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Institutional development · Sustainability and civic impact · Colombia

Colombia's national university and Bogotá update family-violence strategy, 500-plus families involved

Universidad Nacional de Colombia and Bogotá's District Secretariat for Social Integration have updated a violence-prevention strategy with new teaching tools and risk guidance; the initiative included accompaniment of more than 500 families.

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Why it matters: Universidad Nacional de Colombia and Bogotá's District Secretariat for Social Integration jointly updated the strategy, in an initiative that included more than 500 Bogotá families.

Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL) and Bogotá's District Secretariat for Social Integration (Secretaría Distrital de Integración Social) updated a strategy for preventing violence, the university's news agency reported.

According to the university, the strategy includes new teaching tools, guidance for recognising situations of risk and actions to improve coexistence within families.

The university said the initiative also included accompaniment of more than 500 families in Bogotá.

Editor’s view

Abigail Taylor, Leadership and Governance Editor

The update is a joint piece of work by UNAL and Bogotá's District Secretariat for Social Integration, which the university reports adds teaching tools, risk-recognition guidance and family-coexistence actions to the strategy, alongside accompaniment of more than 500 families in the city.

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