What do teachers know about (cyber) gender-based violence in schools?
1028 teachers from Hungary, Spain, Serbia and Croatia participated in sharing their views and experiences related to cyber sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in youth partner relationships.
Gender discriminative behaviour towards students
expectations are Similar across countries:
Teachers’ opinions and attitudes towards GBV and cyber SGBV
– mostly do not hold victim-blaming attitudes
– display awareness of the dynamics of abusive relationships,
– don’t know if students have enough trust in them
to seek help in cases of teen-dating violence.
Sometimes it’s justified for a boy to slap his girlfriend.
AGREE
UNDECIDED
DISAGREE
When a person is being abused in his/her intimate relationship,
it is easy TO just leave.
AGREE
UNDECIDED
DISAGREE
Students trust teachers and other school professionals
and ask for help in cases of teen-dating violence.
AGREE
UNDECIDED
DISAGREE
Girls are equally violent as boys.
AGREE
UNDECIDED
DISAGREE
Awareness of the problem
Teachers that assessed teen-dating violence being a serious problem among their students:
HU
ES
SR
CRO
Is teen-dating violence talked about in schools?
Topic of formal discussions among teachers
Topic of informal conversations among teachers
Topic of conversations with students
Topic of conversations with parents
Teachers are more often informed about female students being victims of violence in intimate relationships compared to male students
FEMALE STUDENT
teachers informed about physical abuse
teachers informed about psychological abuse
teachers informed about sexual abuse
MALE STUDENT
teachers informed about physical abuse
teachers informed about psychological abuse
teachers informed about sexual abuse
female students experience cyber sexual and gender-based violence in intimate relationships more often, according to teachers’ knowledge
What do teachers think about the effects of cyber gender-based violence on their students?
Teachers’ assessment of competence to provide help to students
IN CASES OF physical violence
IN CASES OF psychological violence
IN CASES OF
sexual violence
IN CASES OF
cyber violence
Teachers actively involved in teen-dating prevention activities:
HU
ES
SR
CRO
TEACHERS’ NEEDS
Teachers need additional support to effectively address the problem of violence in youth partner relationships:
The Joint Report “Secondary school teachers’ awareness of cyber sexual and gender-based violence in youth partner relationships“ was prepared based on national research in four countries conducted by the following organizations: Nők a Nőkért Együtt az Erőszak Ellen – NANE (Hungary), Fundación Privada INDERA (Catalonia, Spain), the Autonomous Women’s Center (Serbia) and CESI – Center for Education, Counselling and Research (Croatia). This activity is part of the project “I can choose to say no. Empowering youth, especially girls, to stand up against cyber sexual and gender-based violence in intimate partner relationships“.