Colourful Childhoods. Linee guida per lo sviluppo di protocolli per prevenire e combattere la violenza contro le bambine e i bambini LGBTIQ nei contesti di vulnerabilità

Abstract

This handbook is part of Colourful Childhoods, a project de- signed to empower LGBTIQ children in vulnerable situations to combat violence across Europe. The information contained here is informed by fieldwork carried out in a number of Euro- pean Union countries (Bulgaria, Italy, Lithuania, Hungary, Por- tugal and Spain) during 2022 and 2023 as part of the Colourful Childhoods project. The fieldwork included a transnational survey with the participation of over 3,000 teenagers, eight fo- cus groups with children and teenagers and 83 interviews with professionals who work with children and teenagers. Therefore, this handbook uses data and testimony from project partici- pants throughout the text. The expertise of the project partners was applied to transform the information gathered during the fieldwork into key ideas and recommendations.