{"id":3348,"date":"2015-03-20T21:51:47","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T21:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aleg-romania.eu\/the-gear-against-ipv-the-gear-against-ipv-approach-gender-equality-awareness-raising-against-intimate-partner-violence\/"},"modified":"2015-03-20T21:51:47","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T21:51:47","slug":"the-gear-against-ipv-the-gear-against-ipv-approach-gender-equality-awareness-raising-against-intimate-partner-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aleg-romania.eu\/en\/the-gear-against-ipv-the-gear-against-ipv-approach-gender-equality-awareness-raising-against-intimate-partner-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"The GEAR against IPV The GEAR against IPV approach (Gender Equality Awareness Raising against Intimate Partner Violence)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"gear\"<\/a>The GEAR against IPV
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The GEAR against IPV approach <\/b>(G<\/b>ender E<\/b>quality A<\/b>wareness R<\/b>aising <\/b>against I<\/b>ntimate P<\/b>artner V<\/b>iolence) is a coordinated action of primary and secondary prevention<\/b> of Intimate Partner Violence in adolescents\u2019 relationships <\/b>through interventions in the school or in other settings, that are guided by specially designed educational material and are aimed at secondary school students\u2019 awareness raising and empowerment by specially trained teachers. <\/span><\/p>\n

The main aim is to promote the development of healthy and equal relationships<\/b> between the sexes and the development of zero tolerance towards violence<\/b> by raising teens\u2019 awareness on:<\/span><\/p>\n

a) the characteristics of healthy and unhealthy relationships<\/span><\/p>\n

b) the influence that gender stereotypical attitudes and socially imposed gender roles have on their relationships <\/span><\/p>\n

c) how power inequality between the sexes is related to psychological, physical and\/or sexual abuse against women\/girls and<\/span><\/p>\n

d)\u00a0 how adolescents can contribute to the prevention of all forms of gender-based violence.<\/span><\/p>\n

Given the fact that almost all children and adolescents attend school, the educational system<\/b>, at all levels, is the ideal setting for such an effort, where properly trained teachers can play a key role in the implementation of such interventions targeting the general population. The need for implementing in schools interventions related to gender stereotypes and equality, as a means of primary prevention of gender-based violence it is, therefore, imperative. <\/span><\/p>\n

The GEAR against IPV approach<\/b> is a proposal for systematic intervention in the school (or other) setting, where girls and boys are invited, through a series of experiential activities, to assess but also challenge their culturally \u201cinherited\u201d gender stereotypes and to approach differences between sexes as individual differences rather than as characteristics of superiority of one sex over the other. <\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/b>GEAR<\/b> <\/b>against<\/b> <\/b>IPV Approach<\/b> <\/b><\/p>\n