Awareness Workshop: “Gender-Based Violence in the Workplace and in the Context of Migration & Asylum”

The awareness workshops focus on the European regulatory framework for the prevention and combat of violence against women and domestic violence. In this context, and during the period of the open call, a series of online awareness sessions will be organised for organisations from Greece and Cyprus, focusing on regulatory, jurisprudential, and institutional developments at the European level.

Awareness Workshop 3: “Gender-Based Violence in the Workplace and in the Context of Migration & Asylum”

Awareness Workshop 3 will examine gender-based violence in the workplace and within the context of migration and asylum, through the lens of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), and the findings of GREVIO.

Particular emphasis will be placed on highlighting the key obligations of national authorities, as well as the challenges vulnerable victim groups face in accessing effective protection.

Topics to Be Covered

• Prevention and combat of sexual harassment and violence in the workplace
• Highlighting the barriers victims of workplace gender-based violence face when reporting incidents
• Residence status of victims of gender-based violence in the field of migration
• Gender-based violence as a form of persecution and the obligation to apply a gender-sensitive interpretation of persecution grounds in asylum law: developments in the case law of the CJEU
• The obligation to provide gender-sensitive asylum procedures and support services, as well as the principle of non-refoulement, with particular emphasis on the requirements of the Istanbul Convention

VOICES PROGRAMME

The “Voicing opposition to domestic, sexual, cyber violence & harmful practices” (VOICES) programme aims to prevent and combat all forms of gender-based violence through supporting civil society organisations (CSOs) in Greece and Cyprus which are active in this field, but also by enhancing their organisational capacity, sustainability and participation in policy-making. VOICES is co-funded by the European Union (90%) through its Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV-2025-DAPHNE) programme, with a 10% contribution from the Bodossaki Foundation, the Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights and the NGO Support Centre. The €2.5 million VOICES programme is coordinated by the Bodossaki Foundation (Greece) in partnership with the NGO Support Centre (Cyprus) and the Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights.

This event will take place in Greek. For further information, please visit the Greek version of this page.