Never Hit a Child is a media campaign to change the attitudes of parents and general population against disciplinary violence towards children (also called “corporal punishment”).
Enhancement through multi professional teamwork of the life management skills of young people in danger of becoming marginalised. Prevention of domestic violence.
The objective is to end and prevent the cycle of domestic violence by offering professional help to men. It should reinforce the family-centred work which is done in the women...
On the one hand, the project aims to call the perpetrators to account for their acts by the society and all institutions and learn them social-cognitive competencies which develop...
In 1999, the Federal Government presented its 1st "Action Plan to Combat Violence against Women" (API). Its main objectives were, inter alia, to create a model for action...
Protecting children and young persons from sexual abuse and exploitation is one of the Federal Governments major concerns. For this reason, the Federal Cabinet adopted the Action...
Prevention of domestic violence has ascended on the Finnish political agenda since the 1980s. It became even more visible in the late 1990s when the results of the first dedicated...
Domestic violence involves the constant ill-treatment of many children and women. Research shows that people who were ill-treated as children frequently show a tendency to violence...