The Office for Gender Equality at the University of Hercegovina successfully organized workshops within the “16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence” campaign, which is implemented by the TPO Foundation from Sarajevo as part of the UNIGEM project.

The first workshop was led by Prof. Dr. Irma Džambo, who spoke on the topic of the “Battered Woman Syndrome,” a term more commonly known in literature as the syndrome of the (pre)beaten woman. As Prof. Džambo highlighted, the battered woman syndrome is a psychological consequence of living in violence from an intimate partner, and it is a subcategory of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that can develop in people who have experienced a traumatic or life-threatening event.

The workshop discussed mechanisms and ways of assisting the abused woman, including providing support, professional help, and ensuring an escape plan, if necessary.

The second workshop at the University of Hercegovina was conducted in a hybrid format (in-person and online) by Prof. Dr. Sandi Dizdarević.

He discussed inter-institutional cooperation in preventing and combating gender-based violence, beginning with the hermeneutics of the family through history and addressing contemporary elements and changes in the approach of professional staff when dealing with cases of violence.