GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN YOUTH-PARTNER RELATIONSHIPS – A POSSIBLE APPROACH TO PREVENTION

  • Bojana Perić Prkosovački
  • Marina Ileš
  • Marija Trivanović
Keywords: youth, partner relationships, gender-based violence, prevention, school

Abstract

The work points out that gender-based violence among youth is widespread, based on data on violence in early partner relationships. It describes the legal-strategic framework regulating the obligations and responsibilities of education institutions in Serbia concerning the protection of pupils from violence. It especially highlights the need for prevention work with youth in order to contribute to increase of awareness about the unacceptability of discrimination and violent behavior, especially in partner relationships.

Prevention work with youth and possibilities for implementation of various activities as part of the curriculum and extracurricular activities is presented through the examples of the cooperation between non-governmental organizations and secondary schools in the territory of the Republic of Serbia within the project “No tolerance for gender-based violence” of the Autonomous women’s Center. The work points out the significance of coordinated efforts of stakeholders at local level as a basis for prompt and appropriate protection and support to pupils exposed to violence.

Based on the practice developed in the “April 7th” Secondary Medical School in the City of Novi Sad, the work describes an example of cooperation between the non-governmental sector and secondary school. It also describes a possible solution concerning the systematic internal information of pupils and school staff. A possible form of prevention work with secondary school pupils regarding the topic of gender-based violence is illustrated by an example of a lesson plan for a head-teacher class.

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Published
16. 01. 2019.
Section
SCHOOL EDUCATION