Capacity Building Youth “It Has to be Love”

Capacity Building Project on Gender-Based Violence Prevention

Project Title: Decreased Gender Inequality-Based Violence, Especially Sexual Harassment

Project Reference: 619192-EPP-1-2020-1-ME-EPPKA2-CBY-WB

EU Grant: 132,330.09 EUR

Programme: Erasmus+

Key Action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Action Type: Capacity Building for youth in neighbouring and enlargement countries

Project Duration: 01-12-2020 to 30-11-2022

Project Partners:

• EESTI PEOPLE TO PEOPLE (Estonia)
• JAVNI ZAVOD MLADI ZMAJI-CENTER ZA KAKOVOSTNO PREZIVLJANJE PROSTEGA (Slovenia)
• MV INTERNATIONAL (Italy)
• ASSOCIATION FOR VOLUNTEERISM VOLONTERSKI CENTAR SKOPJE (North Macedonia)
• ASSOCIATA EURODEMOS (Romania)
• UDRUZENJE CRVENA LINIJA (Serbia)
• UDRUZENJE PRONI CENTAR ZA OMLADINSKI RAZVOJ (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• QENDRAT YOUTH FOR SOCIAL CHANGES (Albania)
• KINONIKI SINETAIRISTIKI EPICHERISIELLINIKI SYMMETOCHI NEON (Greece)

Target Groups:

• At least 100 youth workers
• 525 peer educators
• Campaign reached up to 1,500,000 young people across Europe

Project Objectives:

1. Reduced gender-based violence, especially sexual harassment, by building capacities of 10 partner organizations to implement prevention programs and campaigns at European, national, and local levels, both online and offline.

Project Activities:

Mobility Activities:

1. Seminar on sexual and gender-based violence among youth

   • Focused on understanding and addressing issues related to sexual and gender-based violence, preparing participants to implement prevention programs.

2. Two trainings:

   • Fought against and prevented sexual cyber-bullying and sexting, including art therapy: Equipped participants with skills to combat online forms of sexual harassment through creative approaches.
   • How to ran a campaign against gender-based violence and cyber-bullying: Trained on effective campaign strategies, incorporating digital and offline methods.

3. Created texts and videos for webinars: During mobilities, participants developed content for educational webinars aimed at spreading awareness and prevention strategies.

4. Job shadowing: Partners from Italy, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina hosted volunteers from all partner organizations. This activity aimed to exchange knowledge, best practices, and practical skills in implementing gender-based violence prevention initiatives.

Overall Impact: The project aimed to empower youth workers and educators with the necessary tools and knowledge to effectively combat gender-based violence, particularly sexual harassment, across Europe. By training a large number of youth workers and reaching out to a significant number of young people through campaigns, the project sought to create a lasting impact on social attitudes and behaviors towards gender equality and safety.