New magazine seeks to strengthen bonds between generations and disseminate knowledge about aging.
The Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship (MDHC) and the Mauricio de Sousa Institute have just signed a partnership that will enable the production of a magazine with characters from Monica’s Gang with the aim of raising awareness among children and adolescents about aging, inclusion and solidarity.
The objective of cooperation is to bring together two different generations in the fight against prejudice: young people aged 6 to 15, who have the Child and Adolescent Statute as a guide to guarantee their rights; and people aged 60 or over, who rely on the Elderly Persons Statute to preserve their dignities.
Characters that have been part of the Brazilian imagination for over 60 years, Mnica and her gang will be the medium for this dialogue. After addressing other human rights issues such as the ECA itself and issues related to youth, for the first time intergenerationality will be addressed directly by the Institute.
Aimed at elementary school audiences, the publication, scheduled for release in the first half of this year, seeks to disseminate knowledge about the aging process and encourage a culture of respect, strengthening family bonds, solidarity and intergenerational appreciation.
Production
The creation of the magazine will be based on exchanges of information between the creator and designer Mauricio de Sousa and the National Secretariat for the Rights of the Elderly (SNDPI), of the MDHC. The Elderly Persons Statute establishes the inclusion of content focused on the aging process, respect and appreciation of the elderly in the curricula of different levels of formal education, in order to eliminate prejudice and produce content on the subject.
For the national secretary for the Rights of the Elderly, Alexandre da Silva, the initiative will expand MDHC’s actions to the public made up of children, teachers, parents and guardians, using playful material.
It is important to highlight that at the time of this agreement we have a character who is portrayed as a child in most editions, but who is already an elderly person, who has already been portrayed as a teenager and who, possibly, will be portrayed from the perspective of the older person or bringing reflections of old age, emphasized the manager.
Meeting of generations
Mauricio de Sousa, creator of Turma da Mnica and president of the Institute that bears his name, comments on the importance of promoting respect for people of all ages. He highlights the importance of partnership to address the issue of intergenerationality.
Through comic books, with easy-to-understand language, it is possible to disseminate positive messages about coexistence between generations.
Furthermore, Mauricio, who has already expressed his desire to address the issue of elderly people with more emphasis, highlighted the fact that the characters in Turma da Mônica, who were created in 1959, currently speak to five generations. According to studies, the current generation will be the one that will interact with different generations and spend more time with their grandparents.
Fathers, mothers, uncles and aunts, grandfathers and grandmothers have been increasingly part of the stories of Turma da Mônica. It is important to show children and young people that elderly people need to have their rights respected and that everyone benefits from this closer coexistence, said the creator.
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