth in genuine processes of local development. The experiences collected in three
countries of Central America (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) and in two countries of
Europe (Italy, Spain) thanks to the project of Soleterre “Beyond repression”, financed by
the European Commission, demonstrate that youngster are first victims of violence and
public institutions could learn how to prevent juvenile violence getting new solutions
from the job this young people are doing in their countries.
secondo uno studio svolto dalla red de informacion tecnologica latinoamericana
pubblicato alla fine del 2008, che ha analizzato la situazione di 83 paesi del mondo nel
periodo 2002-2006, l’america latina è la regione del mondo più pericolosa per i giovani.
secondo questo studio, un giovane latinoamericano tra i 15 e i 24 anni ha 30 volte più possibilità
di morire ammazzato rispetto ad un giovane europeo e l’america latina è di gran
lunga il continente più pericoloso per i giovani. Qui, al contrario che nel resto del mondo,
l’omicidio è un fenomeno soprattutto giovanile. al primo posto nella classifica dei giovani
morti per omicidio c’è el salvador, che ne conta 92.3 ogni 100.000 abitanti. al quarto posto
c’è il Guatemala, con 55.4.
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