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Community awareness creation or sensitization sessions, Women only, men only and mixed space reflective sessions – Universal Prevention because the activity is focusing on the entire population to reduce on VAW
Women only space dialogues of survivors of GBV – Selective prevention as its a specific group with high risks
Psychosocial support, health care support, Legal support, safety and security services, economic empowerment (VSLA & IGAs) of GBV survivors and review of the GBV Law & GBV action Plan – Response as it entails short term and long term services for the GBV survivors.
In Mercy’s story the violence is socialized, looked at as a norm and accepted in a way as the trend is from generation to generation -her mother’s, her own but also happening during her daughters time. Its perpetrated in the private and public sphere by individuals but also the community as they were not really acknowledging it as a vice and doing something about it. People live in fear like Mercy feared for her daughter’s life and was doing everything in her power to protect her.
Violence prevention is vital and compared to the story of diarhhorea prevention as we realise that Mercy’s bold step to do something about it actually can impact on others and the community can change. So change starts with you and trickles down to the community but also flags that prevention is everyone’s responsibility as violence hurts everyone in the community
