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 special edition newsletter about the ’Challenging social and gender norms to reduce violence against children in school – CARING project.

The project’s overall ambition is to decrease gender-based violence (GBV) in the 32 participating schools in Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Greece by equipping around 1200 facilitators, ​​​school staff and management, parents, as well as youth with increased awareness of harmful social and gender norms and behaviors, knowledge on how to challenge them and promoting positive ones.

This newsletter brings you news on project activities and some relevant resources.

News on the project

Trainings for School Staff Held in All Schools (Croatia)

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In all 8 schools involved in the CARING project in Croatia, successful training sessions on gender-based violence were conducted for school staff. The trainings were conducted by trained facilitators for their school colleagues based on the Curricula

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Training of Bulgarian Teachers on the topic of: How to Empower Teachers and Students to Change Harmful Social Norms that Lead to Violence

Training of the Bulgarian teachers. CARING project.
Training of the Bulgarian teachers. CARING project.
Training of the Bulgarian teachers. CARING project.
Training of the Bulgarian teachers. CARING project.
Training of the Bulgarian teachers. CARING project.

15 Dec 2023

Imagine what a child-friendly school would look like. Go on a challenging expedition with the “backpack of rights” on your back. Create a “circle of trust” among students. These were some of the tasks set to participants in a three-day training on

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Training of Trainers in Athens: Empowering Educators to Break the Silence

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11 Dec 2023

In a resounding commitment to tackle violence against children in schools, Terre des hommes Hellas recently conducted a Training of Trainers (ToT) event in Athens, Greece. Held from December 1 to 3, 2023, the training focused on challenging deeply

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When teachers learn about pupils

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01 Dec 2023

Change always starts with a team, with a group of people determined to stand up to violence. Thus, the Terre des hommes Foundation recently invited 16 teachers from 5 counties in Romania to a training session for facilitators on violence in schools

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The Training of Trainers (ToT) was held in Croatia (CARING project)

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24 Nov 2023

From November 21st to November 23rd, 2023, a three-day Training of Trainers (ToT) was held in Croatia. Brave Phone organized the ToT as part of a project co-funded by the European Union CARING: Challenging social and gender norms to reduce violence

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Resources to explore

Curricula on gender-based violence prevention by addressing norms – Webinar

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07 Nov 2023

Curricula on gender-based violence prevention by addressing the existing social and gender norms The objective of the webinar is to present the Curricula developed by readjusting the piloted methodologies of Terre des hommes (the YouCreate

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Curricula on gender-based violence prevention by addressing the existing social and gender norms

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31 Oct 2023

This Curricula is developed by the team of Association” Zona Family’’ Bulgaria: Diana Ruseva and Natalia Hristova-Mihaylova, PhD as a part of the project entitled “CARING – Challenging social and gender norms to reduce violence against children in

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Rapid assessment on school-related gender-based violence: Methodological Guide and Regional Report

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31 Oct 2023

School related gender-based violence (SRGBV) is considered as a complex, multifaceted social problem that is evoked by widely held gender norms, behaviours and perspectives result from unequal power dynamics. It can be defined as “acts or threats of

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ChildHub-REVIS project research -basis of new scientific journal article

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16 Sep 2023

Kathleen Manion, Laura Wright, Vanessa Currie and Laura Lee are the authors of a new journal article “Creative and participatory methods for bolstering violence prevention in schools in South East Europe through shifting social and gender norms”. The

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The CARING project is co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Commission. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. 

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