Alice Portugal (PCdoB-BA), rapporteur for the provisional measure| Photo: Pablo Valadares/Chamber of Deputies Source: Câmara de Notícias Agency

The Chamber of Deputies approved, on Tuesday night (7), Provisional Measure 1140/22, which institutes a program to prevent and combat sexual harassment in schools. The approved text replaces the rapporteur, deputy Alice Portugal (PCdoB-BA). The MP will be sent to the Senate.

According to the text of the deputy, the program will aim to prevent and face the practice of sexual harassment, against sexual dignity and all forms of sexual violence within the scope of these bodies and entities. These institutions will be responsible for training professionals, producing educational campaigns and creating actions and strategies aimed at preventing and confronting this type of crime. Training materials will be made available by the Executive Branch.

The proposal was only approved by the deputies, after an agreement with the evangelical bench that demanded restriction of the confrontation actions for students of the public teaching network in kindergarten and fundamental education. With the agreement, in these stages of basic education, the program will be restricted to the “continued training of education professionals”.

The rapporteur also agreed to remove the section that provided for the establishment of procedures to create an environment of welcome and protection for victims, facilitating their access to information about their rights and referral to the network of health, public safety, social assistance and of Justice.