BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:218@kviriem.lv SUMMARY:Join Our Gender-Based Violence Seminar | PGV Network DTSTAMP:20260706T144118Z DTSTART:20260731T070000Z DESCRIPTION:〖 Join Our Gender-Based Violence Seminar | PGV Network 〗\n\nAre you a youth worker\, educator\, social worker\, volunteer\, community lea der\,\nactivist\, or simply someone interested in understanding gender-bas ed violence\nand creating safer\, more inclusive communities?\n\nDo you wa nt to learn how to recognise gender-based violence\, support survivors\,\n challenge harmful norms\, and contribute to meaningful social change?\n\nW hat if gender-based violence is about more than individual acts?\n\nWhat i f violence is not only something that happens between people\, but\nsometh ing shaped by institutions\, policies\, social norms\, and systems of powe r?\n\nTogether\, we will critically examine how violence operates across r elationships\,\ncommunities\, institutions\, and society\, while exploring practical approaches for\nprevention\, support\, and action through a que er and intersectional lens.\n\n📅 31.07 – 01.08.2026\n\n📍 LGBT House\, Riga \, Latvia\n\n👥 We are looking for 14 participants who\, over two intensive days\, will engage\nin discussions\, workshops\, interactive activities\, and reflection focused on\nunderstanding violence\, power\, inequality\, and the role we all play in\npreventing gender-based violence.\n\n✨ Topics include:\n\n✦ What gender-based violence is and how it operates\n\n✦ Myth s\, power\, and structural violence\n\n✦ Intersectionality and systems of oppression\n\n✦ Queering gender-based violence\n\n✦ Double victimisation a nd access to support\n\n✦ Trauma-informed and survivor-centred approaches\ n\n✦ Prevention\, community care\, and the role of youth work\n\nThrough p resentations\, discussions\, and interactive workshops\, you will gain\nkn owledge\, practical tools\, and critical perspectives to strengthen your w ork\nand advocacy.\n\nℹ️ InfoPack:\nhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1yvWrxi uMk1RSURPL4k3dTSxSl_JzyRbr/view?usp=sharing\n[https://drive.google.com/fil e/d/1yvWrxiuMk1RSURPL4k3dTSxSl_JzyRbr/view?usp=sharing]\n\n📄 Apply here: h ttps://forms.gle/NCT5VRLX4hihwGZs6\n[https://forms.gle/NCT5VRLX4hihwGZs6]\ n\n📜 All participants who complete the seminar will receive a Certificate of\nParticipation providing recognition of the knowledge\, skills\, and co mpetences\ngained during the training.\n\n🍽️ Lunch\, dinner\, snacks\, and refreshments will be provided throughout both\ndays. The programme runs fr om 10:15–19:00\, with two coffee breaks and a longer\nlunch and dinner bre ak each day. You will also receive worksheets\, learning\nmaterials\, pres entations\, and additional resources following the seminar.\n\n🌈 Whether y ou are already working on these topics or want to deepen your\nknowledge a nd practice\, this seminar offers a space for learning\, reflection\,\nand action.\n\nPlaces are limited\, so don't wait too long to apply!\n\nThis seminar is part of the Preventing Gender-Based Violence (PGV) Network\, a\ nEuropean network working to prevent and combat sexual and gender-based vi olence\nin volunteering and youth work while creating safer and more inclu sive spaces\nfor all.\n\nThe PGV Network is co-funded by the European Unio n and coordinated by\nSolidarités Jeunesses.\n\n\n URL:https://kviriem.lv/event/join-our-gender-based-violence-seminar-or-pgv- network GEO:56.9576204;24.125972 LOCATION:LGBT House - Stabu iela 19 - 2\, Centrs\, Rīga STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:#seminar,#genderbasedviolence #queer X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

〖 Join Our Gender-Based Violence Seminar | PGV Network 〗

Are you a youth worker, educator, social worker, volun teer, community leader, activist, or simply someone interested in understa nding gender-based violence and creating safer, more inclusive communities ?

Do you want to learn how to recognise gender-based violence, suppo rt survivors, challenge harmful norms, and contribute to meaningful social change?

What if gender-based violence is about more than individual acts?

What if violence is not only something that happens between p eople, but something shaped by institutions, policies, social norms, and s ystems of power?

Together, we will critically examine how violence o perates across relationships, communities, institutions, and society, whil e exploring practical approaches for prevention, support, and action throu gh a queer and intersectional lens.

📅 31.07 – 01.08.2026

📍 LGB T House, Riga, Latvia

👥 We are looking for 14 participants who, over two intensive days, will engage in discussions, workshops, interactive ac tivities, and reflection focused on understanding violence, power, inequal ity, and the role we all play in preventing gender-based violence.

✨ Topics include:

✦ What gender-based violence is an d how it operates

✦ Myths, power, and structural violence

✦ In tersectionality and systems of oppression

✦ Queering gender-based vi olence

✦ Double victimisation and access to support

✦ Trauma-i nformed and survivor-centred approaches

✦ Prevention, community care , and the role of youth work

Through presentations, discussions, and interactive workshops, you will gain knowledge, practical tools, and crit ical perspectives to strengthen your work and advocacy.

ℹ️ InfoPack: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yvWrxi uMk1RSURPL4k3dTSxSl_JzyRbr/view?usp=sharing

📄 Apply here: https://forms.gle/ NCT5VRLX4hihwGZs6

📜 All participants who complete the seminar wi ll receive a Certificate of Participation providing recognition of the kno wledge, skills, and competences gained during the training.

🍽️ Lunch, dinner, snacks, and refreshments will be provided throughout both days. T he programme runs from 10:15–19:00, with two coffee breaks and a longer lu nch and dinner break each day. You will also receive worksheets, learning materials, presentations, and additional resources following the seminar.< /p>

🌈 Whether you are already working on these topics or want to deepen your knowledge and practice, this seminar offers a space for learning, ref lection, and action.

Places are limited, so don't wait too long to a pply!

This seminar is part of the Preventing Gender-Based Violence ( PGV) Network, a European network working to prevent and combat sexual and gender-based violence in volunteering and youth work while creating safer and more inclusive spaces for all.

The PGV Network is co-funded by t he European Union and coordinated by Solidarités Jeunesses.


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