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The level of gender-based and intimate partner violence is very high in Estonia and actions to prevent and eliminate violence have not been sufficient. An important reason for poor results is strongly rooted gender stereotypes that suggest that the victim is also guilty of the violence that took place. Such stereotypes make victims distrustful of law enforcement officers and prevent them from reporting violence. The aim of the project is to contribute to the development of more efficient law enforcement system to prevent gender-based and interpersonal violence. The basis of the efficient law enforcement system is the cooperation and trust between the victims and law enforcement specialists that is free of gender stereotypes. Direct objective of the project is to increase the know-how and expertise of law enforcement specialists in solving the cases of gender-based and intimate partner violence; to increase the capacity of law enforcement specialists to intervene as early as possible in serious cases of gender-based and intimate partner violence to prevent serious and fatal cases and decrease repeated acts of violence; to work out legislative proposals for improving and making the legal regulation of gender-based and intimate partner violence more effective. The existing curricula of law enforcement specialists will be analysed and recommendations made on how to improve them.
The project partner University of Tartu Faculty of Law will analyse the practice of courts in solving cases of gender-based and intimate partner violence and develop a set of recommendations for legislative changes, Tallinn Crisis Shelter for Women will interview victims of gender-based and intimate partner violence, the Icelandic Women''s Rights Association will participate in training the trainers of law enforcement specialists.