OVERVIEW

• Bystanders – Developing bystanders' responses to sexual harassment among young people is a project addressed to the problem of Sexual Harassment (SH) against teenage girls and young women.
• This project aims to  implement a Sexual Harassment prevention program in  school context, with students and staff, in 4 countries: Portugal, Malta, Slovenia and UK. Is expected that this intervention can be participatory in which young people will be educated on how to act in situations where one is a witness of SH. By the way, the methodology of the project intends to develop intervention materials;  training young people and training school staff and has as a final objective the creation of a prevention program in this field.

The Bystanders Project Will:

• Increase knowledge and awareness of SH in students and staff;
• Develop, pilot and deliver a training program for students and school staff to enable them to intervene in situations of SH;
• Increase the motivation of bystanders to stop SH in high schools;
• Develop a manual and materials adapted to each country;
• Develop school policies and protocols on SH; Compare the implementation and effectiveness of the program in the four countries.

EUROPEAN TEAM

Portugal

Faculty of Phycology and Education Sciences University of Porto:

• Maria José Magalhães
• Vera Silva
• Raquel Felgueiras

UMAR - Women's Association, Alternative and Response:

• Ana Guerreiro
• Cátia Pontedeira
• Vera Silva

United kingdom

London Metropoly University:

• Liz Kelly
• Nicola Sharp-Jeffs

Malta

University of Malta:

• Aleksndar Dimitrijevic
• Marcelline Naudi
• Rodianne Ellul Buhagiar
• Barbara Stelnaszek

Slovenia

Peace Institute - Institute for Comtemporary Social and Political Studies:

• Vlasta Jaluši?
• Maja Ladi?
• Lana Zdravkovic

DNK:

• Anita Jerina
• Vu?enovi?
• Sabina Cobec