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In a statement signed by the rector of the higher education institution, the University of O’Higgins reported that a complaint was filed with the local prosecutor’s office in Rancagua to investigate the serious events exposed in the Instagram post, “and to ensure that there is no impunity in situations of this nature. This complaint is in addition to an ex officio investigation opened by the Prosecutor’s Office to investigate this event.”

In the same statement, the UOH states that “The professionals of the Security team and the Directorate of Technologies of the UOH carried out an exhaustive review of the recordings of the security cameras, in the place and time period indicated in the anonymous publication. The period considered was from Monday, August 12 (date of return to classes) to Thursday, September 5. According to the minutes delivered from the expert reports, it is reported that no suspicious images were found or that consider any of the elements described in the post. The University will expand the range of dates and search locations, reviewing security cameras in other sectors, until finding information that allows getting to the bottom of this situation.”

Likewise, it was stated that on Thursday “the Rector Fernanda Kri Amar, together with the Director of Gender Equality and Diversity, Gabriela Rodríguez, received representatives of the Federation of Students (FEUOH) in the Rector’s office. In the meeting, which lasted almost 2 hours, it was agreed to convene a tripartite meeting at the end of the month to address security issues. Also yesterday, the Academic Vice-Rector’s Office requested the support of all teaching and academic staff so that during classes the protocols and channels for reception and reporting that the UOH has would be reinforced, remembering that, if there is further information on the anonymous publication, it could be delivered, with the utmost confidentiality, to the Directorate of Gender Equality and Diversity.”

In passing, it is added that “The University of O’Higgins provided the background information of this case to the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Women and Gender Equality. The information was also made transparent to all media outlets and efforts are being made so that the administrators of the Instagram account that published the post can provide the data they handle.”

Finally, the UOH points out that “We will remain very attentive to any information that arises, and/or the receipt of any complaint that allows us to move forward in clarifying this case, which has not only impacted our university community but also regional and national public opinion,” and that “We reiterate that, in the face of situations or concerns of this type, you can contact the UOH Gender Equity and Diversity Directorate, which provides confidential assistance from Monday to Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. in office 501 (5th floor of building A), or online at direccion.genero@uoh.cl.”

Agrosuper and Fundación Fútbol Más will hold a seminar on school coexistence, “The role of sport in educational communities”, an activity aimed at professionals and students in the educational, social and sports areas, which will take place this Tuesday, September 3 at 2:30 p.m. in the Auditorium of the University of O’Higgins.

The panel of speakers will be made up of regional authorities, academics and a former professional athlete, who will make their experiences and knowledge available to attendees with special emphasis on the importance of sport as a tool for social transformation.

In this context, the global executive director of Fundación Fútbol Más, Guillermo Rolando, emphasized the importance of having a space of this type. “What we want to put on the table is the power that sport has to provide tools for school coexistence in a context where we are facing difficulties. What we seek most is that the life tools that we make available to boys and girls are taken home by them,” he said.

The first authority to speak will be the regional secretary of Education for the O’Higgins region, Alyson Hadad, and her focus will be on the bill on Educational Coexistence “Good Treatment and Protected Spaces”. Meanwhile, the second block will be led by the regional secretary of Sports, Macarena Chandía, who will present the bill on Wellbeing and School Sports.

From the academic field, the person in charge of Community Relations at the University of O’Higgins, Paulina Rasso, will speak about the prevention of violence through sport, while, in the case of the Andrés Bello University, the former tennis player and director of the Institute of Sport and Wellbeing of this institution, Jaime Fillol, in the company of the academic director of the same institution, Paula Ortiz, will speak about the beauty of sport in human relations.

“Sport is more than a tool, it is really a social fact that helps us to come together, so we have to take a good look at it. That is what we are going to try to communicate during the seminar, since we already have a working agreement with the Fútbol Más Foundation that interests us a lot because of its purpose and objectives,” said the former professional tennis player.

This seminar is part of the Escuelas program, which Fundación Fútbol Más has been implementing in partnership with Agrosuper since 2020 in the O’Higgins Region, where, through sport and games, the aim is to promote healthy school coexistence among students and teachers.

Within this context, the Head of Community Relations at Agrosuper, María Inés Herrera, highlighted the achievements obtained by the initiative carried out in conjunction with the foundation. “Within our pillars of community relations, we have placed special focus on the education of children and young people. In this regard, we are very happy to be here working with Fundación Fútbol Más, which represents great values ​​in this area, opening up space for us to contribute as a company to the school climate,” she said.

Agrosuper and Fundación Fútbol Más have had a 10-year partnership that aims to promote healthy school coexistence and enhance the socio-emotional development of children and young people through games and sports. Since 2014, it has benefited 1,366 students from schools in the communities of Rancagua, Mostazal, Codegua, San Vicente and Rengo, in the O’Higgins region.