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2 February 2024

Evaluation of Gender-Related Digital Violence Training in Catalonia

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Departament de Sociologia, Facultat d’Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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Departament de Pedagogia, Facultat de Ciències de l’Educació i Pedagogia, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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This article belongs to the Special Issue Gender-Related Violence: Social Sciences’ Research & Methods

Abstract

This study examines the results of evaluating a Catalan training program for practitioners working with survivors of gender-related violence. Considering the lack of scientific evidence previously shown by studies on this topic, this article aimed to triangulate the participants’ self-perception with their assessment of knowledge and competencies in tackling digital gender-related violence before and after the training. To do so, a pre-test and post-test case-based design was employed to identify and measure the participants’ improvement in self-perceived knowledge and their effective gain in knowledge and skills to address this kind of violence. Considering the contributions of a feminist evaluation approach, we also included in our evaluation the analysis of classroom interactions and the participants’ responses. The results overall demonstrate that the incorporation of assessment criteria from the feminist evaluation methodology increased the reliability of evaluation criteria. In addition, it also enabled us to identify the need to continue developing training programs that empower participants and prevent women and LGBTQI+ people from disengaging from digital spaces.

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