01-09-2013
30-09-2016
The Project CEINAV - Cultural Encounters in Intervention Against Violence takes a dual approach to cultural encounters as they play out in ethics, justice and citizenship, through a focus on the protection of fundamental rights of women and of children. It will explore both the intersections (and at times, collisions) across national legal and institutional in the search for common European standards, and the growing diversity in European countries, where symbolic boundaries of cultural belonging, while constantly "under construction", also defines realities of social exclusion and inclusion. In the current controversial debates on multiculturalism and the politics of recognition, relationships of gender and generation within every social group needs closer attention: they are closer to balancing autonomy and empowerment of individuals, the duty of the state to protect, and respect for diverse concepts of family and community.
The research will explore on the one hand why, despite an explicit European consensus on stopping violence against women and protecting children from harm, the practices of intervention and the rationales behind them differ between countries, and on the other hand, how policies and institutional practices intended to ensure "the best interests of the child" and the freedom and the safety of women from violence may be deployed differently and have quite different effects for disadvantage minorities within each country. Engaging with projects that work with migrant and minority women and children will ensure that current tensions they negotiate are at the centre of our study
Project Members:
FPCEUP Ana Isabel da Silva Castro Forte
FPCEUP Raquel Helena Louro Felgueiras
FPCEUP Rita de Oliveira Braga Lopez
European Science Foundation
12-HERA-JRP-CE-FP-058
CIIE /Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação da Universidade do Porto - FPCEUP - Portugal