What do they need and what is the best support?
The focus groups, conducted under the "Children first" project, included 7 mothers and 8 children - 4 girls and 4 boys.
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"We are a nation sick for love. It's the same for both adults and children. "
"We are a nation sick for love. It's the same for both adults and children. "
This was shared by one of the child psychologists - participants in the focus groups held last week on the project "Children first" in Ruse.
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.
Experts from 6 countries discussed social and legal actions to combat honor related abuses
Specialists from Bulgaria, Romania, Norway, UK, Italy and Germany met on February 18 during the online final conference of "Social and Legal Action to Combat Honor Related Abuses" project to talk about honor related issues.
First activities on Children First project
Center for Sustainable Communities Development and Dinamika Association Ruse – partners in the European project Children First launched a desk research on the existing legislative and institutional framework, which at this stage engages representatives of various institutions in the process of prevention, recognition and work with the phenomenon of children witnessing domestic violence.
Experts from all over Bulgaria speak on the issues in the name of honor
Difficult detection and provability, lack of maturity, religious and traditional peculiarities, lack of serious punishments - these are some of the problems related to the prevention, establishment and punishment of honor related abuses in Bulgaria.