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SECOND ANNUAL SOUTHERN AFRICA LOCAL

GOVERNMENT AND GENDER JUSTICE

SUMMIT AND AWARDS

28 30 MARCH 2011KOPANONG HOTEL, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH

AFRICA

365 DAYS OF LOCAL ACTION TO END GENDER

VIOLENCE: HALVE GENDER VIOLENCE BY 2015

SASA! COMMUNITY APPROACH

PROJECTS:

PREVENTION

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HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT IDENTIFYINGTHIS PROBLEM?

Women Against Rape Working with abused women and childrensince 1993:counseling, shelter, legal advice

Lack of social and legal support to rape

victims Mandate revised to address all forms of

violence

Baseline study in Maun August 2010PROJECTS:P

REVENTION

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IS THIS ISSUE IMPORTANT?

VAW mitigates against womens full

participation and integration in thedevelopment process of the country

VAW is a violation of Human Rights

VAW affects the health of women: HIV andAIDS teenage pregnancy, disability,etc.

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ROJECTS:P

REVENTION

SASA! COMMUNITY APPROACH

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HOW ARE YOU GOING ABOUT ADDRESSINGTHI S PROBLEM?

Transforming gender relations through positive,benefits-based programming

Power within (start)

Power over (awareness)

Power with (support)

Power to (action)

First Stop Members, Community Activists,

School clubs

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ROJECTS:P

REVENTION

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WHAT IS THE TIME-FRAME FOR THEPROJECT?

Raising Voices: April 2010-December 2013

The approach will be continued into thefuture through community ownership

striving to halve gender violence by 2015

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ROJECTS:P

REVENTION

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WHO IS THE KEY TARGET? WHO ISINVOLVED? ARE WOMEN AND MEN EQUALLY

INVOLVED?

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ROJECTS:PREVENTIO

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SASA! COMMUNITY APPROACH

Key target: the community- Maun andNgamiland; men and women

Stakeholders- police, hospitals,courts

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PARTNERSHIPS FORMED THROUGH THEPROJECT

Partnership with Raising Voices: April 2010-December 2013

Government stakeholders police, hospital,social services, public prosecution, wardleaders, Womens Affairs Dept

Other NGOs Emang Basadi, Womensshelter, Genderlinks Gaborone

Men Men in Action, Men Sector, SundaySoccer clubs

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ROJECTS:P

REVENTION

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WHAT RESULTS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED?

Mapping the community to identify assets

Baseline surveys of the Maun community

Localised case management

Case reporting to WAR: 713 counselling sessions in 2009 vs 804 in 2010

Partnership with the community andincreased visibility

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ROJECTS:P

REVENTION

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IMPACT (BASED ON THE SADC PROTOCOLTARGETS)

Article 20-25: Gender Based Violence andArticle 27: HIV and AIDS

Review the laws and lobby the Government

to amend laws e.g.Domestic Violence Act2008, Childrens Act 2009

Creation of public awareness on the socialills of power imbalance between men andwomenP

ROJECTS:P

REVENTION

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EFFECTIVENESS

Based on inclusiveness of men and women Community participation and ownership

Introspection on self and how we use powerwithin us in relation to others

Rights based approach

PROJECTS:P

REVENTION

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SUSTAINABILITY AND REPLICATION

Adequate written material on theprograms:

The SASA! Toolkit

The Life skills Training Manual

The First Stop Members Booklet

The How to form GLOW clubs Bookletsand wall poster

Stories of courage from survivorsSASA! Can be replicated in any community

setting

PROJECTS:P

REVENTION

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LESSONS LEARNED

The involvement of men and women asCommunity Activists and First StopMembers in our community

Socialisation of children, school programs Prevention of violence on women calls for

social behaviour change and this has tocome from the people; the communityPR

OJECTS:P

REVENTION

SASA! COMMUNITY APPROACH

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THANK YOU

ANY QUESTIONS?PROJECTS:P

REVENTION

SASA! COMMUNITY APPROACH