BONDS: A psychosocial empowerment program for the development of safe, equal and non-violent relationships in adolescence.

Call: Preventing and Combatting Domestic and Sexual Violence
Project Duration: 12 months
Budget: €59.973,50
Types of grants: Large-scale project
Country: Greece
Location: Attica

The project aims to prevent gender-based and sexual violence during adolescence, before harmful attitudes and behaviours become entrenched. Through participatory and experiential interventions, it seeks to strengthen adolescents’ socio-emotional skills, their critical awareness of gender stereotypes, and their ability to recognise forms of violence, set personal boundaries, understand consent and seek support. 

Target Groups

Adolescents aged 12-18 facing multiple vulnerabilities, particularly those living in child protection facilities, experiencing psychosocial difficulties or having experienced violence, as well as adolescents from minority or migrant backgrounds, Roma adolescents, LGBTQI+ adolescents and adolescents with disabilities. Particular attention is also given to girls and adolescents who may reproduce violent behaviours. 

Key Activities

  • 6 good practice exchange activities with Greek organisations and participatory development and validation of educational material 
  • Knowledge exchange with European organisations, involving 10 participants 
  • 24 participatory awareness-raising and prevention workshops for 45 adolescents 
  • 18 audiovisual co-creation workshops for 30 of the participating adolescents 
  • 2 participatory mapping and information-material co-creation workshops with 10 adolescents 
  • Development and dissemination of an audiovisual campaign comprising 4 communication materials/interventions in conventional media and 10 online communication activities, aiming to raise awareness among more than 2,000 people 
  • Final event with 70 participants