The Barça Foundation presents its child protection system

The Auditors 1899 hosted this Thursday the presentation of the new child protection system of the FC Barcelona driven by his Foundationfocused on preventing any type of violence towards the nearly 200,000 boys and girls of La Masia, the Barça Academy and the amateur deportees y Software club foundation.

Numerous well-known faces from the different sports sections of the club gathered to support a cause that everyone is very sensitive to, that of protecting children. Jose Mari Bakero, José Ramón Alexanko, Juan Carlos Navarro, Carlos Naval, Audie Norris, Roger Grimau, Ari Santos, Andrei Xepkin, Edu Castro, as well as the youth football coaches Albert Capellas, Marc Serra or Sergi Milà they did not miss the act presided over by the president Joan Laporta and accompanied by the director of the Foundation, Dr. Marta Segú. Xavier BudóDirector of Professional Sports and Markel Zubizarreta, general manager of women’s football were other club representatives present. The Generalitat was represented by Anna CaulaSecretary General of Sport.

Joan Laporta assured that “talking about topics such as physical or verbal aggression, ‘bullying’, negligence or especially sexual abuse have always been taboo topics in our society, but the FC Barcelona As a responsible entity with the society in which it lives, it wants to improve the prevention of any type of violence against children and young people who participate in any activity of the club and the Foundation and go further, because it is an issue that concerns us and of which we also want to be leaders”. The president added that “the club has always protected its children, following current regulations or going further at certain times where it has been a pioneer , as is the case with the start-up of La Masia and we will also be doing so now with this pioneering protection system in our country”.

Dr. Marta Segúfor his part, said that “this protection system has as its main objective to guarantee the comprehensive well-being of all these children and adolescents who are part of the club and the different projects of the Foundation”. Finally, he pointed out that “one of highlights is to ensure that all spaces are safe and protective environments based on a focus on children’s rights and the best interests of each child and adolescent Our goal has been to achieve the highest international standards in terms of child protection the childhood”.

Anna Caula He said that “it has a lot of merit that an entity like the Barça that has all the ingredients to be conformist is not satisfied with it and goes further to return to society and use sport as a tool for transformation”. He also highlighted that “seeing girls proudly wearing the player’s jersey of the Barça It is an example that we have changed the imaginary”.

The representative of the ONU Regarding violence against children, Dr. Najat Maalla My ice cream, in a video said that “I celebrate this Barça initiative and I hope it is the beginning for many other institutions to join. The pioneering work of Barça It not only benefits the children who play in the Barça shirt, but also inspires the other teams in the world”.

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