- Culture and the arts, in any of their expressions, can be a vehicle of communication that allows girls, boys and adolescents to express themselves on the issues that involve them.
- The project "Urgent songs for my land", was born in rural schools in Argentina, giving prominence to childhoods, to influence environmental issues.
The initiative Weaving Childhood Networks for Latin America and the Caribbean, did the webinar How to promote the participation of girls and boys in creative processes for advocacy? in which the artistic-pedagogical project was presented "Urgent songs for my land" which involves the participation of students from a group of rural schools in the provinces of Córdoba and Santa Fe, Argentina, who express their reflections and proposals through songs inspired by environmental problems.
As part of a broader advocacy exercise, the songs, performed and recorded by the students, have had the collaboration of invited artists from Argentina and from different parts of the world with the aim of contributing to the construction of a new environmental awareness and provide new pedagogical tools of approach through art.
Ramiro Lezcano, rural music teacher and member of "Urgent songs for my land", recalled that art, in education, is a tool for social transformation and can be a vehicle to develop and strengthen awareness, such is the case of girls, boys and adolescents who contribute their ideas and collaborate to sing the songs of the project with artists of international stature such as Pablo Mianés, Miguel Cantillo and Javier Calamaro, among others.
Juan Martín Pérez García, Regional Coordinator Weaving Childhood Networks, stressed the importance of addressing, through creative processes, issues related to caring for the environment, since it is a matter of human rights; He referred to the particular case of the use of agrochemicals in the rural world, which undoubtedly affects the well-being of children and adolescents.
It was attended by María Rosa Cornara, Cultural Manager in Argentina, who said she was committed to promoting intergenerational dialogue, to use culture as an effective communication vehicle for children to point out their concerns about the environment.
From Mexico, Diana, an activist for the rights of girls, boys and young people, stressed that the protagonist participation of children allows them to develop personal skills and as citizens, participating for example in literature workshops, such as the one she directs.
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