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To protect and support migrant and refugee women who have experienced (or are at risk of) sexual or gender-based violence.

Protéger et soutenir les femmes migrantes et réfugiées ayant subi (ou sont à risque) des violences sexuelles ou sexistes.

Zum Schutz und zur Unterstützung von Migrantinnen und weiblichen Flüchtlingen, die sexuelle/geschlechtsspezifische Gewalt erfahren haben, oder davon bedroht sind.

Proteger y apoyar a mujeres inmigrantes y refugiadas que han sufrido o tienen riesgo de sufrir violencia de género o sexual.

Sabiex nipproteġu u nagħtu għajnuna lin-nisa immigranti, vittmi u/jew vittmi potenzjali ta' vjolenza sesswali u/jew vjolenza tal-ġeneru, li ġejjin minn gruppi vulnerabbli bħal refuġjati u dawk li jkunu se jfittxu ażil.

Proteggere e supportare donne vittime o potenziali vittime di violenza di genere appartenenti ai gruppi vulnerabili come immigrate di prima e seconda generazione, rifugiate e richiedentì asilo.

Ethno-cultural agent

Between 2017 and 2018, ANFE Italy, JVA Zweibruecken (DE) and the University of Malta ran an Ethno-cultural Agent course for migrant women. The course, consisting of a total of 150 hours of direct learning, aimed to equip the women with the know-how to act as intermediaries between migrant women, victims or potential victims of S/GBV, and local services. Lectures and seminars covered the following topics :

Legal Framework

GBV as a human right : Istanbul convention

National law about against GBV

Crimes of GBV in the national justice system

Phenomenology of violence against migrant women in the host

country

Signs and symptoms of abuse

Understanding victims and perpetrators

Gender & GBV

Notions of masculinity Consequences of GBV

Secondary victimization

Impact of violence and trauma

Unresolved trauma

Re-traumatization

Migration flows

Routes of migration

Cultural differences

Citizenship

Mapping of local/national support services

Referral pathways

Social and health services

Legal services Job placement services

Operative methodology (creation of a safe space for women/ setting up the room and the meeting)

Communication skills and body language

Empathic listening

Strengthening empathy in cultural competence

Instruments of psychological reframing and resilience

Coping with competing narratives (storytelling)

MT ECA course IR

MT ECA Report

MT ECA Report