On Friday, 27 February, BRAVE-WOW held its first Community of Practice (CoP) meeting, marking an important step in the project’s stakeholder engagement activities.
The session gathered more than 35 stakeholders, alongside consortium partners, representing a wide geographical and professional diversity. Participants joined from partner countries Portugal, Italy, and Spain, and from additional European countries including Denmark, the Netherlands, and Poland, as well as non-EU countries such as Serbia, Angola, Brazil, and South Africa.
The meeting brought together expertise spanning psychology, labour equality, gender-based violence (GBV), health policy and systems, healthcare, communication, ethics, and security. This multidisciplinary participation reflects the purpose of the CoP. To connect stakeholders from different backgrounds and support a shared goal of increasing awareness and strengthening prevention and response to GBV and harassment in the world of work, with a particular focus on the healthcare sector. This focus aligns with the overall project ambition to promote interventions that can lead to long-term and structural change.
During the session, the consortium presented:
- The main objectives of the BRAVE-WOW project
- The vision and goals of the Community of Practice
- The structure and aims of the Working Groups, including:
- WG1: Engaging men, boys and bystanders in preventing and combating GBV
- WG2: Communication approaches to GBV across the media
- WG3: Cultural and social contexts and their impact on legal frameworks
The discussion was highly interactive, with participants contributing questions, reflections, and early ideas for collaboration. In the coming months, the Working Groups will begin their activities and additional events will be organised to involve a wider community.
Stakeholders interested in contributing can contact the project team via the form on the project website. https://bravewow.eu/