Stand By Me

StandByMe aims at countering online violence against women and girls (‘VAWG’) via youth actions in Italy, Poland and Hungary and the rest of Europe. Partners will educate and empower students to take action against online VAWG, facilitating their ability to detect it and supporting their voice as change agents, giving stakeholders and the general public their unique vision and perspective. This through the development and the delivering of a comprehensive blended learning program consisting of offline and online courses, educational materials, updated data and the possibility to take a wide range of actions.

Activities are structured into:

• WP1 – Project management and coordination;
• WP2 – Social media monitoring and digital platform for gamified awareness raising actions;
• WP3 – Blended learning educational path;
• WP4 – HRE Empowered actions by schools;
• WP5 – Communication and dissemination activities.

They are expected to involve around 15.000 people, especially youths.

StandByMe will obtain the following results:

• R1) Schools in Italy, Hungary and Poland are aware of and equipped to educate and empower students to take action on human rights and gender-based violence, particularly online violence against women and girls (VAWG).
• R2) Young people are able to recognise and are equipped to effectively react against online violence against women and girls (VAWG).
• R3) Young people in Italy, Hungary and Poland act as change agents to promote gender equality and to prevent VAWG.
• R4) Internet intermediaries are willing to adopt stronger human rights based mechanisms to prevent online violence against women and girls (VAWG) in line with suggestions and requests from young people.