FantasticSearch

1. Member States shall take appropriate measures to prevent violence against women and domestic violence by adopting a comprehensive multi-layered approach.

2. Preventive measures shall include conducting or supporting targeted awareness-raising campaigns or programmes aimed at persons from an early age. Campaigns or programmes as referred to in the first subparagraph may include research and education programmes to increase awareness and understanding among the general public of the different manifestations and root causes of all forms of violence against women and domestic violence, the need for prevention and, where appropriate, the consequences of such violence, in particular on children. Where relevant, programmes as referred to in the first subparagraph may be developed in cooperation with relevant civil society organisations, specialist services, the social partners, impacted communities and other stakeholders.

3. Member States shall make information on preventive measures, the rights of victims, access to justice and to a lawyer, and the available protection and support measures, including medical treatment, available and easily accessible to the general public, taking into account the most widely spoken languages on their territory.

4. Targeted measures shall be focused on groups at heightened risk, such as those referred to in Article 33(1). Information for children shall be formulated in, or adapted into, a child-friendly manner. Information shall be presented in formats accessible to people with disabilities.

5. Preventive measures shall, in particular, aim to challenge harmful gender stereotypes, to promote gender equality, mutual respect and the right to personal integrity, and to encourage all persons, especially men and boys, to act as positive role models to support corresponding behaviour changes across society as a whole in line with the objectives of this Directive.

6. Preventive measures shall aim to target and reduce the demand for victims of sexual exploitation.

7. Preventive measures shall develop or increase sensitivity about the harmful practices of female genital mutilation and forced marriage, taking into account the number of persons at risk of, or affected by, those practices in the Member State concerned.

8. Preventive measures shall specifically address the cybercrimes referred to in Articles 5 to 8. In particular, Member States shall ensure that such preventive measures include the development of digital literacy skills, including critical engagement with the digital world and critical thinking to enable users to identify and address cases of cyber violence, to seek support and to prevent its perpetration. Member States shall foster multidisciplinary and stakeholder cooperation, including among relevant intermediary service providers and competent authorities, to develop and implement measures to address the cybercrimes referred to in Articles 5 to 8.

9. Without prejudice to Article 26 of Directive 2006/54/EC, Member States shall take adequate and appropriate measures to address sexual harassment at work, where it constitutes a criminal offence under national law, in relevant national policies. Those national policies may identify and establish the targeted measures referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article for sectors where workers are the most exposed.