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Booklet "Love and Respect I - Preventing TDV"

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This booklet aims to introduce problematic of Teen Dating Violence to youth workers, present basis of intervention with victims of TDV and equip youth workers with concrete tools for prevention. The booklet is made as a result of the international training course within the Erasmu+ project “Love and Respect - Preventing Teen Dating Violence I” (KA1- Mobility of Youth Workers, 2017). 

Survey about the sexual health of adolescents and young adults - selected results

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The present survey “Sexual health of adolescents” is the result of the EU sponsored project “European Flirt Expert”. It was carried out between February 2015 to January 2017 and organisations from Austria, Poland, Rumania and Spain participated in the project.

Themes: Sexual health, healthy relationships, prevention, sexual education, non-violent sexual interactions

Objectives: increase non-violent sexual interactions between adolescents and young adults, promotion of consensual sexual relations among adolescents from the moment of getting to know each other and flirting, as well as the prevention of sexual violence among adolescents.

Comments/Recommendations: It’s important to read the first part of the paper, specified therein the theoretical background is explained, on which the concept for the survey was based.

Workshop Manual for Youthwork - Preventing sexualized violence

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This manual was created from Hazissa for the project „European Flirt Expert“, which offers a concept for 15 hours of workshops with the contents “Flirt strategies”, “dating”, “positive communication”, sexuality and laws on the subject of “sexuality” and “sexual violence” is created. The proven workshop concept is used for further prevention work, to promote prevention of sexualized violence, prevention and sexual health as well as to strengthen a positive consensus concerning dating activities of adolescents.

Themes: emotions, relationships, responsibility, flirting, teendating, communication, sexuality, sex education, media/pornography, laws on the subject sexuality, sexualized violence, gender roles, values

Objectives: gaining knowledge about sexuality, legal regulations and information about getting help and support, reflecting strategies of flirting and dating, increasing the reflection skills concerning sexuality, body awareness, partnership and relationships and the personal understanding of gender roles, strengthening the slef-esteem and strengthening of communication-skills

Comments/Recommendations: Read the quality criteria of preventional work against sexualized violence

Youth booklet - Law Sexy

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This brochure was created for the erasmus+ project „European Flirt Expert“, which informs young people about their (sexual) rights and do’s and don’ts relating flirting and dating activities, informs about organizations which offer help and support to young people

Themes: sexual rights, human rights, laws on the subject sexuality, flirting, dating, teendating, sex education, prevention sexualized violence, responsibility

Objectives: gaining knowledge about sexual rights, human rights and important laws for adolescents, reflecting unhealthy/forbidden behaviours and flirting/dating strategies, increasing knowledge about organizations which offer help and support

Comments/Recommendations: The contents of this brochure should be discussed in the group under the guideance oft he trainer. All upcoming questions should be answered detailed by the trainer, to increase the gain of knowledge according to this topics.

TDV theoretical framework

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In this document you can find the research made by Indera's foundation, one of our partner organizations, in order to get to know better the phenomena of Teen Dating Violence and the best ways to prevent it.

Workshop: Teen Dating Violence

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In this workshop we will use Love&Respect App Quizz as a key tool. We will use it’s first quiz called “Can you recognize a healthy relationship?” to interact with teenagers, creating debates and listening to their opinions on whether the described conducts belong to a healthy relationship or a toxic one.

Themes: emotions, relationships, responsibility, flirting, teendating, communication, sexuality, sex education

Objectives: 

- Identify the ideas around “romantic love”.
- Sensitize about normalization of violent/toxic behaviors in normal life and how this leads to abuse situations in teenagers relationships.

Workshop: Porn as a normalizer of violence in relationships

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This workshop was thought to be used among young adults and people in touch with teenagers.
The aim of this activity is to create a debate about porn, to listen to opinions from the participants and to analyze mainstream porn with a critical point of view.

Objectives:

- To identify ideas around sexuality.
- To sensitize about normalization of violent behaviors in sex-affective relationships and how this leads to abuse situations and an escalation of violence.

Workshop: Disney Stereotypes

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In this workshop we will talk about the image/desires/aspirations/etc. that are projected in girls and boys by Disney movies.

Objectives:

- To distinguish and analyze the images and roles assigned to boys and girls.
- To compare between the ideas that convey the images of girls and boys in movies and the ideas they have of themselves and of how a girl and a boy should be and/or personal experiences.
- To think over the behavioral models proposed by the characters: real/not real.

Workshops on preventing sexualized violence among youths

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This selected activities are part of an educational modul "European Flirt Expert Manual" which was created during the last European Project from Hazissa. It is used for prevention work with youths, in order to promote prevention of sexualized violence, preventing in general and sexual health as well as to strengthen a positive consensus concerning dating activities of adolescents. Prior those activities, read and consider the quality citeria of preventional work against sexualized violence, which are availabe in the workshop manual for youthwork about preventing sexualized violence.

Gender not Sex

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Goal of the workshop is to to understand the difference between ‘sex’ and ‘gender’ and learn to recognize gender stereotypes.

Gender Box

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At the end of this activity, students will be able to:

•          understand the concept of gender stereotypes

•          realize that gender roles are not a fixed reality but are socially constructed

•          initiate discussions about gender roles: how they are taught and enforced, what is the cost to boys and girls when trying to be compliant with their socially structured gender

Myths about Women and Men & their Consequences

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The workshop analyze the ways in which culture conveys messages and express beliefs about men and women. Participants will become aware of the messages that lie behind traditional myths  and how these messages are influencing behaviour.

Adolescent Relationships

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Participants

Participants will become aware of the factors that make a relationship successful as  well  as those that can contribute to the failure of a relationship.

Myths about Violence

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Goal of the workshop is to raise awareness and knowledge about myths around violence.

What we can Do: Intervention Strategies

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Goals of the workshops are toraise awareness on students’ responsibility as bystanders, to identify specific techniques for challenging peers’ attitudes and behaviours that sup- port violence against women and to  identify what every person can do to stop TDV.

Talking with María Montesinos about TDV

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María Montesinos Sánchez-Elvira, expert consultant in gender politics, talks with us about her perspective on such an unexplored topic as it is teen dating violence, focusing on public policies and communicative strategies.

With english and spanish subtitles. 

How to be a better ally - handbook for peer educators

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This handbook is intended as basic information and practical tool pack for ambassadors of the Love and Respect project. But it will be useful for any other peer educators talking to teens experiencing difficulties, especially experiencing teen dating violence. Through practical examples of what to say and how to react to specific situations on one hand, and what is best to avoid, on the other hand, it should help peer educators to navigate teens towards professional help, support them and make them feel welcome and safe.

Building Healthy Teen Relationships – School and District Policies (webinar)

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Description: Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships – Lessons from a four-year, multi-million dollar initiative on promoting healthy relationships and preventing teen dating violence through school and district policies.

Speakers:

  • Debbie Lee, Senior Vice President, Futures Without Violence
  • Emily Austin, Peace Over Violence, Director of Policy and Evaluation
  • Barri Rosenbluth, SafePlace, Expect Respect Program Director

That's Not Cool campaign - videos preventing digital abuse

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That's Not Cool campaign (check the official web) created a set of cool videos for teens about harassment taking place in digital space. Watch funny videos about "Pressure Pic Problem", "Text Monster", "The Break In" and others. Each topic is presented both from girlfriend and boyfriend perspective. 

Educational module "Teen Safe Initiative"

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The goal of the project "Teen Safe Initiative" (by The Center for Young Women’s Health, USA) is to promote health and safety in relationships, on the streets, and on the internet. The Teen Safe curriculum consists of a facilitator’s guide and four modules. The modules can be used separately or as part of a series of lessons on safety.

Facilitator’s Guide
Module 1: Healthy Relationships
Module 2: Safety in Relationships
Module 3: Safety on the Street
Module 4: Safety on the Internet

Teacher's Guide - Classroom Activities To Influence TDV Awareness and Prevention

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The guide presents a set of interesting and effective classroom activities for different school subject.

The guide was created by NATIIONAL TEEN DATING VIOLENCE PREVENTION INITIATIVE (USA). 

Healthy Relationship - HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATORS TOOLKITS

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The toolkit is created by "Love is Respect" iniciative (USA).

As an educator, mentor and role model to students, you can play a critical role in shaping the next generation’s attitudes and behaviors. Educators have the ability to help young people better understand healthy relationships and learn to recognize the signs of an unhealthy or abusive relationship. By leveraging classroom discussion, special projects and modeling the appropriate behaviors through words and actions, you can have a tremendous impact on how students grow to understand and appreciate safe, healthy and respectful relationships.

Love is Respect initiative created the toolkits on this page to provide guidance to middle school and high school educators who want to lead these discussions in their schools. These toolkits can be used on their own or as a supplement to a larger curriculum. It is our hope that you will feel free to use these guides because we believe that education is the key to preventing and end domestic violence and dating abuse.

Healthy Relationship - MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATORS TOOLKITS

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The toolkit is created by "Love is Respect" iniciative (USA).

As an educator, mentor and role model to students, you can play a critical role in shaping the next generation’s attitudes and behaviors. Educators have the ability to help young people better understand healthy relationships and learn to recognize the signs of an unhealthy or abusive relationship. By leveraging classroom discussion, special projects and modeling the appropriate behaviors through words and actions, you can have a tremendous impact on how students grow to understand and appreciate safe, healthy and respectful relationships.

Love is Respect initiative created the toolkits to provide guidance to middle school and high school educators who want to lead these discussions in their schools. These toolkits can be used on their own or as a supplement to a larger curriculum. It is our hope that you will feel free to use these guides because we believe that education is the key to preventing and end domestic violence and dating abuse.

Involving Peer Educators in addressing Teen Dating Violence

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This manual is one of the main outputs of project Ambassadors of Love and Respect, which focused on involving volunteers as peer educators in the prevention activities of Love and Respect project.

The manual summarizes how to involve volunteers as peer educators in the prevention activities, what are the advantages or risks of it. It also provides theoretical and practical tips for peers on how to recognize teen dating violence or how to effectively communicate with someone experiencing it.

Therefore, the manual should be useful for anyone considering involving peer educators in their activities or for those who already do that, since it summarizes our lessons learned or dilemmas we faced during our project.