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Description
The project focuses on supporting the prevention of domestic and gender-based violence. It targets a huge problem. Domestic violence transmits between generations within families. It draws an attention to the overlooked fact, but also has the ambition to stop the transmission based on knowledge (data). The transmission of violence is recorded in four-fifths of cases, which is alarming. Social work has little opportunity to prevent transmission.
The project aims to prevent transmission to future generations and strengthen the overall resilience of families to the transmission of violence across generations. This will solve many problems that children, parents, and grandparents face. It will benefit generations affected by the violence, as well as reduce the load on social services. It prevents transmission over time and reduces financial and other costs.
The project consists of two logical and interconnected parts. The first creates knowledge about intergenerational transmission and then intends to interrupt it. The key activity is sociological research carried out among families. It describes the course of intergenerational transmission of violence and names its causes.
The research will provide the basis for the campaign. Czech research organization was invited to guarantee the quality of the research/results. Other activities are campaigns, workshops, and courses. It focuses on the transmission of violence caused by the adoption of patterns, the social pressure and the strong stereotypes traded in families. Therefore, awareness-raising activities will focus on combating them. It will disrupt the transmission of violence in different types of families and strengthen their resilience overall. By targeting the causes, project will be efficient. The awareness campaign will be provided by a selected agency with the ability to target certain types of audiences. The impacts of awareness-raising activities will be verified.
Summary of project results
Project described the transmission of violence between generations. The outputs of the project are shared by 16 centers for victims of domestic violence. Project promoter influenced the social practice in the Czech Republic. On the website www.kolotocnasili.cz with an interactive map, the client can find a contact for help. Project promoter reached out to parents in the Czech Republic with the campaign. Experts have an accredited course at their disposal. The book is in libraries.
1) Strengthening the capacity of the system: 897 - center users whose family history showed the burden of transmission of violence within the family. During the course of the project, centers also started to provide support to minors, from the age of six.
2) Support for the prevention of domestic violence a) Project promoter realized a campaign called Stop the carousel of violence and the slogan of the campaign aimed at parents “Children learn from you. Stop the cycle of violence”. www.kolotocnasili.cz. b) 20,400 people were affected by the campaign: the spots had an impact on parents and invited them to visit the Carousel of Violence website with case reports and an interactive map with help points. The website recorded 20,400 clicks, the campaign 9 million exposures of spots.
3) Campaign on a socially important topic.
Research on the topic of the transmission of violence carried out in the Czech Republic for the first time. 3 accredited courses to experts, and a website with an interactive map of help points to clients. 1 press conference and 1 nationwide conference took place. Project promoter published 1 book and 1 research report, 1 research monograph and realized 5 workshops with experts. The campaign visuals had 9 million impressions (3.5 million plan) and 20,400 social media clicks (3,000 plan).