More and more, social media is being filled with heartbreaking cases of school bullying that have ended the lives of children and adolescents. Statistics also show a high rate of violence in schools and its increase from year to year. Concern about school violence and its consequences is now filling the media and social networks.
The Me Too Schools movement is an international movement that was born in November 2024, when for the first time I broke the silence about the sexual harassment I suffered from the age of 11 in a school environment. Since then, the movement has brought together adult women who experienced sexual harassment as minors in school settings, with the goal of ensuring that no girl ever goes through it again. To achieve this, it seeks to break the silence by sharing experiences, identify the actions that helped survivors free themselves from harassment, disseminate research with scientific evidence on measures that have proven effective, and promote the use of that evidence—rather than misinformation—in the media, social networks, and policymaking.
Although it recognizes other organizations that combat child abuse, Me Too Schools focuses specifically on adult survivors of sexual harassment in school contexts, both in-person and online.
One of the things we members of Me Too Schools have discussed the most is the harm caused by training programs based on hoaxes that were implemented in our schools. However, we now spread and implement solutions based on scientific evidence with social impact—those that are often hidden in training sessions and discredited in some media and social networks by sensationalist journalists. One example of this is the Zero Violence Brave Club, thanks to which thousands of girls today attend safe, violence-free schools instead of the jungles full of harassment that many of us once faced.
Co-founder and coordinator of the International Me Too Schools
Adjunct Professor of Sociology at the Universidad de Barcelona
Clarinetist graduated from the Conservatory of Music of Aragón.