Research Project on Gender Difference

Brief Description

The research project on gender difference was developed in 2007/2008 by the Department of Training, University of San Marino, in cooperation with the Faculty of Training Sciences, University of Bologna and the Forli Campus Branch (Polo Didattico di Foli).  The questionnaire, including 10 sections and 57 questions, was submitted to the entire San Mario Youth population (14 to 19 years of age, 1,363 students), with an average response rate of 77.6 percent and a total of 1,058 interviews collected.

In the framework of this project, the person responsible for the Council of Europe Pan-European Campaign on Violence against Women, Including Domestic Violence in San Marino, decided to dedicate a special section to violence against women.  The outcomes were presented on 27 May 2008 during the public meeting "Violence against Women" organized by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in cooperation with the Department of Training, University of San Marino, under the High Patronage of their Excellencies the Captains Regent.  In November 2007, a call for competition for the creation of a figurative work, on the occasion of the Pan-European Campaign on Violence against Women, Including Domestic Violence, was issued with a view to further informing girls and boys on this issue.