In 2018 TPO Foundation continued 16 Days of Activism Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence under the same motto from 2017 AWAKEN, MOVE, CHANGE with the project Peer and Gender-based Violence. Teachers and pedagogues from 45 schools from five cantons of BiH gathered over 3000 students and parents through a variety of activities. Collaboration with ministries of education from Sarajevo, Mostar and Travnik who have been working on violence prevention was particularly important.
This year the network of schools was also broadened. Thanks to their hard-working staff, some schools organized a large number of activities, with Primary School Ilija Jakovljević Mostar with pedagogue Andrea Jevrić organizing as many as ten different activities for the campaign.
The main goal of the school campaign was to raise awareness among students, schools and parents on factors that contribute to gender- and peer-based violence, but also to teach them how to resolve these problems at home and in school.
Under the moto Children are Our Mirror, teachers and parents got an opportunity to look into the mirrors of their students' and children's work and messages. TPO Foundation is grateful to all the schools and partners that collaborated with them, and specifically emphasize the contribution of the following colleagues: teacher Alma Ahmethodžić, teacher Sedžida Hadžić, psychologist and therapist Berminka Hrelja-Bećirspahić, school counselor Izet Numanović, teacher Munevera Hrbat-Rahmanović, teacher Amela Petričević, teacher Semir Salihović, professor Emina Jusufbegović, pedagogue Andreja Pehar, pedagogue Edna Haznadarević, psyschologist Snježana Petraš, pedagogue Šejla Džanan and other associates.
Together with their students, they told stories of humanness, empathy and support for children who suffer from violence at home and in school. They showed that is possible to change the ethos of schools if we are brave enough to look into mirror of those we are raising and educating – our children.

From November 25 to December 10, 2018, in cooperation with ministries of education of Sarajevo Canton (SC), Tuzla Canton (TC), Central Bosnia Canton (CBC) and Herzegovina-Neretva Canton (HNC), TPO Foundation supported the realization of activities during the international campaign 16 Days of Activism in primary and secondary schools in these cantons. In HNC, the campaign was marked by eight primary schools: OŠ Ilići Mostar, OŠ A.B. Šimić Mostar, OŠ Gnojnice Mostar, OŠ Mustafa Ejubović – Šejh Jujo Mostar, IV osnovna škola Mostar, OŠ Blagaj Blagaj, OŠ Ilije Jakovljević Mostar, OŠ Ivana Gundulića Mostar.
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This year, the Faculty of Philosophy of University of Zenica participated in a series of activities that aimed to examine topics such as the fight for human rights, thus continuing their tradition of participating in dialogue regarding important social issues. In cooperation with the TPO Foundation from Sarajevo, as part of the campaign "16 days of activism," they conducted an educational workshop for 4th year students of the Department of Cultural Studies. The participants were divided into sections for the purpose of discussion and group activities.
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In partnership with TPO Foundation, students from primary and secondary schools in Tuzla Canton (TC) organized a series of activities as part of the 16 Days of Activism campaign, under the slogan "Children are our mirror image". One of the conclusions they reached is that it is necessary to put oneself in other person's shoes in order to empathize with them and avoid gender prejudices. The following schools participated in the campaign: Husino, Pasci, Brčanska Malta, Bukinje, Srednja medicinska škola, Srednja elektrotehnička škola, the Public Institution for Education of Individuals with Mental and Physical Disabilities Tuzla and Srednja mješovita škola Gračanica.
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The Campaign 16 Days of Activism can be focused on tolerance and non-violence what was demonstrated by the students of Medical High School Jezero. Student Council suggested and two great teachers, Vildana Brulić-Šipilović i Belma Mehanić-Kapo facilitated activities of students who were supposed to select quotes from great philosophers, authors, peacebuilders and other who contributed to the humankind with their work, on the theme of tolerance and non-violence. Those quotes were read in each classroom. Students made a wall of tolerance and non-violence from these quotes with the aim to remind all students on tolerance every day.
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In partnership with TPO Foundation, High School for textile, leather and design from Sarajevo carried out activities for their students on the occasion of the International Campaign 16 Days of Activism 30.11.2018.
With motto "Children are Our" Mirror teachers Alma Ahmethodzic and Amela Stambol conducted workshops on peer and gender-based violence.

Professor Elmana Cerić from the Second Gymnasium in Sarajevo with her students conducted a workshop withint the 16 Days of Activism Campaign on November 29, 2018. In accordance with the instriuctions from TPO Foundation and with motto Children are Our Mirror they discussed about cultural constructions of gender, stereotypes and how they affect gender roles. Neglecting children and violence against children were specific themes of the workshop.

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Professir Selvira Mašnić from High School of Applied Art in Sarajevo in collaboration with TPO Foundation conducted a workshop within the 16 Days of Activism Campaign against gender-based violence. Through five drama sketch students showed what are the reasons for under-reporting of violence, but also that there is an exit if a victim find support to overcome fears and stigma.

Professor Dragana Koprivica together with her five colleagues from Franciscan Gymnasium and their students contributed to the 16 Days of Activism Campaign through the workshop on gender-based violence.
In collaboration with TPO Foundation on November 28, 2018 they carried out a workshop in the school and with the materials they received from TPO Foundation they discussed how they understood moto ''Chlidren are Our Mirror'' and what we can learn about various types of violence and what are consequences for a victim of violence.

From November 11 to 30, 2018, six additional seminars on "Sociology of Gender and Gender-Based Violence" (PGBV) were organized in six primary partner schools on this project in Central Bosnia Canton. Teachers who participated in the seminars were from the following schools: OŠ "Ivan Goran Kovačić" Fojnica, OŠ "Nova Bila", OŠ "Busovača", OŠ "Bila", OŠ "Travnik", and OŠ "Uskoplje". Šejla Džanan and Snježana Petraš, pedagogues and psychologists and TPO Foundation's associates, were leading the seminars. The primary goal of those seminars was education in the area of gender sociology and violence, which is missing in the schools, especially for primary school teachers.
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On 25.11.2018, with motto "Children are Our Mirror" the Third Gymnasium from Sarajevo conducted a workshop for their students on peer and gender-based violence. With the support of TPO Foundation, which provided calendars, posters and bags these topics were presented in an attractive way to students. The Third Gymnasium joined the 16 Days of Activism Campaign carried out by TPO Foundation for years in partnership with school across Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Herzegovina-Neretva Canton (HNC) Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport and TPO Foundation from Sarajevo organized seminars for 200 teachers and pedagogues from October 23 to November 14 in cooperation with their partner schools as part of the Peer and Gender-Based Violence Project (PGBV). The topics of the seminars were gender sociology and gender-based violence. The project coordinator is Emina Jusufbegović, an expert adviser for the HNC Ministry of Education, and the seminar moderators were expert advisers for the Pedagogy Institute and Education Institute, Edna Haznadarević and Andreja Pehar.
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Teachers in five primary schools in the Central Bosnia Canton had an opportunity to speak about important topics for school communities, sociology of gender and gender-based violence, in the period from October 25 to November 13, 2018. In the organization of TPO Foundation, associates, pedagogues and psychologists from this canton, Snježana Petraš and Šejla Džanan held seminars in elementary schools: "Treća osnovna škola Bugojno", "Prva osnovna škola Jaklić" in Bugojno, "Kaćuni" in Busovača, "Berta Kučera"  in Jajce and "Edhem Mulabdić" in Opare, Novi Travnik.. The seminars were realized within the three year project "Peer and gender based violence", which TPO Foundation implement in cooperation with three cantonal ministries of education of FBiH. The aim of the seminar is to strengthen school communities on the topics of gender and gender-based violence for their recognition and prevention. Teachers of the remaining six primary partner schools CBC will also have the opportunity to discuss these topics in the coming period.

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