VIOLETA BURGHELEA LĂCRĂMIOARA GINA BOTEZ
PREVENTING DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMEN
PREVENIREA DISCRIMINĂRII ȘI VIOLENȚEI
ÎMPOTRIVA FEMEILOR
2012
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CO-AUTHORS
Lavinia Capmare –project team member
Iuliana Șerban - project team member
Mihaiela Curcă - project team member
Liliana Mardare - project team member
Ioana Garofița Zaharia - project team member
Doina Geru – partner from the Scholar Inspectorate of Galati County
Irina Elena Marin - trainee
Ana-Maria Drăgoi - trainee
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Cover graphics – Irina Elena Marin - trainee
Translation into English – prof. Violeta Burghelea
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GRUPUL ȘCOLAR INDUSTRIAL TECUCI, GALAȚI, ROMANIA
GRUNDTVIG PARTNERSHIP
PREVENTING DISCRIMINATION AND
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
2010-2012
ID NATIONALID- GRU-10-P-LP-122-GL-TR
PROJECT 2010-1-TR1-GRU06-16569 3
This product was funded by the European Union under the program Grundtvig -
Partnerships. The publication reflects only the opinion of the performers - the project
partners and the European Commission is not liable for its use.
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CONTENTS
1. Project implementation
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2. Objectives
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3. Project partners
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4. Mobilities
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5. Activities unfolded in Romania
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Study on discrimination and violence at the local community level
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Training course on domestic violence
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International essay contest LET’S PRAISE THE WOMAN
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Cultural artistic – manifestations
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6. Dissemination of the information
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7. Project feed-back
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Informative products and the project blog
Conclusions
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RATİONALE
The present paper is the product of the European project Prevention of
Discrimination and violence against women, Grundtvig partnership, 2010-2012,
by which we intend to share experiences and information gained through its
implementation.
Our intention is to support all women with an informative, educational and /
or preventive purpose.
Violence against women worldwide, is accepted almost as an act almost
legitimate. Regardless of economic status, race and such factors. Violence against
women is an important phenomenon that occurs due to unequal power relations
between men and women.
Improving the status of the women can only be possible when they know their
place that they deserve in daily life. By directing these women to the social
foundations and have them involved in effective activities; we can get the women
know and be aware of their responsibilities towards themselves and the society.
The project meetings have supported the discussions on the topic of violence
and represented a platform allowing us to compare the phenomenon in the partner
countries. The activities have been applying questionnaires, organising
seminars,preparing the dissemination items e.g.brochures,posters, publishing the
present book and creating a website.
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PROJECT OBJECTIVES For this project, our objectives are:
to promote women's participation in the production process, and fightthe
inequalities on economic structures;
to provide support mechanisms for the development of women;
to cooperate with Social Services Agency and prepare questionnaires.
to organise informational meetings for womenwho suffer from violence in
order to raisetheir awareness and train the women in receiving guidance and
counseling.
to organise in-service training courses for women under risk will be organized
by the partners.
To reach wider potential, media and press will support the issue and raise the
awareness in the society (by ICT,media, brochures etc.)
Bulletin will be prepared after workshops in each country common portal will
be formed in web site.
to publish a book in all languages of partners about the informaion gathered
in the project development.
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PROJECT PARTNERS
1. TURKEY
Society for Promotion of Human Values , Adana
Non-profit association
The Association is established to support the people without age limitation in almost
any field regarding the social problems and moral issues.
2. ROMANIA
Grupul Școlar Industrial, Tecuci
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Grupul Scolar Industrial, Tecuci is a technological high school.
3. POLAND
Lodz Centre of Teacher Training and Vocational Education, LODZ
Vocational training centre or organisation.Lodz Centre of Teacher Training and
Vocational Education is a unique institution which combines teacher education and
practical training. The Centre focuses on further education of teachers and students
of all types of schools. The educational process, workshops and courses are run by
experienced staff and with the use of the most technologically advanced equipment.
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MOBILITIES
1. ROMANIA, TECUCI 7TH -11TH MARCH 2011
The first project meeting between the partners was between 7th and 11th
March 2011 in Tecuci, Romania. We presented our scholar institution, the human and material resources and of the products of our educational process; One of the activities was an international essay contest – LET’S PRAISE THE WOMAN, essays describing the woman from the perspective of the three different partners, since it was 8th of March, the International Women's Day;
Then we had an introduction to Romanian traditions – traditional folk dances and folk songs, thus promoting Romanian traditions and culture.In addition the partners had presentations, an introduction of the country, area and organisation - PowerPoint/Microsoft Word presentations. A short review of the project – its objectives, suggestions of extra activities and of the final project products.Moreover we included an official work meeting at Tecuci City Hall with the mayor, representatives of the press, the police and the local community;
As an example of good practice in preventing and solving issues of abused and discriminated women, our programme included a work meeting at FAMILY F0UNDATION (in Galati county), a shelter for abused women. The second example of good practice was presented within a work meeting at the women’s shelter of The Red Cross in Focsani.
The work meeting of the partners was finalised through asking the Polish and Turkish teams to fill in an evaluation sheet of the project activities unfolded in Romania, the aim of this survey being to bring teams together and find out their opinion to better evaluate the meeting and to ensure a good communication between the partners. At the end of the work meeting in Romania all the partners received certificates of attendance.
After the departure of our project partners we disseminated the gathered information and experience through newspaper articles, brochures. We have also compiled all the PowerPoint materials from all our partners on C.D.-s and registered them in our school’s library to make the information accessible to all our students and teachers. We have also made our project visible and accessible to the public by setting up a web site with information about the project, its objectives and activities: www.gsit.ro/grundtvig/Pagini/default.aspx.
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Photo gallery of the first work meeting of the partners
Tecuci, Romania, 7th – 11th March 2011
1.Working Group Meeting at Industrial School Tecuci: Romanian traditional welcome
of project partners.
2.Working Group Meeting at Industrial School Tecuci: presentation of the school of
human and material resources and products of our educational process.
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3. International Essay Contest –LET’S PRAISE THE WOMAN, essays describing
women in terms of the three different partners.
4.An incursioninto Romanian traditions - traditional folk dances and folk songs.
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5. Working meeting at the Family Foundation, a shelter for abused women in Galati
county.
6. Working meeting at the Red Cross shelter for women, Focsani.
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7. Ceremony of awarding certificates of participation.
2. POLAND, LODZ 19TH – 25TH SEPTEMBER 2011
The mobility program included the presentation of the project activities from
the mobility in Romania until the mobility in Poland, presenting a summary of each
partner. The team from Turkey, the coordinator of the project, Akdemir Sibel
prepared a PowerPoint presentation "Where are we positioned?". The team from
Poland, represented by Joanna Gruszczynska gave a presentation as an example of
good practice –The domestic (local) system to prevent domestic violence. Berrin Unlu
(Turkey) presented a material -Domestic Violence in Adana and the Association for
promoting human values.The Romanian team presented a Power Point material
about domestic violence from the perspective of adolescence, by Irina Elena Marin
and Ana-Maria Dragoi, under the guidance of project coordinator Burghelea Violeta.
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Prezentarea exemplelor de bună practică privind adăposturile pentru femei,
victime ale violenței a inclus vizite de lucru și discuții la două adăposturi în orașul
Lodz:Casa mamelor singureșiCentrul de servicii familiale.
Presenting the best practices of shelters for women victims of violence
included visits and discussions at two shelters in the city of Lodz - The House of
single mothers and Family services center.
During the mobility in Poland the partners had the opportunity to attend a
seminar at a local school to discuss and explore ways oftraining young people,
especially future women for a better future in society and knowledge of legal rights.
Malgorzata Sienna held a presentation on "The role of counsellors in forming new
women" and a demonstrative lesson of participatory learning in an educational
counseling class. Besides, Ozgunen Tuncay (Turkey) presented - Planning
educational material depending on the results and cultural differences.
The work meeting programme also included an official visit to the City Hall of
Lodz where we had a presentation "The Role of Local Council in the prevention of
domestic violence". Joanna Gruszczynska (Poland) held the presentation "School
roles in the fight against violence and discrimination".
At the working session at ŁCDNiKP, Nazan Alparslan (Turkey) presented a
material "Findings on domestic violence, reports from each country and
comparisons".
The end of the mobility was used for the planning of the next stages of project
implementation and for the award ceremony of certificates of participation.
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PHOTO GALLERY OF THE SECOND WORK MEETING OF THE PARTNERS
LODZ, POLAND 19TH – 25TH SEPTEMBER 2011
1. Single mothers’ house - shelter for women, example of good practice.
2. Family Service Center - shelter for women, example of good practice.
3. Working meeting in Lodz City Hall.
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4. Working sessions and presentations at the Polish partners’center.
5. Granting certificates of participation of the mobility.
3. TURKEY, ADANA
24TH – 28TH APRIL 2012
The meeting programme began with an academic reunion, an analytical
session, the evaluation of the final stage of the project. Subsequently, the partners in
Turkey presented shelters for women, as examples of good practice, places where
women had the opportunity to attend training courses in order to more easily find a
job and not continue to endure discrimination and violence from the partner because
there is nowhere to go and howto financially support themselves if they leave the
common house. The international team had meetings with local authorities and
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representatives of women NGOs in the local community. The session wasended with
an evaluation of the project and granting certificates of participation.
PHOTO GALLERY OF THE THIRD WORK MEETING OF THE PARTNERS
TURKEY, ADANA 24TH – 28TH APRIL 2012
1. Working meetings of the partners.
2. Visit to shelters for women.
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ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT IN ROMANIA
Study on discrimination and violence in the local community. The
current situation of violence in Tecuci, among women in education and
finance.
At the initiative of our Turkeish Project Coordinator, we have developed and
implemented in each partner country a questionnaire, the objective being to find out
the domestic violence situation.
The project team from Industrial School Group Tecuci, applied the
questionnaire during August-September 2011, on a number of over 250 women from
the sector of education and finances.
CENTRALIZAREA COMPARATIVĂ A REZULTATELOR:
1) Sector of employment
Sector TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
Finance n(%) 18.9 26,96
Education n (%) 81.1 73,04
2)Age
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
Age (Mean±SD) 37.6±7.3 38,81
3)Education
Education TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
Elementary school
n(%)
- -
High school
n(%)
9.0 11,59
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University
n(%)
91.0 88,41
4)Do you have an administrative position?
Admin pos. TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
No n(%) 84.1 82,21
Yes n(%) 15.9 17,79
5)Are you presently in a relationship(marriage or other)
Relation TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
No n(%) 15.9 18,06
Yes n(%) 84.1 81,94
6)Type of relationship
Rel. type TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
Married
n(%)
93.6 88,48
other
n(%)
6.4 11,52
7)With whom are you living?
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
Alone
n(%)
4.0 8,86
Nuclear family
n(%)
86.6 69,62
Extended family
(with elders)
2.5 19,62
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n(%)
Extended family
(with siblings and
their families) n(%)
- 1,9
8)Duration of your relationship(in years)
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
Years
(Mean±SD)
11.9±6.8 15,43
9)If you were to score your relationship, what would be the score out of 10?
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
Score
(Mean±SD)
7.9±2.1 8,88
10)If you are married, how did you marriage evolve?
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
It was an arranged
marriage
n(%)
13.9 1,2
Mutual friends
introduced us to each
other
n(%)
31.8 77,11
We got friends by
ourselves
n(%)
41.8 6,77
Other(please specify) 1.0 14,83
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n(%)
11)If you are married, do you have kinship with your spouse?
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
No n(%) 93.6 100
Yes n(%) 6.4 -
12)For each type of behaviour listed below, tick the appropriate frequency that your
spouse treats you
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
%never (Mean±SD) %never (Mean±SD) %never (Mean±SD)
Ridicules
me
43.3 1.89±0.96 72,88
Shouts at
me
25.4 2.05±0.84 49,49
Insults,
curses me
76.1 1.24±0.61 77,28
Pushes
and
shoves
me
82.1 1.15±0.52 91,18
Slaps me 86.1 1.12±0.54 94,91
Beats me 88.6 1.09±0.50 94,91
13)How many children do you have?
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
Children (Mean±SD) 1.49±0.79 1,73
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14)For each type of behaviour listed below, tick the appropriate frequency that you
treat your children
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
%never (mean±sd) %never (mean±sd) %never (mean±sd)
I ridicule
him/ her/
them
53.2 1.48±0.80 83,25
I shout
at him/
her/
them
13.9 2.16±0.76 34,93
I insult,
curse
him/ her/
them
70.1 1.12±0.42 87,07
I push,
shove
him/
her/
them
66.7 1.18±0.50 88,63
I slap
him/ her/
them
63.2 1.23±0.54 93,27
I beat
him/ her/
them
71.6 1.13±0.47 93,27
15)Which of the following applies to your husband/partner?
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
Drinks alcohol n(%) 27.4 65,32
Regular or binge
drinker n(%)
0.5 12,07
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Uses psychotropic
drugs n(%)
3.0 2,02
Has low self- esteem
n(%)
6.0 10,5
Is generally depressive
n(%)
6.0 5,65
Has a criminal record
n(%)
3.5 0,2
Has a lower education
than
partner n(%)
6.0 13,42
Has a lower income
than partner n(%)
6.5 15,55
Has jealous
personality n(%)
26.9 19,80
Is hot/violent
tempered n(%)
20.4 12,36
Has poor
commucination skills
n(%)
3.5 20,68
16)Do you and your spouse have hobbies?
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
Subject
Intelectual
n(%)
13.4 56,62
Hand n(%) 5.0 9,67
Physical n(%) 9.0 13,19
NONE 64.6 20,52
Husb./spouse Intelectual
n(%)
7.5 30,47
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Hand n(%) 5.0 5,91
Physical n(%) 14.4 40,82
NONE 65.6 22,60
17)Sufference of violence from husband/partner:
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
Are you, at
present, a
victim of
domestic
violence
No n(%) 81.6 98,01
Yes n(%) 3.5 1,99
No
response
14.9 -
Have you ever
suffered from
domestic
violence(at
least once)
No n(%) 78.1 92,97
Yes n(%) 8.5 7,03
No
response
13.4 -
18-A)Did your child/children witness the violence?
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
No n(%) 5.9 96,69
Yes n(%) 94.1 3,31
No child n(%) - -
18-B)Did you tell anyone about the violence?
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
No n(%) 11.8 84,21
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Yes n(%) 88.2 15,75
19)Do you think you are under risk of domestic violence (from spouse)?
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
No n(%) 80.0 95,18
Yes n(%) 20.0 4,82
20)How do you manage the family budget?
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
We mutually spend and
save our total income
n(%)
77.0 87,33
My husband/spouse
manages our total
income n(%)
5.7 3
Each partner spends and
saves their income
separately n(%)
9.2 7,33
My husband/spouse does
the household expenses
with his own income and I
manage(save) mine
personally n(%)
3.4 2,03
21)Do you have a credit card of your own, that you do expenditures independently?
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
No n(%) 22.7 11,6
Yes n(%) 77.3 88,4
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22)Was your mother a victim of domestic violence( from your father)?
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
No n(%) 79.2 90,78
Yes n(%) 20.8 9,22
23)What would your reaction be(or is) in case of domestic violence?
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
leave marriage/spouse
n(%)
78.9 89,56
stay in the relationship
n(%)
21.1 10,43
24)If you would choose to stay , why would that be?
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
Because of financial
reasons n(%)
11.1 4,48
Due to children and
ordinance n(%)
75.0 4,82
If violence is not very
often n(%)
30.6 4,82
If violence is not serious
n(%)
22.2 4,82
If my husband convinces
me to stay n(%)
27.8 4,82
Because I see marriage
as a ‘social umbrella’
n(%)
11.1 4,82
If I had deserved
it(violence) (if he is right)
n(%)
33.3 4,82
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To fight for my legal
rights n(%)
22.2 4,82
I have no other place to
go n(%)
11.1 4,82
WIDOWED OR DIVORCED WOMEN(22 women at present, approx. 10%)
(30 women +12, 31 divortate, 11 vaduve)
25) Marital status
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
Widowed(husaband died)
n(%)
27.3 26,19
Divorced n(%) 72.7 73,81
26)Who do you live with?
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
Myself n(%) 61.9 79,07
Elders n(%) 23.8 18,60
Siblings, friends n(%) 4.8 -
New spouse n(%) 9.5 2,33
27)How many years did your (ex)marriage last?
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
Years (Mean±SD) 9.5±7.4 10,23
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28) If you were to score your (ex)marriage, what would be the score out of 10?
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
Score (Mean±SD) 4.9±3.2 5,83
29) How had that marriage evolved?
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
It was an arranged
marriage
n(%)
36.9 9,52
Mutual friends introduced
us to each other
n(%)
27.3 47,62
We got friends by
ourselves
n(%)
36.4 26,19
Other(please specify)
n(%)
- 2,38
30)Did you have kinship with your spouse?
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
No n(%) 95.5 100
Yes n(%) 4.5 -
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31) For each type of behaviour listed below, tick the appropriate frequency that your
(ex)spouse treated you.
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
%never (mean±sd) %never (mean±sd) %never (mean±sd)
Ridiculed
me
28.6 2.52±1.20 23,80
Shouted
at me
23.8 2.67±1.27 16,66
Insulted,
cursed
me
50.0 2.09±1.37 23,80
Pushed
and
shoved
me
47.6 2.29±1.41 33,33
Slapped
me
50.0 2.18±1.40 38,09
Beat me 52.4 1.86±1.19 47,61
32) How many children did you have(from that marriage)?
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
Children (Mean±SD) 1.57±1.02 1,3
33) For each type of behaviour listed below, tick the appropriate frequency that you
treated your child(ren) .
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
%never (mean±sd) %never (mean±sd) %never (mean±s
d)
I ridiculed
him/her/them
64.7 1.47±0.71 86,95
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I shouted at
him/her/them
29.4 1.82±0.63 43,47
I insulted
cursed
him/her/them
94.1 1.12±0.48 86,95
I pushed,
shoved
him/her/them
88.2 1.12±0.33 82,60
I slapped
him/her/them
82.4 1.18±0.39 78,26
I beat
him/her/them
94.1 1.06±0.24 86,95
34) Which of the following applies to your (ex)husband?
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
Consumed alcohol n(%) 50.0 94,5
Regular or binge drinker n(%) - 37,03
Used psychotropic drugs n(%) 27.3 30,95
Had low self- esteem n(%) 40.9 50,00
Was generally depressive n(%) 27.3 52,38
Had a criminal record n(%) 13.6 30,95
Had a lower education than partner
n(%)
22.7 54,76
Had a lower income than partner n(%) 13.6 45,24
Had jealous personality n(%) 59.1 64,29
Was hot/violent tempered n(%) 45.5 61,90
Had poor commucination skills n(%) 36.4 30,95
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35) Did you have hobbies at that time?
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
Subject
Intelectual
n(%)
Hand n(%)
Physical
n(%)
NONE 66.7 35,71
Husb./spouse
Intelectual
n(%)
Hand n(%)
Physical
n(%)
NONE 81.3 50,0
36)Have you ever encountered any violence from your (ex)husband?
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
No n(%) 33.3 54,77
Yes n(%) 66.7 45,23
37-A)Did your child/children witness the violence?
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
No n(%)
Yes n(%) 35.7 0
No child
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37-B)Did you tell anyone about the violence?
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
No n(%) 50.0 18,9
Yes n(%) 50.0 81,1
38)Did your marriage continue after the violence?
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
No n(%) 57.1 31,47
Yes n(%) 42.9 68,53
39)If your answer is ‘yes’ to question 38, why?
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
Because of financial
reasons n(%)
66.7 21,42
Due to children and
ordinance n(%)
50.0 67,28
If violence is not very often
n(%)
- 89,0
If violence is not serious
n(%)
16.7 32,25
If my husband convinces
me to stay n(%)
33.3 47,34
Because I see marriage as
a ‘social umbrella’ n(%)
50.0 68,25
If I had deserved
it(violence) (if he is right)
n(%)
- -
To fight for my legal rights
n(%)
- -
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I have no other place to go
n(%)
- 11,52
40) How did you manage the family budget?
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
We mutually spend and
save our total income
n(%)
64.3 61,90
My husband/spouse
manages our total
income n(%)
42.9 57,14
Each partner spends and
saves their income
separately n(%)
14.2 73,80
My husband/spouse does
the household expenses
with his own income and
I manage(save) mine
personally n(%)
7.1 16,66
41)Did you have a credit card that of your own, that you did expenditures
independently?
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
No n(%) 45.5 89,12
Yes n(%) 54.5 10,88
42)Was your mother a victim of domestic violence(from your father)?
TURKIYE ROMANIA POLAND
No n(%) 90.1 86,5
Yes n(%) 9.9 13,5
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Based on these realities, the partners agreed to conduct a training course for
women in order to inform, educate and prevent any discrimination and domestic
violence.
The course was conducted in two sessions, attended by 45 women from the
local community, the education area, which in turn disseminated the information in
the classes of counseling and guidance.
The materials used for the course had as a starting point a structure built by
the coordinators, under the following form:
Session 1:
“GETTING ACQUAINTED”
Opening and introducing the course
Getting friendly
Expectations of the participants
Purposes and goals of the course,
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Course programme
Rules of the course
Evaluations previous to the course
GETTING FRIENDLY
“Being a woman” (Dreams and actuality): What we want and what we face as women?
A part to let the participants to express their problems and find commonalities among each other.
Writing down the things everyone says in categories and talking about them afterwards would always
invoke a sense of unitedness. .. Let the participants express themselves.
EXPECTATIONS FROM THE PARTICIPANTS
To discuss the following question – what would you like to learn about the problem of
domestic violence against women that would make this workshop useful in your practical
work?
A volunteer can begin the discussion and others will continue in turn.
The group’s responses should be written down on a flipchart (this list should be visible
throughout the course of the workshop.) At the conclusion of the workshop, review the list
of Expectations together with the group to summarize whether the results met the
expectations.
Success is when expectations have been met.
PURPOSE OF THE WORKSHOP
The purpose of the workshop is to inform the participants on the definition, the frequency,
the gravity of violence against women and the measures that could be taken against it,
through the acknowledgement of types and effects of violence against women.
GOALS OF THE WORKSHOP
At the end of this workshop, the participants will get acquainted with:
The definition, the frequency, types, and the gravity of violence against women,
The causes of violence,
The negative consequences of violence,
What prevents violence to be recognized and how to overcome these obstacles,
What could be done to prevent violence.
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RULES OF THE WORKSHOP
Examples: respect towards timing, no phones, avoiding generalizations and judgements
during speeches, being respectful towards others’ privacy etc…
EVALUATION
Pretest, posttest
(30 questions may be asked, “true/false” items to be preferred )
Same questions should be used on both tests.
Session 2: “WHAT IS VIOLENCE?”
(Method: Questions and answers, ppt presentation, group working)
Excercise 2.1
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN (Ppt Presentation)
The definition of violence and its frequency,
Types of violence, Excerise 2.2
Domestic partner violence, Excercise 2.3
Physical, sexual, verbal, economical, and psychological violence,
negligence,
Findings of violence.
Summary and closing the session.
Exercise 2.1
o The problems should be discussed: How do women define “violence” and do they see it as a problem?
Do they think that violence is frequent ?
Exercise 2.2
o In what forms could violence appear? First, examples will be asked from the group. Then, different
examples will be supplied and asked about.
Excercise 2.3 (Group working)
o The group will be divided into 3 and the subgroups will discuss physical&sexual, verbal&psychological
and economic(financial) violence within themselves. Later each will explain these concepts to and
share their discussions with the whole group.
o The power point presentation will be given later.
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Session 3: "CAUSES OF VIOLENCE”
(Method: Questions and Answers, ppt. Presentation, brainstorming)
Excercise 3.1
GENDER (ppt presentation)
Roles of social gender Excercise 3.2
Division of labour based on social gender
Social gender relations Excercise 3.3
Needs of social gender Excercise 3.4
Summary and closing the session.
Excercise 3.1
o We should introduce ourselves as individuals without using our names, ages, educational
backgrounds, jobs, marital statuses, whether if we have children or not. Then we can asses if we are
able to introduce ourselves in such manner.
Excercise 3.2
o We should ask the women's opinion of the causes of violence, discuss and categorize the answers.
We should check if the answers include "Social gender" and "Gender inequality.“
How much responsibility does gender roles have on violence against women?
Exercise 3.3:
Ask to women:
Women should:
o Be ladylike? dress their husbands up nicely? Cook the meal on time?Keep their houses clean? take
of their children? ETC…
Women should not:
o Talk too much? Talk back to their husbands? Spend too much? ETC…
Exercise 3.4:
Why Men Become Batterers ?
o Purpose: Explain gender aspects of why men perpetrate domestic violence. (Brainstorming)
o Question to the group: What induces a human being to commit violence against those closest to him?
Why does aman become a domestic batterer?
o Suggest an image of "a typical domestic abuser". Write the group’s answers on a largepiece of paper
or on a board.
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Session 4: “IMPACTS OF VIOLENCE”
(Method: Questions and answers, ppt presentation, sharing of personal
experiences, group working)
Excercise 4.1(Personal experiences)
Excercise 4.2(Impact of violence on…)
economy,
health,
the family and children,
Social life
IMPACTS OF VIOLENCE (ppt presentation)
Summary and closing the session.
Excercise 4.1:(Sharing of personal experiences)
o First of all, personal experiences could be shared or the participants could tell of "something that
happened to a friend or a relative of theirs"(!)
Excercise 4.2: (Group working)
o It would be right to ask the women about the impact of violence, who are most affected by it and
categorize the answers.
o The group will be divided to 4. Each will discus the impact of domestic violence on: economy, family
and child, health, community.
o Time for the discussion is 7-10 minutes. Then in the large group, a representative of each smallgroup
should present the list compiled by the group.
o The trainer summarizes and adds to the lists if necessary.
Session 5: "PREVENTING VIOLENCE”
(Method: Brainstorming, questions and answers, ppt pres., group study)
Excercise 5.1
PREVENTING VIOLENCE (ppt presentation)
PERCEIVING VIOLENCE Excercise 5.2
(What prevents violence to be recognized?)
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DEALING WITH VIOLENCE
PREVENTING VIOLENCE
Primary, secondary, Tertiary prevention Excercise 5.3
Duties of the government (Legal aspects)
Duties of intellectuals
DUTIES OF NGO’S (NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZSATIONS)
Main goal is "CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION“ Excercise 5.4
Excercise 5.1:
o Questions such as,
"What is the situation at present?",
"Who could help to prevent it?",
"Is it really enough that government is coming up with solutions?",
"Does no one else has any responsibility?",
"Are those who refuse to see the problem share the blame?" could be asked.
Excercise 5.2: PERCEIVING VIOLENCE:
("INTERNALIZATION OF VIOLENCE" as a problem)
Ask the women:
o What makes your partner angry among the things you do or don't do?
dress too revealing? wear a miniskirt? don't cook? shirts are not ironed?
go out with friends without telling him? don't give him my salary? ETC….
Exercise 5.3: (Asking questions)
o Primary, seondary and tertiary measures to prevent domestic violence.
o A disussion using a whiteboard, listing the audience responses and completing the list.
Exercise 5.4: Group study (15 minutes)
“CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION”
What is “cultural transformation” ?
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The group will be divided to 3 and discuss within themselves for 10 minutes. Each group will share
views with the group in 5 minutes. Later a power point presentation will be made.
Session 6: “Our Duties”
(Method: Group study)
Is there nothing we can do?
The goal of this session is to encourage the group to come up with collective solutions by
giving examples of positive examples, possible solutions etc.
Both long and short term plans could be made into a list after the program. (Small groups
should debate and the results should be shared with the whole group.)
Quiz
Feedback of participants
Concluding remarks and certificate ceremony.
MATERIALS TO BE PREPARED
Brochures, posters.
Invitation letter for participants.
Handouts for trainers
Text for participants.
PPT presentations.
“Work plan ” (Word document)
Certificates for participants.
WORKSHEET
SESSION I – “GETTING ACQUAINTED”
Please solve the tasks in the group, and finally, and in the end, the leader of
the group should centralize the answers.
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1. “Being a woman” (Dreams and actuality): What we want and what we face as
women?
.......................................................................................................................
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2. What are your expectations by attending this course?
.......................................................................................................................
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SESSION 2: “WHAT IS VIOLENCE?”
Please solve the tasks in the group, and finally, and in the end, the leader of
the group should centralize the answers.
EX. 1 How do you define violence?
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a) Do you perceive violence as a problem?
.......................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................
b) Do you think that violence happens frequently?
.......................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................
EX. 2
- In what forms canviolence occur?
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EX. 3In three groups - discuss the following aspects:
a) (Circle the letter and then fill in the appropriate gap for your group)
GROUP 1. - Physical and sexual violence;
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b) GROUP 2. - Verbal and psychological violence;
.......................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................
c) GROUP 3.- Financial / MaterialViolence.
.......................................................................................................................
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SESSİON 3: "CAUSES OF VIOLENCE”
Please solve the tasks in the group, and finally, and in the end, the leader of
the group should centralize the answers.
EX. 1Introduce yourselves as individuals without using your names, ages,
educational backgrounds, jobs, marital statuses, whether if you have children or not.
Then you can asses if you are able to introduce yourselves in such manner.
............................................................................................................................
............................................................................................................................
EX. 2 a) What are the of causes violence?
.......................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................
b) Who is more exposed to violence - woman or man?
.......................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................
EX. 3
a) Do you think that women should be ladylike? dress their husbands up nicely? Cook
the meal on time?Keep their houses clean? take care of their children? ETC…
.......................................................................................................................
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EX. 4
1. Why do men become aggressive?
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a. Brainstorming - Explain why you think men are the main aggressors in
domestic violence.
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b. What makes a human being to commit violence against their loved
ones?...............................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................
c) Portray the typical domestic abuser.
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SESSİON 4: “IMPACTS OF VIOLENCE”
Please solve the tasks in the group, and finally, and in the end, the leader of
the group should centralize the answers.
EX. 1 – Share / report to the group a personal or other experience.
.......................................................................................................................
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EX. 2 - List the consequences of violence.
(Circle the letter and then fill in the appropriate gap on your group)
a. GROUP 1.- Impact on the economy.
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.......................................................................................................................
b. GROUP 2.- Impact on health and social life.
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.......................................................................................................................
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c. GROUP 3.- Impact on family and children.
.......................................................................................................................
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SESSİON 5: "PREVENTING VIOLENCE”
Please solve the tasks in the group, and finally, and in the end, the leader of the
group should centralize the answers.
EX. 1
a. What is the situation of violence at a moment in our country?
.......................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................
b. Who can help prevent violence?
.......................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................
c. Is it really enough that government is coming up with solutions?
.......................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................
d. Does no one else have any responsibility?
.......................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................
e. Do those who refuse to see the problem share the blame?
.......................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................
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EX. 2Perception of violence and its awareness.
- What makes your partner angry among the things you do or don't do?dress too
revealing? wear a miniskirt? don't cook? shirts are not ironed? go out with friends
without telling him? don't give him my salary?
…..........................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................
EX. 3List the three important steps in preventing domestic violence.
............................................................................................................................
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EX. 4Study group - what is cultural transformation?
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SESSİON 6: “OUR DUTİES”
Please solve the tasks in the group, and finally, and in the end, the leader of
the group should centralize the answers.
Studiu de grup – chiar nu putem face nimic în această privință? Oferiți soluții
posibile și exemple pozitive.
Study group - Is there nothing we can do? Provide possible solutions and
examples.
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The evaluation made during training:
* Initial and final questionnaires with true / false items;
* During the training course through solving exercises on task groups;
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* The answers have Been Centralized on worksheets, one per group;
Statistically speaking, we would like to exemplify some of the relevant questions in
the questionnaire suggested for evaluation by the team trainers in the project:
1. Violent acts (physical or verbal) are more likely commited by a close person.
2. More than 60% of married women are beaten by their husbands at least once.
3. Violence happens in families with a low income.
T 60 % F 40 %
T 53,33%
F 46,66 %
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4. Most people consider domestic violence as a natural thing in a family.
5. Young people reject violence and criticise it harshly.
6. Violența domestică se întâmplă, de obicei, seara și la sfârșitul săptămânii:
8.State authorities get involved and actively support victims of domestic violence.
9. Before physical violence there are emotional abuses, swearing and offences.
T 46,66 %
F 53,33 %
T 44,44%
F 55,55 %
T 33,33% F 66,66 %
T 37,77 % F 62,22 %
T 42,22 % F 57,77 %
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10. Many people accused of murder have been victims of domestic violence during
childhood.
11. Most parents who abuse their children / family have been abused themselves.
12. We are more sensitive to abuses on women than on men.
13. Most women victims of violence within their family, do not have the courage to leave
their house.
T 95,55 % F 4,44 %
T 93,33 % F 6,66 %
T 86,66% F 13,33%
T 91,10 %
F 8,9 %
T 97,7 % F 2,3 %
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14. Men who abuse their children / family are helpless people.
15. You can change a person if you really love him/her.
16. Childhood experience have a direct influence on our attitude and behaviour.
17. One of the most reasons for divorce is domestic violence.
18. Most abused women hide the traumas they have suffered.
19. Domestic violence implies firstly abusing the woman and then the children.
T 15,5 %
F 84,5 %
T 62,2 %
F 37,8 %
T 91,1 5 F 8,9 %
T 80 % F 20 %
T 95,5 % F 4,5 %
T 82,2 %
F 17,7 %
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20. Children who have commited illegal acts come from violent social environments.
21. Violence is a learned behaviour.
THE INTERPRETATION OF THE ANSWERS
Taken into consideration the data from the answers to the questionnaire,
it is clear that the trainees think that the following pieces of information
are true:
* Violent acts (physical or verbal) are more likely commited by a close person.
* Before physical violence there are emotional abuses, swearing and offences.
* Most people accused of murder have been victims of domestic violence during
childhood.
* Most parents who abuse their children / family have been abused themselves.
* Most women victims of violence within their family, do not have the courage
to leave their house. (97,7 of the questioned poeple think it is true).
* Childhood experience have a direct influence on our attitude and behaviour.
* One of the most reasons for divorce is domestic violence.
* More than 90% of abused women hide the traumas they have suffered.
* More than 80% of the questioned women considered true the fact that
domestic violence implies firstly abusing the woman and then the children.
T 88,8 %
F 11,1 %
T 53,3 % F 46,7%
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Unfortunately, only 42,22% of the interviewed women have the feeling that state
authorities get involved and actively support victims of domestic violence.
According to specialists:
In Romania, more than 40% of women have needed special medical care
because of domestic violence;
* 63% of people accused of murder have been victims of domestic
violence during childhood.
* 90% of parents who abuse their children / family have been abused
themselves.
* 91% of women imprisoned for serious violent acts have undergone
violence in their families with 3 months before commiting the violent
act.
* 80% of children who have commited illegal acts come from violent
social environments.
According to specialists:
* In Romania, more than 40% of women have needed special medical
care because of domestic violence;
* 63% of people accused of murder have been victims of domestic
violence during childhood.
* 90% of parents who abuse their children / family have been abused
themselves.
* 91% of women imprisoned for serious violent acts have undergone
violence in their families with 3 months before commiting the violent
act.
* 80% of children who have commited illegal acts come from violent
social environments.
INTERNATIONAL ESSAY CONTEST LET’S PRAISE THE WOMAN
In the first meeting of the project partners, from 7th to 11 th March 2011, held in
Tecuci, Romania and hosted by Industrial Scholar Group Tecuci, we organised a
contest of essays on the topic LET’S PRAISE THE WOMAN, contest held on the
occasion of the 8th March, International Women's Day.
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CULTURAL ARTISTIC – MANIFESTATIONS
În cadrul Grupului Școlar Industrial Tecuci, echipa de proiect a României a
organizat diverse manifestări cultural artistice pe tema ocrotirea femeii, sărbătorind
ziua de 8 martie 2012, Ziua Internațională a Femeii. Programul manifestărilor cultural
artistice a inclus momente de:
* Dans tradițonal minoritar;
* Teatru;
* Poezie;
* Interpretare muzicală.
In the Industrial Scholar GroupTecuci, the project team of Romania organized
various events on the theme of protecting of cultural the woman,celebrating 8th
March 2012, International Women's Day. The cultural and artistic events included
moments of:
* Traditonal minority dance;
* Theatre;
* Poetry;
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INFORMATIVE PRODUCTS AND THE PROJECT BLOG
During the project period, the team ofIndustrial Scholar Group Tecucicreated
different newsletters and brochures, following the mobilities made, with information
acquired in the transnational meetings, which are available on the blog of the project
of the Romanian team. Also, information about the project is available on the web
site of Industrial Scholar Group Tecuci:
* http://preventingdiscriminationandviolenceagainstwomen.wordpress.com
* www.gsit.ro/grundtvig/Pagini/default.aspx
DISSEMINATION OF THE INFORMATION
The project team held sessions to disseminate information acumulatedwithin the
project as follows:
* At the school level among students, teachers and parents;
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* In the local press;
* At the county level, at the methodological circle of teachers of English, June
2012.
* Through the blog, which can be accessed by interested people, the project
products being available for downloading and use.
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CONCLUSIONS
At the end of the two years of the project, we can say that, in addition to
the experience with an European character we managed through the activities
included in the mobilities’ program and the events organized by each institution in his
own country, to stir up the interest among women on this phenomenon which tends
to expand, motivating them to respond and make use of the rights conferred by
legislation on domestic violence.
Din păcate, la noi în țară, există prea puține pârghii legislative, adăposturi
pentru femeile abuzate și un suport informațional redus la nivel de mass media, iar
nivelul scăzut de trai, de educație, le determină pe cele mai multe femei să suporte
discriminarea și actele de violență.
Unfortunately, in our country, there is little legislative levers, shelters for abused
women and a low-level informational support in the media and low living standards,
poor education, lead most women to endure discrimination and acts of violence.
We believe that through our activities we managed to raise awareness among
women in our community, to prevent and combat violence against women, showing
them the legislative steps that must be followed if they are victims or witnesses of
abuse of any nature.
Therefore, all things considered, we can say that we achieved the objectives
set at the beginning of the project and hope that through these experiences, we can
help all our readers, presenting interest for the topic of discrimination and violence
against women.
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