Active Preventers and Active Bystanders: Preventing Gender Based Violence in youth’s life
Enterpreneurship and Social Economy Group ·Greece
About this project
<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">The Project aims to strengthen the role of the community in the prevention of gender-based violence (GBV) among adolescents and young adults (15-26 years old) that takes place at school and at the University, by combating the passive and silent complacency on the part of witnesses of GBV incidents. To achieve this goal, educational material will be developed and educational activities will be provided to the Project’s special target groups (education professionals, youth workers, social workers, parents and peer-groups), tailored to the learning needs of each group after relevant needs assessment. These activities will equip a number beneficiaries with the knowledge and skills they need to act i. as "Active Preventers", who are able to intervene at an early stage and offer youth at risk of becoming GBV offenders with the psychological & social support they need or direct them to the appropriate structures, and ii. as "Active Bystanders", who are able to discourage, prevent or intervene in cases of gender-based violence in a safe and effective manner. </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif">In addition, during the Project an awareness raising campaign will be carried out, consisting of a series of actions, i.e.the collection of experiences/testimonies of young people, the announcement of a panhellenic photo-contest open </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif">to youth and the participatory design, organization and implementation of local actions in Athens and Kavala by youth groups of the local community, under the guidance of the Partners. Upon the project’s completion, it is expected that many Greek citizens will have become aware and familiar with the community-driven GBV prevention approaches, which are promoted by the Project. The Consortium consists of the Athens-based NGO “Entrepreneurship and Social Economy Group – EKO”, which is the Project Promoter, and 3 Partners: the Department of Social Work of University of West Attica (Athens), the Association "PNOI" (Kavala) and the non-profit organization "Terram Pacis"(</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif">Oslo, Norway).</span></span></p>
Bilateral cooperation results
The CSO from Norway Terram Pacis, for the most part, played a crusial advisory role in the project, through its ongoing and multidimensional expertise on operational modalities education on the issue of gender equality. Thus, their contribution to the project implementation and success was of vital significance.
Project partners
- Terram Pacis Donor project partner· Norway
- Association PNOI for the child and the family Project partner· Greece
- Department of Social Work of University of West Attica Project partner· Greece