Video Blog 1: How Is Violence Expressed?

In this Spanish discussion video, young women and men from Ciudad Bolívar, a neighbourhood in Bogota, Colombia, join video host Diana Ángel who reminds the group that violence exists in more forms than just physical violence. They speak about day-to-day occurrences where gender violence, domestic violence, and verbal and psychological violence are present. Diana asks: What do you understand to be violence? How is violence expressed? What types of violence are you familiar with? Is violence only about hitting? What words hurt you the most, and how do you stand up to words? Have you seen this happen to someone you are close to? Do they repeat the violence to defend themselves? Would you? Have you ever been a victim of gossip? How does gossip work at your school? Do you think gossip is a form of violence? Have you been a victim of gossip?

This segment is connected with the 7th episode of Revelados: desde todas las positions (Revealed: Seen from Every Angle), and it discusses different ways to resolve conflicts. The objective is to promote informed decision making by adolescents and young people in their emotional and sexual relationships and to question gender-based violence.