Breaking the Taboo
Research on violence against older women shows, that violence and other forms of abuse often occur in the immediate family. However, violence against older women in the family is still a taboo and therefore even less visible in society than violence against younger women. Professionals who work in community health and social services are often the only persons who have access to the target group. It is thus very important that these staff members have the sensitivity and skills to detect and assess problematic situations and the knowledge and competence to act accordingly.
“I have this feeling, we are considering only the top of an iceberg. The public opinion doesn’t have the adequate sensitivity to understand the importance of the phenomenon, the gravity of the phenomenon.” (Medical, Italy).
The project Breaking the Taboo aimed
- To raise awareness concerning violence against older women in families,
- To empower health and social service professionals to recognize abusive situations and
- To help combat them.
Within the project several awareness raising activities (national conferences, awareness raising workshops) were carried out and awareness raising material developed (brochure, recommendations).
Here you can find the project leaflet of Breaking the Taboo in English and German:
English
German
Breaking the Taboo Two builds on the previous project Breaking the Taboo and aims
- To continue awareness raising at European and National level through promoting training in this field.
- To develop a curriculum
- To train peer advisers and workshop facilitators to sensitise professionals working in community health and social services.
- The project also aims to transfer outcomes of the “Breaking the Taboo” project to further EU countries.
Here you can find the project leaflet of Breaking the Taboo Two in the languages of the partner countries EN, GE, BE, BU, PT:
English
German
Slovenian
Bulgarian
Portuguese
Belgian
