European Conference on Domestic Violence

The ECDV conference brought together researchers, academics, students, professionals, practitioners and policy-makers from Europe. Ivana Car, together with Dean Ajduković and Marita Husso, presented the focus groups findings on gender-based violence (GBV) in the school context. In general, the findings showed that GBV is often encountered in various forms in the school context and described its most common examples which include violence in young people’s intimate relationships. Also, findings highlighted the sense of trust between a pupil and a teacher as an important factor for help-seeking behaviour and suggested various violence-reporting strategies. These findings, among others, served as a foundation for creating training on coping with GBV in the school context.