Members Crisis Intervention Team (KIT), ADRA Slovakia entered 2019 with a resolution: to continue to speak out about violence, to organize more awareness-raising activities and educational events for different target groups in the Slovak Republic. Because in addition to crisis intervention, social rehabilitation and adaptation of male and female clients and advocacy, the prevention is also important.
Right away first discussion in 2019 will take place on Wednesday (16 January) from 18:00 in the UNIK Community Centre at 5 Ferienčíkova Street in Bratislava under the title „How to detect a manipulator in a relationship„.
The discussion is directed primarily at young people who are in the process of falling in love, building a relationship and do not know the warning signs that they may be in a violent relationship.
There are more and more stories like this (not only on the movie screen): he was funny at the beginning of the relationship, she was totally in love with him. But suddenly she doesn't understand his actions. He makes increasingly frequent jealous scenes, forbids her to meet his friends, monitors her mobile communications, raises his voice, makes himself the victim during an argument and drives her into a corner, while lying to her himself behind her back. Maybe once a slap has fallen. But only once. And she puts the blame on herself and justifies his actions in front of others and herself... How can it turn out after a few years of cohabitation? A script retold as if through a photocopier one in three women in the world and in Slovakia. This is not right.
Therefore, KIT experts will help young people during the January discussion in KC UNIK recognise signs of manipulation in a relationship, they will also outline - how such situations and violent relationships can be addressed and prevented. Attendees will also learn what to do if they witness domestic or sexual violence in their neighbourhood. Daniela Borzová (lawyer) and Lucia Klimáčková (psychologist) will patiently answer all questions from the audience.
If you want to learn more about the topic, or just to make sure that your relationship is not toxic and is moving in the right direction - come to KC UNIK in Bratislava next Wednesday. There will be an open discussion about a still taboo topic from behind the closed doors of our households. Because violence cannot be kept silent.
Admission to the discussion is free, catering provided. After the discussion, a short individual consultation with a lawyer and a psychologist - members of ADRA KIT. If you miss this January event directed by members of the Crisis Intervention Team (KIT) of ADRA Slovakia, we will come back to the issue of detection, resolution and prevention of abusive relationships in one of the the following events (2.2. in Bratislava, 9.3. in Banská Bystrica and 27.3. in Nitra) in the coming weeks. So keep an eye out for events posted on our Facebook page here.
The event is implemented thanks to the support of the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic within the Crime Prevention 2018 project. More about our comprehensive assistance to victims of violence can be found on the website: https://www.adra.sk/pomoc-obetiam-nasilia-kit/
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