Until now there has been no organisation in the Czech Republic focusing on violence against homeless women. Subjects tackling violence against women have ignored homeless women, while social services for homeless people have ignored the issue of violence.
That’s why we have created information know-how in the field of violence against homeless women – we have conducted research, used the knowledge of an international workshop and a meeting of field workers, published an output analysis, elaborated a manual for people in assistance professions, and organised training on the issue. We have also managed to link together organisations dealing with violence against women and organisations providing social services to homeless people.
A unique field service operation has been established in Prague and Ostrava, which can be approached to deal with the experience of violence or its prevention. Women with the experience of homelessness participated actively in field counselling, in field workers’ meetings, collaborated on the project within a self-help group, devised topics and activities, and engaged in the research.
