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Special edition: CARING project
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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)

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





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


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
When teachers learn about pupils

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

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

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

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


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

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
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.

