PROJECT MANAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPING SKILLS IN ADOLESCENTS TO COMBAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Abstract

The article considers the scope of activities related to the problem of domestic violence against adolescents and its prevention and counteraction using project management tools. Attention is drawn to the legislation of Ukraine and international treaties that operate in the field of counteraction to domestic violence against children and regulate the fight against the existing problem. Domestic violence, which was previously considered mostly as the commission of physical harm, is now taking on more and more forms of its manifestations, which only exacerbates the existence of such a phenomenon in families. Adolescence is characterized by the process of forming views on gender roles, relationships and norms of behavior in society and, in particular, in the family. Because of this, most children who have witnessed violent behavior in the family unconsciously accept it as the norm and repeat it in their relationships in the future. One of the means of combating the problem of domestic violence, including children, is project management, with the help of which both adolescents themselves and their parents will be able to gain skills in preventing and counteracting this phenomenon, by developing practices of non-violent communication and building positive relationships in the family. Unfortunately, prevention does not always coincide with what is written in the legislation and in practice, since in educational institutions where educational activities on such topics should be held, this topic is very often ignored, and in families, parents with children almost do not touch on the problem of violence, because they believe that such a problem will not overtake them. Of course, discussing the problems of child abuse at public events and conducting large-scale information campaigns are necessary steps to overcome this problem, but approaches to the development and implementation of such activities should include new approaches that would contribute not only to the acquisition of new theoretical knowledge, but also carry practical significance for further use.