PATH: Prevention, Awareness, Training and Help for Deaf survivors of gender-based violence
For deaf survivors of gender-based violence, help formally exists but is out of reach: helplines are phone-based, crisis centres work in spoken language, and in a small community the interpreter is often someone the survivor knows. PATH answers with information materials in sign language, a glossary, training for social workers — and above all, sign language helplines in four countries: the Netherlands, Slovakia, Sweden and Czechia.
Innosign builds the Slovak helpline and the Slovak-language materials, working with the model already running in Sweden.
Key facts:
- Programme: Erasmus+ KA220-ADU (cooperation partnership in adult education)
- Duration: November 2026 – October 2029
- Coordinator: Turkoois (Netherlands)
- Partners: Innosign (Slovakia), ASNEP (Czechia), NKJT (Sweden), European Union of the Deaf (EUD)
