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The necessity of this project lies in the problem of gender-based violence (GBV) in the form of bullying or aggressive treatment that young people face in schools, families or communities, 73% of children claimed that they witnessed a bullying situation in their school (Save the children, 2016), while according to CJRAE Bacau, in 2019, 1082 students that received counseling were involved in situations of violence, either as victims or abusers. The project aims to reduce gender-based violence and violence among young people from poor areas (rural or small urban) by raising awareness and increasing their ability to identify, report and stand up against GBV. It will contribute to the empowerment of potential victims, developing young people''s individual skills and understanding of human rights and equal treatment. Gender-based violence causes long-term consequences such as lower self-esteem, anxiety, depression, acceptance and/or repetition of violent behavior in their future families. The project aims to achieve: 1 policy paper on recommendations and proposals regarding gender-based violence that will be sent to the Ministry of Education; training sessions addressed to high school youth to make them aware of what GBV entails; board-game development and awareness platforms to make interaction with students more effective; development of a manual addressed to teachers and trainers that is related to the subject addressed; opinion poll on the perception of gender-based violence. 400 young people, 20 teachers and minimum 5 NGOs from Bacau and Ilfov counties will benefit from project activities that consist in workshops, training of trainers, development of tools and advocacy for prevention of GBV.
The Partner from Norway will carry out a needs analysis and will develop and held a training of trainers’ session on GBV area/intervention tools. The Romanian partner will help in developing a VBG monitoring report and carry out activities with young people together with SECS.