Earlier in March, the IARS Youth Advisory Board held a meeting at the IARS Offices to scrutinise the literature review and the methodology of the Erasmus+ funded project “Abused No More” Safeguarding Youth and Empowering Professionals.
Prior to their meeting our research team provided them with the first draft of the literature review that examines key project concepts such as gender-based violence (GBV) including FGM, forced marriage and other Harmful Traditional Practices; public legal education; discrimination and gaps in service provision for migrant women fleeing violence. The report included references to the methodological approach that the team aims to adopt in order to conduct fieldwork with migrant, refugee and asylum seeking women in the UK. The aim of this literature review is to provide a context for the Abused No More project, and to identify existing gaps in knowledge so that research questions for the fieldwork can be refined.
It is worth mentioning here that in the develolpment of the literature review IARS has involved directly two young migrant women who acted as research assistants.
During the meeting our Youth Advisory Board members had the opportunity to discuss in depth the project objectives, methodology and current progress and provide their direct feedback to the research coordinator. After the completion of the meeting they were provided with a short questionnaire and were asked to sumbit their feedback in writing. Below you can find the detailed feedback.
In accordance with IARS youth-led ethos, their thoughts, feedback and concerns were taken into consideration and reshaped our methodological approach to ensure that the project remains youth-led and youth relevant.
Youth Advisory Board’s Report on Project Methodology
The Abused no more partnership is launching a call to collect inspirational projects in the youth discrimination field. We are looking for examples of good and promising practices of projects and activities aimed at tackling youth discrimination in different fields and through various methodologies.
Silva Mendes, Director for Youth and Sport at DG for Education and Culture, EC said: “Abuse no more”, introduces the notion of legal literacy in our formal education systems, in a rather innovative way to prevent marginalisation and social exclusion. My Voice – My rights gives us the opportunity to re-discover our legal systems and seek in there solutions but more importantly it makes us realize that individual rights are not merely a tool of preventing marginalisation but at the same time a reflection of our European values such as freedom, tolerance and non- discrimination. Re-exploring our roots and our common cultural heritage can be an effective answer to the multiple crises Europe is facing.”
Youth Advisory Group
As a user led organisation, IARS runs the Youth Advisory Group. YAB is a team of young volunteers aged 15 – 25 from different backgrounds and circumstances who are aware of the problems facing young people in today’s society and who are interested in an opportunity to do something positive about these issues. This body will be consulted at all stages of the project. This is an excellent opportunity for young people to get their voices heard and to address issues that are important for them.
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The Abused No More project is an opportunity for young people, professionals and organizations dealing with discrimination, legal literacy and abuse prevention to network in order to share information, practices, experiences and useful tools across Europe.
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• Possibility to get involved in our research activities
• Space for discussions, sharing of good practice and networking
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