Violence in Peru: how to promote a culture of peace?

Peru is going through difficult times; the media give us scope of the painful social situation in which we live. This is where the trite phrase, which describes the human as “The only predator capable of harming his own species”, might apply. The damage caused by this predator can...

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Autor: Huamán Chura, Katthia
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Perú
Recursos:Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistas.unife.edu.pe:article/2241
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.unife.edu.pe/index.php/consensus/article/view/2241
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Violencia, cultura de paz, educación para la paz, Perú
Violence, culture of peace, education for peace, Peru
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Resumo:Peru is going through difficult times; the media give us scope of the painful social situation in which we live. This is where the trite phrase, which describes the human as “The only predator capable of harming his own species”, might apply. The damage caused by this predator can be verbal, psychological, physical and sexual; it can even take the life of others. The ghost of violence is everywhere, in homes, study centers, neighborhoods and in the whole country. The figure is alarming, each year, according to the World Health Organization, 1.4 million people die as a result of violence (WHO, 2014b), not to mention the extent of victims who are affected in other ways,in the short, medium and long term. The present article reviews the most relevant edges of thissocial phenomenon and presents a brief collection of proposals to face it from a Culture of Peaceapproach.