OSCE Mission involves men and boys in combating gender-based violence
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For the first time in Moldova, the OSCE Mission will conduct a workshop for some 30 young men and boys on changing violent behavior and gender stereotypes that lead to violence. This is one of the activities of the Mission’s 16-Day Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence that was launched on November 25, Info-Prim Neo reports.
According to a press release from the OSCE Mission to Moldova, based on other countries’ good practices, the participants will learn about gender-based violence and how to raise awareness to combat it.
“Involving men and boys as role models has proved very effective in conveying a message of zero-tolerance against gender-based violence,” said Eugenia Benigni, the Mission’s Anti-Trafficking and Gender Adviser.
Other campaign activities implemented on both sides of the Nistru River by the OSCE Mission include interactive social theatre and seminars for young people, university lectures, children’s essay and drawing competitions, a mobile exhibition with stories of real victims of domestic violence from Moldova, workshops for law enforcement agencies on domestic and international laws on domestic violence, a television talk show and dedicated pages on Facebook and other social networks.
The OSCE Mission supports the 16-Day Campaign in co-operation with Moldova’s Ministry of Labour, Social Protection and Family, the Ministry of the Interior, non-governmental organizations, national and international experts and other international organizations, including UN agencies.
