Violence (non)public issue

The nationwide impact of our project is an innovative approach to tackling the issue of domestic violence by shifting the service “to the client” and introducing a lawyer service for persons at risk and also services for violent persons – while preventing this violence at the same time. We have introduced a system of field care for the entire family affected by domestic violence. With our Norwegian partner we have worked mainly on the issue of children as witnesses of violence and on improving therapeutic work with aggressors. Emphasis has been put on a preventive campaign for the general public, teachers, pupils and students; we have managed to strengthen the interdisciplinary cooperation of stakeholders in the South Moravian Region and elsewhere. The sustainability of the project was the focus of a separate activity, the outputs of which led to the optimisation of the services provided. The main benefit was filling the gap in the services related to the issue of gender based violence and domestic violence in the South Moravian Region.