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This article presents results from the OECD’s Survey on Social and Emotional Skills (SSES) 2023. SSES is the largest international effort to collect data on these skills among 10- and 15-year-old students. The results show that students’ social and emotional skills – or 21st century skills – are linked to better life outcomes, including academic success, greater life satisfaction, healthier behaviours, less test and class anxiety, and more ambitious career plans. The Survey also finds that these skills are inequitably distributed among students by age, gender, and socio-economic background.

Adolescent girls face alarming rates of intimate partner violence. Among adolescent girls who have been in a relationship, nearly a quarter (24%) – close to 19 million – will have experienced physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence by the time they turn 20 years old, as highlighted by a new analysis from the World Health Organization (WHO) published today in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health. Almost 1 in 6 (16%) experienced such violence in the past year.

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) launched this toolkit, developed in collaboration with multiple countries, experts and the support of the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation. The kit, available in English and Spanish, includes key messages for health policymakers and managers interested in strengthening health administrative data on violence. Countries will be able to draw on a regional template for capturing data on intimate partner violence/sexual violence and care given to survivors, equipping health workers with practical tools to enhance the quality and consistency of the health system response.

El documento investiga patrones de violencia armada, precursores asociados y su impacto en la seguridad ciudadana en el Perú. El autor apeló principalmente a reportes actuales de agencias internacionales y a entrevistas de campo con actores relevantes. El documento expone los índices de criminalidad y violencia más significativos tanto a nivel nacional como en Lima Metropolitana, enfocándose especialmente en los distritos de La Victoria, Rímac y San Juan de Lurigancho, donde el Departamento de Seguridad Pública de la OEA, en el marco del programa PACAM, implementó el programa OASIS: música para la prevención y el fortalecimiento comunitario, en colaboración con Sinfonía por el Perú, entre 2023 y 2025, con financiación de la Unión Europea.

Documento desarrollado en el marco del Programa OASIS-PACAM y aprobado en la Segunda Reunión Preparatoria celebrada el 13 de mayo de 2024 del Comité Consultivo de la Convención Interamericana contra la Fabricación y el Tráfico Ilícitos de Armas de Fuego, Municiones, Explosivos, y otros Materiales Relacionados (CIFTA).