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Description
The project targets the need of an effective integrated approach for improving the status and opportunities of victims of domestic and gender-based violence in the South-Central region, with a special focus on the vulnerable women and children from the Roma community.
The project plans to develop and pilot a service related to the domestic and gender-based violence, to establish a supporting center called "You are not alone" and to provide counseling information. The project aims to train and build capacity of support specialists from the South-Central region to prevent and combat domestic violence. The support service and the training will be based on studies and analyses in ten municipalities in the South-Central region.
The operation of the pilot center in the Municipality of Strelcha by providing advice, counseling and support to victims of violence in Roma communities, will not only help reduce the incidence of violence, but will also contribute to higher public awareness in general and increased attention by the Roma community itself.
The Norwegian partner Supras AS will share good practices from Norway in the protection of women and children who have experienced domestic violence and gender-based violence, with a focus on Roma society, applicable for Bulgaria. All good practices will be taken into account in the training programs and will be presented to the participants in the trainings, and the prepared manual will be publicly available to all stakeholders.
Summary of project results
The overall objective of project Capacity building and awareness on domestic and gender-based violence in the South Central Region was to increase the capacity of Bulgarian local authorities in the field of domestic and gender-based violence. The project supports the development and implementation of an effective integrated approach aimed at improving the status and opportunities of victims of domestic and gender-based violence.
The specific objective of the project is to develop a pilot service in relation to domestic and gender-based violence and to establish a support, counselling and information centre "You are not alone" at local level in the municipality of Strelcha.
Studies and analyses have been carried out in 10 municipalities of the South Central region.
A handbook on "Good practices in the protection of women and children survivors of domestic and gender-based violence, with a focus on Roma society" was developed.
Trainings were held for specialists in the field of domestic violence.
A pilot centre "You are not alone" has been established.
Training programmes have been established to train support professionals to prevent and combat domestic and gender-based violence among vulnerable groups – women and children, with a focus on the Roma community.
A pilot centre "You are not alone" is a local service for working with women and children who have experienced domestic and gender-based violence, including from the Roma community in Strelcha Municipality. The Centre also provides an opportunity for anonymous counselling of victims and for sharing stories to raise awareness and sensitise on the issue of domestic and gender-based violence.
Summary of bilateral results
The Norwegian project partner Supras AS shared good practices on combating domestic violence from Norway, which were discussed during the training including on how they could be adapted and/or applied in Bulgaria.