Youth FIGHT against power abuse: Y-FIGHT

<< Background >>Gender-Based violence (GBV) refers to harmful actions directed towards an individual based on their gender. This phenomenon is rooted in gender inequality, the abuse of power and harmful norms. It is a serious violation of human rights, human dignity and a life-threatening health and protection problem.During the COVID-19 lockdowns, women in violent relationships were forced to stay at home, isolated and exposed to their abuser for a long time. This situation puts them under a greater risk of domestic violence. On top of this, the development of digital tools and ICTs, the gender based violence and power abuse takes new forms, not known before and with a high risk for young women.Young people are highly vulnerable and need more tools, knowledge and awareness to be able to identify the sexist behaviors on vulnerable groups and non-binary gender, counteract systemic abuse of vulnerable groups and cyber violence, be more aware of the abuses in the labour market and learn emotional management tools. Therefore, Y-FIGHT Partnership strongly believes that the prevailing abusive systems of power and mindset must be constantly challenged and changed and this is the main focus of the current proposal.<< Objectives >>PO1. To exchange the most important practices to fight gender based violence (GBV) and power abuse among young people.PO2. To learn new tools and approaches to fight gender violence.PO3. To raise awareness on power abuses experienced by young people, with a special attention to vulnerable groupsPO4. To strengthen alliances at the regional, national and European level with entities that fight to counteract gender violence and abuse.<< Implementation >>The main activities implemented were:a) Transnational project meetings: We carried out 3 transnational meetings, International project meeting in Spain, (Kick off)International project meeting in Czech Republic (Intermediate meeting)International project meeting in Latvia, (Final assessment)b) Best practices exchange through the three learning activities:- A 3-day participatory visit to Latvia, best practices to counteract systematic abuse of vulnerable groups and cyber violence.- A 3-day participatory visit to Slovenia, best practices on the identification of sexist behaviors' towards vulnerable groups, and PH experiences on counteracting gender and power abuses in the labour market- An 8-day course in Spain, emotional management tools to deal with and overcome situations of gender violence and power abuse.c) Dissemination campaign Dissemination events to promote the project, example: 25th Novemberd) Other supplementary activities without specific budget:Internal workshops: Through the workshops, the 4 entities ensured the transfer of the newly acquired tools and knowledge. << Results >>The main tangible results of the project were:*Summary video of the course held in Spain:https://youtu.be/uMFxvJJw-dY *Summary video for the participatory visit in Slovenia:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DDsh3x_7qVrCbz4W_JoaZnGNkoH9-7cL/view?usp=sharing* Dissemination of the project video in Czech Republic meetinghttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1x5SOGCcPZ2gHdS5SP-9vSiv4PNYOwRCe/view?usp=sharing*Posters of the project activities (project meetings, learning activities, etc)https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zligLGv0hSEBTW-QO2gKB3ssK3C5tNcJ?usp=drive_link*Learning activities presentations, guides, information pills.*Internal workshopshttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1XVrt9uAQFFc4jqCH4hWqXDhOwCV3XwSG?usp=sharingOther kinds of results and achievements are explained in the next sections.