The IASPP was a research infrastructure funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT – Ref:RECI/IVC-SOC//0476/2012) focused in social and political attitudes in Portugal, in a comparative analysis from applied surveys and probability samples. Taking into account the recognized base projects, such as the European Social Survey (ESS) or the Portuguese Election Studies (PES), IASPP included the research programs Atitudes Sociais dos Portugueses (ASP) e Atitudes Políticas dos Portugueses (APP). From an interdisciplinary approach (featuring sociologists, political scientists and social psychologists) and an institutional collaboration between ICS-UL, ISCTE-IUL, ISCSP-UL and international partners, IASPP aimed to: allow the social scientific Portuguese community to trace and interpret stability and change in European social attitudes; increase the thoroughness of comparative research; create national evolution indicators, taking into account the perceptions and judgements on key social aspects; train researchers on quantitative methods; increase the visibility od data on social change among academics, political agents and the general public.
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Femicide across Europe (2012-2016) (project budget: 6.545€), focused on femicide, a leading cause of premature death for women globally, distinct from homicide and other forms of gender violence. The project drew from an interdisciplinary approach, focusing on both victims and perpetrators, and examining the cultural and psychological causes, as well as their societal implications.
It was funded by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) and coordinated by Maria José Magalhães.
In 2015-2016, the research-action project Acolher – Intergenerational cooperation for an ethical and responsible turism in rural areas (“Acolher – Cooperação Intergeracional para um Turismo Ético e Responsável em meios rurais”). In this project, young people acquired knowledge about the environmental, historical and cultural heritage of a specific region in the North of the country, supporting the creation of an inter-village network of tour itineraries, with the involvement of local communities. This project aimed to create the conditions to generate new skills for young people, seeking to involve them in activities while they were looking for their first job, were unemployed or did not have opportunities to pursue studies. These ethical and responsible tourism activities were carried out in connection with the local population, especially women, who could create conditions to host visitors from other regions of the country or other countries, generating an Ethical and Responsible Tourism. Funded by Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian and Active Citizenship Programme.
The project was coordinated by Manuela Tavares.
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In 2015, the study on the Services to People With Disabilities in the Mainstream Environment in Europe (2015) (project budget: 6.000,00€) was undertaken. This study was part of a series of study reports published by the European Platform of Rehabilitation aiming to provide evidence of trends and developments in service delivery to people with disabilities. This particular study assessed services from the EPR membership that support the inclusion of men and women with disabilities in mainstream environments.
The project was coordinated by Paula Campos Pinto and Teresa Janela Pinto was one of the team reserchers.
DISABILITY RIGHTS PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL
Establishing a Monitoring System to Address Disability Discrimination Globally
Coordinator in Portugal:
Paula Campos Pinto
Website
http://drpi.research.yorku.ca/
PASSDA (Production and Archive of Social Science Data) is the Portuguese infrastructure for the collection, archive and dissemination of data about social and political attitudes, values, and behaviours. It is the national node of several international research networks and infrastructures that collect these types of data through surveys applied to representative samples of the population, such as the European Social Survey-ERIC or the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems, as well as of the Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives (CESSDA-ERIC). PASSDA is integrated in the Portuguese Roadmap of Research Infrastructures supported by the Foundation for Science and Technology.
The project is a result from a partnership between CIEG and the Centre for Public Administration and Public Policies (CAPP), of the Institute of Social and Political Sciences (ISCSP-ULisbon), the Institute of Social Sciences (ICS), the Lisbon School of Economics and Management (ISEG-ULisboa), the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-IUL) and the Centre for Social Studies (CES-UC). At ISCSP-ULisbon, Anália Torres coordinates on behalf of CIEG.
At ISCSP-ULisbon, Anália Torres coordinates on behalf of CIEG.
OBJECTIVES
increase knowledge and awareness of sexual harassment in students and staff;
develop, pilot and deliver a training program for students and school staff to enable them to intervene in situations of sexual harassment;
increase the motivation of bystanders to stop sexual harassment in high schools;
develop a manual and materials adapted to each country;
develop school policies and protocols on sexual harassment;
compare the implementation and effectiveness of the program in the four countries.
ACTIVITIES
Audit of current approaches on sexual harassment (literature review, background research, focus groups, development of the training programmes);
Pilot of the training programmes with students and school staff;
Implementation of the programmes and work with the schools (preparatory work with staff, implementing programmes in two classes in each school, assisting students and staff in developing school policies on sexual harassment, evaluation and revision of the programme materials);
Reflection and dissemination (website, Facebook page, video production, writing papers on the implementation, comparative analysis and writing a comparative paper, presenting the results at 4 national seminars).
EXPECTED RESULTS
Concerning students: improved knowledge about sexual harassment; enhanced capacity to identify the diverse forms of sexual harassment; improved confidence and commitment to preventing sexual harassment; new intervention skills to act in situations of sexual harassment; involvement in the development of school policies with staff; evidence that the skills and policy have been used.
Concerning school staff: increased awareness and knowledge of sexual harassment in schools; enhanced capacity to identify the diverse forms of sexual harassment; willingness and commitment to work with students in preventing sexual harassment; evidence that there is more support for victims and responsibilisation of perpetrators; enhanced capacity to implement the programme and policies at school.
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http://www.bystanders.eu/
This project was focused on promoting adolescents’ capabilities to improve their intimate relationships with their peers through different activities that aimed to:
- Enable adolescents to acknowledge IPV-related protective factors that are present in themselves, their families, the school and other closed settings, and to know how to properly use them,
- Contribute to education and awareness-raising about the importance of positive interpersonal relationships based on self- esteem and trust,
- Endorse adolescents in challenging sexist and tolerant attitudes towards gender-based violence and dating violence,
- Promote skills to manage problems and conflicts through interpersonal communication, mediation and negotiation among youth, and
- Empower young people to claim their rights and those of their peers to be held in esteem and to protect themselves from at-risk or abusive relationships.
Lights4violence main activities were:
- Seminar with teachers: “Promoting Protective Assets Related to Violence Together”.
- Workshop with adolescents: “Filming Together to See Ourselves in a New Present”.
- Short film exhibitions with participants, their families, authorities and other stakeholders.
- Teaching guides for the use of short films.
- Computer-based evaluation system.
- International Final Conference: “Dating Violence and the Role of Education”.
Type and number of persons benefiting from the project: 600 to 700 adolescents (boys and girls), aged 13 to 15 years, enrolled in secondary education schools from Alicante (Spain), Rome (Italy), Cardiff (UK), Iasi (Romania), Porto (Portugal) and Poznań (Poland).
Expected results
Increased adolescent awareness about the importance of positive interpersonal relationships based on esteem and trust;
Improved adolescent attitudes against sexism, intolerance towards intimate partner violence and other forms of violence against peers; and,
Improved adolescent skills for managing conflicts through interpersonal communication, mediation
The research study Beliefs and attitudes of professionals on sexual violence in intimate relations, coordinated by Sofia Neves, Professor at ISMAI and a member of CIEG, was promoted by Comissão para a Cidadania e Igualdade de Género (CIG) and funded by the European Commission. The study was developed in partnership with the Family Planning Association, the Health Ministry, the Secretariat of State of the Ministry of Internal Administration, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security, and aimed to determine the beliefs and attitudes of Public Administration professionals about sexual violence in intimate relations.
The ARt’Themis project was developed by UMAR – União de Mulheres Alternativa e Resposta and funded by the Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality (CIG) and the Secretary of State for Citizenship and Equality.
Directed to children and young people, the project’s main goals were to promote a culture of equality, peace, non-violent conflict resolution and women's rights, as well as to prevent gender based violence through the reflection about stereotypes and myths.
Within the primary prevention scope, the project focused on the topics of Domestic and Gender Violence, but also helped children and young people to tackle these subjects by identifying the problem, discussing and reflecting about it. The aim was to educate and inform on how to recognize potential signs of violence and to know what to do in such circumstances.
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