Mouvement pour l'Égalité entre les Femmes et les Hommes
About
Administrative contact
Project coordinator
- Donatienne Portugaels
- mouvementegalite.femmeshommes@gmail.com
- MEFH / 0032473 53 69 03
Collectifs des Femmes
- Deogratias Bugandwa Mungu Akonkwa
- bugandwa.deogratias@collectifdesfemmes.be
- 0032474 83 27 23
- Rue de la Citronelle 77 – 1348Louvain-la-Neuve
Project dates
Project start date: 03/01/2023.
Project lasting 24 months.
The main activities of the project
The project studies social rules and their impact on violence against migrant women. It also evaluates the effectiveness of methods of social change. A study is being conducted to understand how laws affect domestic violence among migrants.
Focus groups bringing together women and men are organized to gather varied perspectives. In-depth interviews with experts are also conducted to enrich the understanding of the subject. The project creates a European guide to assess social standards on domestic violence with quantitative methods. Additionally, training materials, including online training (MOOC), are designed for training professionals. Finally, field tests are carried out to use the tools created in three different locations for four months.
The expected results
The project aims to increase professionals‘ knowledge of the risks of mistreatment within migrant couples. Professionals will gain a better understanding of the risks of mistreatment within couples among migrants.
Professional training : 50 people will learn to better understand the risks of mistreatment in migrant couples and their culture of origin.
The type and number of documents to be produced
– A research report on social norms and their consequences in terms of violence against
towards women, the implementation of the social change approach, as well as the evaluation
the effectiveness of this approach
– A research report on the impact of the legal framework on domestic violence among migrants
– A European guide including a quantitative tool for assessing social standards regarding the risk of domestic violence (FR, EN)
– 3 training sessions
– A training kit, including a MOOC (FR, EN)
– 6 awareness meetings
– A distribution plan (BE and EU), a website, a tool transposition package;
– An evaluation report;
– A summary report (FR, EN).
Project stages
The IPV-Migrants project is divided into Working Package (WP) and each active WP :
T1.1 : Scientific monitoring – choice of pilot sites
T1.2 : Team coordination – organization of the 3 general meetings
T1.3 : Working documents
T1.4 : Administrative and financial monitoring – Establishment of the work team and regular intra- and inter-team meetings
T2.1 : Systematic review of the literature relating to social norms and their consequences in terms of violence (BE, EU); Research on the social change approach and evaluation of the effectiveness of this approach
T2.2 : Estimate of the extent of violence whose deep roots can be traced to the adherence to social norms by certain communities;
T2.3 : Research on the impact of the legal framework on domestic violence among migrants
T2.4 : Report on the state of play of the question of the influence of social norms on violence in couples of people with a migrant background.
T3.1 : Quantitative survey on measuring the extent of social norms related to the theme of violence against women
T3.2: Conducting focus groups (4X10 women and 2X10 men)
T3.3 : In-depth interviews with experts (10 + experts from the Advisory Board)
T3.4 : Analysis report of in-depth interviews with experts and focus groups
T4.1 : Development of a European guide including a quantitative tool for assessing social standards regarding the risk of domestic violence
T4.2 : Creation of the training kit (MOOC, face-to-face training material, etc.)
T4.3 : Testing of the European guide, the training kit and more in-depth training sessions in the pilot sites (3)
T5.1 : Evaluation of the materials provided (European guide and training kit) and corrective actions
T5.2 : Dissemination of the training kit (site, guide, MOOC and training material) at national and European level (FR, EN)
T5.3 : Advocacy actions with national political leaders (minimum 3 meetings)
T5.4: Writing the summary report (FR, EN) and contractual documents