PROTECT Inform – Investigate – Protect: Fighting Violence Against Women

Status
Completed

The project aimed to improve the capacity of Bulgarian authorities to investigate and prosecute domestic violence and other forms of gender based violence. It tried to achieve this by summarizing and analyzing existing knowledge and communicate the findings through training and campaigns directed at target groups and general audiences.

About the project

One of the University of Oslo’s main contributions to PROTECT was to summarize Norwegian experiences and contribute towards developing a risk analysis and a typology of risk groups.

Professor May-Len Skilbrei was the responsible partner in PROTECT from the University of Oslo.

The project activities were as follows:

  • Analysis of risks and risk profiles in ethno-social context as a basis for knowledge-based public policies.
  • Specialized training for professionals working in the field of combating domestic violence and violence against women.
  • A targeted campaign that brougth together representatives of the judiciary with representatives of Roma communities to formulate common goals and priorities in the fight against this phenomenon.

Objectives

The PROTECT project aimed at increasing the capacity of the Bulgarian authorities in the field of combating domestic violence and violence against women. It will do so by synthesizing existing knowledge about risks and mitigators of such risks and use this for developing training and campaigns.

Outcomes

Training materials and campaign content.

Project period

The project was finalized in 2023.

Participants

Funding

PROTECT was funded by Norway Grants.

Collaborators

This project follows from several former collaborations between the University of Oslo and Bulgarian institutions. The project partners were the Chamber of Investigators in Bulgaria and the Research & Training Point Foundation in Bulgaria.

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