Andisiwe

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      The access to resources such as education which was afforded only to men in Mercy’s community ensured that women remain inferior to men in terms of educational qualification which leads to them becoming dependent on men as the main providers with their better income. This gives men financial power over woman and thus ensures women stay in abuse relationships and tolerate violence. The fact that only boys were encouraged to further their education also meant that women were deprived access to information which would have helped them understand violence sooner thereby not normalize it over generations.

      The institutional practices of the church to groom young girls into obedient housewives and housekeepers ensures that girls know not to dream beyond their circumstances and are in a way being brainwashed into believing they exist to serve men by keeping the house warm and birthing children, this further subjects them into abuse by their husbands in later life as they are told to obey their husband and disobedience is met with hostility.

      in reply to: Reflect and discuss: VAW prevention principles #232501
      Andisiwe
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        Women and girls who participate in the programme are assisted in getting access to services such as health care and programmes to help them become financially independent. The women and girls are provided a safe space where they may seeks assistance without fear or prejudice of their safety being at further risk . The women become part of the development of the programme through training in order for them to hold their own programmes within their immediate communities. They are made aware of how valuable their feedback and inputs are throughout the programme stages.
        The programme is not exclusive to women and children in the sense that it has programme where men can be part of the discourses around violence. Through this power dynamics within relationships are exposed and solutions are explored within families. Men are made aware of how they use of violence maintains power inequalities and the consequences of gender based violence. As a result of the programs men are able to share their power over their households with their intimate partners and recognize the need for girls to have their power acknowledged as well.
        The programme welcomes women from all walks of life. The core values of the programme include acceptance of all regardless of race, gender, sexuality and disability.
        The programme has professional health care providers on standby in order to provide counselling as well as other services for the women and girls who need to be referred to such services.
        The staff in the programme undergo training before starting their work in order to ensure they recognize what challenge they may encounter while working in the programme as well as how their positionality will impact the effect they have to women and girls they come across within as well as outside the programme. They are made to reflect on their own prejudice and attitudes towards certain groups of people whether based in their sexuality or their race.

        Andisiwe
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          I would place the activity under Universal Prevention . The reason I would of this is because the violence is not specific to a particular household but affects the whole community and has overtime informed what the whole community sees as a norm in terms of violence. By using Universal Prevention not only will families that have already experienced and been affected by violence gain access and information but those whose trajectories also put them at risk of either perpetrating violence or being victims of it would be saved.

          Andisiwe
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            Similarly to trying to help each person that becomes ill with diarrhea Mercy’s attempts at shielding her daughter from violence does not make a huge impact on the overall community as others continue to experience violence and does not mean that Angel is completely safe. Violence prevention is important for Mercy’s community in order to stop the pattern of generational violence which has been so imbedded in the community to an extent that it is seen as a norm. It is important in order to educate the community members and enable them to identify what constitutes as violence in order for them to be part of the process of preventing further violence from taking place. It becomes important to prevent violence before it even takes place in order to ensure that women are freed from the physical, psychological and economic violence they are put through by their intimate partners.

            Workshops that would be research informed would be ideal in order to educate the women of this community in order to start the conversation of what is violence who does it affect and what steps one can take to ensure they do not become victims of violence and how to recognize violence when it happens not only to themselves but also other people within their communities. Police need to make their services accessible and ensure people understand their rights and the laws around violence in order to ensure another girl is not forced into marrying their perpetrator as was the case with a girl that was raped and got pregnant as a result. A provision of services such as counselling could also help in ensuring that women who have experienced violence in the past are able to open up and start a healing process.

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            Andisiwe
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              Similarly to trying to help each person that becomes ill with diarrhea Mercy’s attempts at shielding her daughter from violence does not make a huge impact on the overall community as others continue to experience violence and does not mean that Angel is completely safe. Violence prevention is important for Mercy’s community in order to stop the pattern of generational violence which has been so imbedded in the community to an extent that it is seen as a norm. It is important in order to educate the community members and enable them to identify what constitutes as violence in order for them to be part of the process of preventing further violence from taking place. It becomes important to prevent violence before it even takes place in order to ensure that women are freed from the physical, psychological and economic violence they are put through by their intimate partners.

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