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Championing Gender Equality: the CHAMPION Project’S Gender-Based Violence Prevention Interventions CHAMPION BRIEF NO. 14 May 2014 Championing Gender Equality: The CHAMPION Project’s Gender-Based Violence Prevention Interventions KEY POINTS Gender-based violence (GBV)—and intimate partner violence in particular—is pervasive INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE: AN EPIDEMIC IN TANZANIA in Tanzania and Gender-based violence (GBV), and in particular intimate partner violence, is a reality that has serious health gravely affects the lives of many men and women in Tanzania. GBV reflects the power im- consequences for balances between men and women and is most commonly committed at home, with 44% individuals, families, of ever-married women reporting abuse—whether physical, emotional, or sexual—by their and the entire country. husband or intimate partner (NBS & ICF Macro, 2011). In addition, 54% of women and 38% of men aged 15–49 believe that a husband is justified in beating his wife under certain The CHAMPION conditions, such as when she has burned food, yelled at him, gone out without telling him, Project’s national and or refused to have sex (Dahlberg & Krug, 2002; NBS & ICF Macro, 2011). community-based GBV work aimed to reduce Gender, Violence, and Its Impact on Health and Development Links between violence, HIV, and unequal social acceptance of gender norms have been widely established, What Is Gender? violence and encourage and GBV can be both a cause and a conse- Gender refers to the socially people to openly talk quence of HIV. Coerced and unprotected constructed roles, behaviors, about GBV, question sex increases the risk of HIV transmission activities, and attributes that norms surrounding GBV, for both men and women (Bott et al., 2005). a given society considers and ultimately take Women who experience violence are less like- appropriate for men and women. preventive action. ly to be able to negotiate condom use (Swan & O’Connell, 2012; Wingood & DiClemente, Empowering community 1997), less likely to get tested for HIV (Maman et al., 2001), and less likely to use their members with the preferred method of contraception (Fanslow et al., 2008; Williams, Larsen, & McClos- knowledge, skills, key, 2008). HIV-positive women who experience violence are also less likely to adhere to and technical support antiretroviral therapy (Maman et al., 2002). needed to take action In addition, GBV has serious consequences for women’s physical, mental (e.g., depres- against GBV is critical sion, alcohol abuse), and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) (e.g., unwanted pregnan- to generating sustained cy, unsafe abortion). Violence behavior change and also has socioeconomic “CHAMPION’s work is great for our ensuring comprehensive consequences—weakening pro- community because it challenges men’s support. ductivity, straining economic tendency to beat their wives. I tell others to resources to support health- attend CHAMPION clinic days so that they sector and judicial responses to too can receive this valuable education.” GBV, and decreasing commu- —Alex Mng’ong’o, community leader nity participation by survivors of GBV (Botts et al., 2005). GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE INTERVENTION ECOLOGICAL APPROACH Addressing widespread social acceptance of GBV requires a Figure 2. Number of individuals trained on GBV multilevel, multisectoral approach. Organized around an eco- in intervention districts, 2011–2014 297 logical model, the CHAMPION Project’s GBV-related activi- 300 ties spanned all levels and focused on factors that put people 250 at risk for experiencing or perpetrating violence. Use of this model facilitated an examination of the complex interaction 200 of factors at all levels—individual, relationship, community, 150 125 and societal—that impede behavior and social change (Figure 120 1). CHAMPION contracted with Raising Voices of Uganda 100 50 to provide technical assistance on the design of several of 28 24 its GBV interventions, using its SASA! methodology,1 a tool 18 0 for addressing violence against women and HIV by fostering GBV Bystander Community Training Training on Training on Community Interventions Engagement on GBV GBV for GBV for critical reflection on gender and power, as well as instigating Engagement for CCCs for Mkuki Iringa PEPFAR Journalists for CATs Coalition Municipal GBV Partners from Dar, local-level activism. Members and and Stake- Iringa, Mufindi holders Mbeya, LGAs from Iringa, Mtwara, CHAMPION’s GBV-related work included partnerships with Mara, and and 14 stakeholders to network and build local capacity, ensuring Mbeya Mwanza the scale-up and sustainability of programs at the community 4. Disseminating social and behavior change communication and institutional level.2 (SBCC) materials 5. Launching the Kuwa Mfano wa Kuigwa (Be a Role Model) cam- GBV INTERVENTIONS paign to encourage people to speak out against GBV (This Individual and Relationship Level included national television and radio spots and commu- Bringing about social change begins with the individual and nity outreach in Iringa Municipal and Mufindi District.) the transformation of one’s attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. Social change also necessitates a shift in interpersonal relation- Community Level ships. At the individual and relationship levels, GBV-related ac- In communities, CHAMPION conducted GBV sensitization tivities focused on raising awareness about GBV and included: sessions and community engagement training for Commu- 1. Integrating the SASA! methodology into the Men As nity Action Teams (CATs)5 (Figure 2). Following the training, Partners®3 (MAP®) and CoupleConnect4 group education CAT volunteers met with influential community members workshop GBV modules (e.g., arbitration council members, religious leaders, fathers, 2. Conducting GBV sensitization sessions with local govern- teachers, taxi drivers) and organized sensitization events using ment authorities (LGAs) (e.g., ward and street executive music, drama, posters, and poetry to convey three messages: officers, community development officers, social welfare 1. Beating your wife is never justified. officers, and other community leaders) (Figure 2) 2. Forced sex, even with your partner, is violence. 3. Holding GBV-themed community outreach activities to 3. Violence is everyone’s problem. commemorate national and international days (e.g., 16 Days of Activism against GBV) At the ward level, CHAMPION developed and piloted a three-day “bystander” training with 18 mem- Figure 1. GBV interventions spanning all levels of the ecological model bers of the Iringa Ur- ban community change 6 • Technical assistance to MCDGC to coordinate • MAP® GBV sessions for community member s club (CCC) (Figure 2). a multisectoral response to GBV • MAP® and SASA! GBV sensitization sessions for The training equipped • National mass media campaign to reduce social community leaders CCC members with acceptance of GBV • CHAMPION Clubs to promote GBV bystander intervention the skills needed to in- tervene effectively and safely in cases of GBV. After their training, Societal Community Relationship Individual graduates continued to sensitize others in their communities to the need to become active bystanders. In addition, • Community engagement by CATs and CDOs • CoupleConnect sessions that promote CCCs acted as com- o Quick chats with booklets discussion about how to prevent GBV munity role models, o Film viewings • Capacity-building for community leaders on o GBV fi shbowl providing support to GBV survivors (to seek conducted home visits • GBV campaign outreach help) and perpetrators (to change) for survivors, followed o Football matches o Bar outreach up on cases with LGAs, and escorted survivors to formal services, if needed. 2 • CHAMPION Brief No. 14/May 2014 Societal Level The Kuwa Mfano wa Kuigwa (Be a Role Model) mass media Success Story: Popular Artist Changing Social and community awareness campaign—co-branded with the Norms Surrounding GBV Ministry of Community Development, Gender and Chil- dren (MCDGC), the agency responsible for coordinating the Mafinga is a small town in the Iringa Region of Tan- response to GBV in Tanzania—was launched to influence zania; GBV is often a part of life there. In the region, the national dialogue around GBV. Spread through print more than half (54%) of ever-married women aged and electronic media (e.g., television, radio), the campaign 15–49 have experienced spousal violence (physical or focused on key GBV messages coupled with motivational sexual) (NBS & IFC Macro, 2011). Andrew, 24, is a lo- messages and a call to action for men to be role models in cal resident and successful music artist. Growing up in a household where issues of gender and sex were not their communities. Additionally, CHAMPION trained 125 openly discussed, much of Andrew’s knowledge was journalists on GBV (Figure 2). Other community outreach learned from his friends and based on myths. activities targeted places where men congregate, such as foot- ball matches and bars. In 2011, the CHAMPION Project held a community dialogue event on GBV in Mafinga, with support The project provided technical assistance and training for the from CHAMPION’s local activists, the Community MCDGC on effective strategies for addressing GBV, including Action Team (CAT) members. As a popular artist in coordinating multisectoral and civil society efforts to address his community, Andrew was invited to entertain the violence. Further, CHAMPION worked with the MCDGC crowds. The messages Andrew heard about gender, to develop a supplemental GBV module for the Community sex, and GBV during the event resonated deeply. Development Technical
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