As part of the project puSHed – protect, understand, support; help the elderly two open dialogues were held with representatives of civil society organizations. The aim of the dialogue was to exchange experiences and examples of good practices in working with elderly victims of violence, to share the challenges we face as well as to exchange ideas, all in the spirit of expanding the area of intersectional support towards the target population.
The need to organize open dialogues emerged after the completion of mapping the experiences of stakeholders from different levels in the field of providing support to the elderly, as well as after conducting interviews with elderly women victims of violence, which led to the conclusion that we do not have adequate answers to providing care to the elderly in general, and especially to elderly victims of domestic violence.
During the open dialogue, the participants were also presented with the Handbook for professionals working with older people who are victims of violence.
A total of 28 participants took part. The open dialogues were held at the end of May, via the ZOOM platform.
The project aims to prevent and combat gender-based violence against older women by developing gender-specific responses in providing support to victims and building the capacity of relevant stakeholders in the protection and support system. The project is funded by the European Union from the CERD program. The value of the project is €208,716.34.
