Chai community strengthens GBV prevention and response

Under the Programa de Protecção e Soluções para o Norte de Moçambique, implemented in partnership with AVSI, ActionAid and HI, with support from UNHCR, Girl Child Rights (GCR) held three awareness sessions for women from the community of Chai, in Macomia district. The aim was to strengthen the community’s knowledge and capacity to prevent and respond to gender-based violence (GBV).

What was covered

The three sessions brought together 110 women. Topics included the concept and types of GBV, its consequences, ways of preventing and mitigating it, and the reporting mechanisms and access to the support services available.

Session times were set in coordination with the participants, taking into account each group’s availability.

A reporting desk in the community

As part of the intervention, GCR set up a desk for reporting GBV and protection cases. Through this desk, protection and GBV cases were identified, which will be referred and followed up in line with established procedures.

With the desk set up at the session venue, the women had access to reporting mechanisms in their own community.

Participation of women and leaders

The participation of the women, the involvement of community leaders and the commitment of the team helped to strengthen the intervention and bring protection mechanisms closer to the community.

About the programme

The Programa de Protecção e Soluções para o Norte de Moçambique is supported by UNHCR and implemented by GCR in partnership with AVSI, ActionAid and HI. In Chai, GCR will continue to work with women and community leaders so that the community is better informed and better prepared to prevent and respond to violence.

For protection reasons, we do not publish the names of the people we support or images that could identify them.