INTERACT

The INTERACT project is based on an intersectional understanding of the complex challenges faced by homeless women. It aims to address the multiple aspects of their vulnerability, including gender-based violence, problematic substance use and mental illness. INTERACT challenges traditional, siloed interventions and introduces a holistic and intersectional approach to tackling homelessness.

Through a transnational consortium consisting of organizations in Greece, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Iceland and Romania, a comprehensive methodology is being developed and tested to address the underlying problems of women's homelessness. The objectives of the project include empowering marginalized women to find a way out of homelessness, strengthening the effectiveness of the interventions offered, influencing policy changes towards gender-sensitive and inclusive strategies, integrating trauma-sensitive care and promoting transnational cooperation.

The measures will be implemented in all partner countries, providing multidisciplinary support and developing a final intervention model that is versatile enough to be implemented in various different national settings. The Interdisciplinary Research Center 'Safe Housing and Domestic Violence' at HTWK Leipzig is responsible for quality assurance and social impact analysis for the entire project.

To the interdisciplinary research center Safe Housing and Domestic Violence (HOME)