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The project aims to increase the capacity of the public administration to effectively combat domestic violence (DV) and gender-based violence (GBV) in the context of the implementation of the Istanbul Convention and of other relevant standards of the CoE. Tools on prevention DV and GBV and protection of victims shall be further disseminated and their use by relevant stakeholders further increased. The project will enhance the capacity of the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic to design, implement and evaluate measures on prevention of DV and GBV. Aiming at strengthening the capacity of public sector and civil society to prevent and combat DV and GBV in the Czech Republic the project shall advance the quality of assistance offered by police to victims of all forms of violence covered by the Istanbul Convention and contribute to understanding among education professionals and police officials and students on the online sexist hate speech.
The project will, inter alia, include the following activities:
- Methodological support and trainings of staff at ministries, regional and municipal offices on GBV. A monitoring system of the implementation of the Istanbul Convention will be proposed,
- Prevention of sexual violence among youth through development of educational materials and educational activities and training of trainers,
- Enhancing the use of the movie “Angry Man” in the work with children as witnesses of DV and development of a webpage with educational materials,
- Mapping of laws and policies in the Czech Republic as regards on-line sexist hate speech and provide an analysis against Council of Europe standards,
- Capacity building of police at regional to local levels to combat DV/GBV, including emerging forms of violence through e.g. introduction of the Police Handbook and development of trainers and
- Bilateral cooperation through study visits with Alternative til Vold, including production of a unique handbook “Violence can be stopped”.