General information
Code: EU-CERV-TRACeD
Period: 1.3.2022 - 29.2.2024
Project leader at FDV: Urška Valentič
External project leader: Centre for European Constitutional Law - Themistokles and Dimitris Tsatsos Foundation, Athens, Greece
Co-financiers: European Commission-EU
Abstract
TRACeD aims to tackle online gender-based violence against girls and young women. Technological advances have changed and expanded the ways in which sexual violence is perpetrated. Online violence against women and girls (VAWG), like all forms of violence, is an obstacle to the full realisation of gender equality. The specific needs in this area are detailed in a number of European Commission reports and include: 1) the need for tailored and practical training for teachers, parents, children and students on how to keep the internet safe; 2) the need for a coordinated, multidisciplinary response to the needs of victims of online violence; and 3) the need for a support and early prevention mechanism.
The TRACeD project addresses these very needs through an interdisciplinary approach, aiming to develop a tailored, cross-sectoral, multi-agency and participatory methodology, and then to pilot it in the participating countries, Greece, Italy, Slovenia and Cyprus.
The phases of the project and their realization
Project TRACeD includes:
(a) conducting an evidence-based training needs assessment for teachers, parents, practitioners, girls and students;
(b) the provision of high quality interdisciplinary training for 400 teachers, 400 parents, 480 girls and 480 students on Internet safety, human rights, sex education, privacy and data protection;
(c) setting up a network of contact points in schools to collect and record cases of online violence against girls;
(d) the development, testing and management of the TRACeD platform, conceived as an interactive and multifunctional online platform - at the same time an educational tool for students, teachers and parents and a support mechanism for victims, supported by a multidisciplinary team of online counsellors- the multidisciplinary team of experts who provide support and guidance through the Help Chat.
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