On 1st-3rd April 2015 was successfully held the 1st Training Seminar of Teachers and Psychologists entitled: “Building Healthy Intimate Relationships“. A total of 20 Teachers and Psychologists who work at the NGO “The Smile of the Child” and at the Shelter for Abused Women of the Municipality of Athens attended the seminar. The aim of the seminar was the: 

  • theoretical and experiential training of teachers on issues related to gender stereotypical attitudes, gender equality and gender-based violence in adolescents’ relationships 
  • capacity building and skills development for the implementation and evaluation of the adolescents’ awareness raising workshops in school or other settings 
  • development of skills related to identifying, handling and appropriate referring of cases of abuse of children and teens they may face.

The seminar took place in Athens in the Studio “YouSmile“ of the NGO “The Smile of the Child”. The trainees who attended the seminar will implement adolescents’ awareness raising workshops. The next seminar will be held in Athens at the beginning of the school year 2015-2016 for secondary education teachers from different areas of Greece. 

GEAR against IPV Χτίζοντας υγιείς σχέσεις ανάμεσα στα δύο φύλα students awareness raising prevention of intimate partner violence

The training seminars were conducted in the framework of the Project GEAR against IPV – II with the financial support of the DAPHNE III Programme of the European Union.

More information about the project and its activities are available on the project’s website www.gear-ipv.eu. 

European Anti-Violence Network (EAVN) was the Project’s Coordinator – the project had a duration of 2 years (2014 – 2016).    

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