@yvonne-muto
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The triggers and factors are similar, though in my community they seem to be evolving with more communities moving to being more open to ensuring gender equality. However there still remains a proportion of the community, both men and women that still want to hold on to gender inequitable relations as they fear to lose privileges that come with inequalities. As such these act as gate keepers of patriarchy and other oppressive systems, thereby perpetuating gender inequalities. These gate keepers are unfortunately laced in all levels of the ecological model, either they are the family, or they are the law enforcement agents or their hand is seen in the lack of political will at societal level to change the status quo
1. Community wide awareness on forms, types, and impact of violence could prevent violence
2. Male engagement sessions focusing on alternative conflict resolution could prevent violence.
3. couples dialogues on household income and decision making could prevent economic forms of violence
Violence prevention is important because it curbs future problems related to consequences of violence. It also allows for root causes of violence to be identified and addressed. Prevention also gives perpetrators and survivors to envisage a future without violence as well as envisage the befits on none violence for everyone in the community, that is women, men, the children and the community as a whole.
