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Description
The project targets two municipalities in Bulgaria where the minorities are overrepresented – Pernik and Kardzhali. The experience of the project promoter shows that these municipalities are problematic in terms of domestic and gender-based violence due to cultural, ethnic and economic reasons. The goals set out in this project are a continuation and upgrade of the core activities of the project promoter – prevention, rehabilitation programs and advocacy campaigns to protect the rights of people affected by violence.
The project aims to build and establish an effective support program at local level for adults, adolescents and children, and their families who have experienced violence.
The planned measures focus on vulnerable women and children from the Roma community so as to increase their access to the provided support.
- assessment of training needs, development of curricula, training for specialists in prevention and combating domestic violence;
- development and implementation of the specialized services including provision of mobile support on the spot and a phone line set up for the purpose 9hot-line);
- carrying out campaigns to raise awareness and sensitivity about domestic violence and gender-based violence;
- exchange of experience and good practices with a partner from Norway.
The ambition of the project is to tangibly contribute to elimination of the forms of violence in human relations through the provided support to people who have experienced violence and the increased sensitivity of society to the problem.
Summary of project results
The main objective of the project was to support the development and implementation of effective integrated approaches aimed at improving the status and opportunities of Roma women and girls victims of domestic violence.
The activities of the project contributed to increasing access and quality of specialized services, with a special focus on vulnerable women and children from the Roma community.
A mobile service for victims of domestic violence has been set up in the territory of the Municipality of Kardzhali.
A hotline has been set up in Pernik, to support victims of domestic and gender-based violence.
Information campaigns have been organized on the territory of Pernik Municipality and Kardzhali Municipality.
Experts – psychologists, social workers, experts working on the ground – are engaged in Kardzhali and Pernik to support victims of violence.
Over 200 victims received counseling and support in the Pernik and Kardzhali regions.
Mobile teams of professionals are available to access vulnerable groups and persons in need.
Monthly training and supervision sessions are held for the Trust Club team in Kardzhali.
90 professionals participated in a national seminar and regional training sessions, strengthening their ability to support victims.
Approximately 400 people participated in awareness-raising campaigns on domestic and gender-based violence.
Summary of bilateral results
The partnership Intermezzo Ungdomsorganisasjon directly contributed to quality of the results under the project, in particular research quality, service development, and institutional capacity building.