https://learn.prevention-collaborative.org/members/megandenisesmith/activity/ Activity feed for Megan Denise Smith. Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:38:10 +0700 https://buddypress.org/?v=11.1.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 b627f8cb6c70b0029e338e6fa55701c0 https://learn.prevention-collaborative.org/forums/topic/reflect-and-discuss-prevention-strategies/page/3/#post-232713 Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:48:08 +0700 Violence against women and girls is normalised in the context I work in but has become further exacerbated during COVID-19 and intimate partner violence in particular. I think couples programmes, economic and social empowerment programmes and community level programmes to challenge these harmful gender norms would be effective. I think we need…Read more

]]> 0 721abf86741bbe5d32df81a51b84e834 https://learn.prevention-collaborative.org/forums/topic/reflect-and-discuss-risk-factors-and-situational-triggers-in-mercys-story/page/3/#post-232711 Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:38:59 +0700 In my community, Mercy would still face some individual factors like if she witnessed violence in her own household and so on but there would be different protective factors in the community and society levels, including different gender norms. There is a lot of stigma around domestic violence among both men and women in my society so Clinton…Read more

]]> 0 fec10be376c6a0c326bec59d1de0b202 https://learn.prevention-collaborative.org/forums/topic/reflect-and-discuss-gender-inequality-in-mercys-story/page/4/#post-232707 Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:17:22 +0700 Mercy was not able to do other activities that boys would do, the separation of gender roles happens at such an early age. Then she could not continue her education past primary school and did not have the opportunity to work. She got married at a young age and also became a mother who is balancing productive and reproductive roles. She now…Read more

]]> 0 bbb6899efe1c59d0b3ce7d71d03e7048 https://learn.prevention-collaborative.org/forums/topic/reflect-and-discuss-vaw-prevention-principles/page/3/#post-232697 Fri, 24 Jun 2022 09:18:34 +0700 I think our programme is somewhat accountable to women and girls but could be improved. We are accountable in terms of the participation of women and girls in shaping programme activities and being responsive to their feedback. We use some structured questionnaires as well which help women and girls voice their feedback on activities. We also work…Read more

]]> 0 ac7acbd6dd35274a8836ebb22d9c3d7c https://learn.prevention-collaborative.org/forums/topic/reflect-and-discuss-prevention-to-response-continuum/page/4/#post-232688 Fri, 24 Jun 2022 06:50:15 +0700 I mentioned awareness raising and dialogues with community leaders (parents, teachers, religious leaders, husbands, etc). I think these will be universal prevention activities. Because these activities would not be singling our specific men who are at a higher risk of using violence, the awareness raising activities would be targeting different…Read more

]]> 0 81e89de7c9f160bb2d53f6a9d331cdde https://learn.prevention-collaborative.org/forums/topic/reflect-and-discuss-why-prevention/page/8/#post-232684 Fri, 24 Jun 2022 06:32:02 +0700 Mercy´s story reflects how violence is generational and normalised in Mercy´s family and community. There are deep rooted beliefs that violence is just a part of life and being married which will pass down to children and violence against women will continue. Prevention is crucial to challenge some of these harmful gender norms, break this cycle o…Read more

]]> 0 90e06e8eb1c52f7bdbadb8fe7c9a5c2a https://learn.prevention-collaborative.org/forums/topic/welcome-and-introductions/page/21/#post-232654 Thu, 23 Jun 2022 04:04:19 +0700 Hello everyone and nice to meet you! My name is Megan Denise Smith and i´m a GBV Officer working with IOM in Cox´s Bazar, Bangladesh as part of the Rohingya refugee response. I feel my background is more in GBV response and I would like to further develop my knowledge and skills in prevention. I´m really excited about this course and happy to jo…Read more

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