CHILDREN FIRST - Improving Local Services for a more effective and Child – Centred Approach to Witnessed Violence

START: 01.01.2020
END: 31.12.2022

Partners:

• Horizon Serivce, Italy – leading partner
• Ares 2.0, Italy
• Center for Sustainable Communities Development, Bulgaria
• Dinamika Centre Association, Bulgaria
• Women's Center Of Karditsa, Greece
• Cismai, Italy

Each case of a child witnessing domestic violence is strictly individual

This became clear at the focus group organized on June 17 in Sofia by Center for Sustainable Communities Development within Children First project. It was attended by representatives of the Ombudsman of the Republic of Bulgaria, the Agency for Social Assistance, State Policy for Children, Sofia Directorate of the Ministry of Interior, Open Door Center, Foundation for the Development of Emotional Intelligence, National Network for Children, lawyers and teachers.

Recommendations for political and legislative changes regarding honour related abuses were the main topic of the recent meeting for exchange of good practices with project partners

The two-day workshop on the project "Social and Legal Action to Combat Honour Related Abuses" took place in Sofia, with KUN partners joining online.

Special measures to support women survivors of domestic violence were discussed in a series of online meetings

The meetings were organized within the framework of the WEGO3 project and their main goal is for representatives of institutions and businesses together with the crisis centers to select a victim support measure to be tested within a period of 9 months.

The Federation of Transport Trade Unions in Bulgaria is becoming increasingly sensitive to domestic violence

On November 25 - the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the director of the CSCD - Stanimira Hadjimitova, joined the online forum "Together for the Elimination of Violence against Women".

Training of social workers on the WEGO2 project in Pernik

CSCD’s director Stanimira Hadjimitova and Jivka Marinova – director of Gender Education, Research and Technology Foundation conducted training of social workers from PULS Foundation on 24, 25 and 26 February in Pernik.