CA C 1 - Raising Voices

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3. Invite participants to share their stories. Encourage them to discuss how their stories affected them
personally.
4. Give each participant the choice and opportunity to speak.
Part C – Closure (5 min)
1. Close the activity by emphasizing the following:
■ Violence affects everyone.
■ Violence often affects us in ways that we do not immediately understand.
■ We can become more empathetic and committed advocates for prevention of violence when we
become aware of the violence that we have experienced or witnessed and how that violence has
affected our lives and the lives of those we know and love.
2. Thank all the participants for sharing and listening.
Activity 1.7 Warm-Up and Review (30 min)
Objectives
■ Reflect on the previous days work.
■ Emphasize the continuity of the learning process.
Steps
1. Start with a game. Ask participants if they know any warm-up game. If a participant volunteers a
game, ask them to explain it to the group and lead the activity. If there are no suggestions, use one
of your own games or see appendix P for some suggestions.
2. Briefly remind the participants (one or two sentences) about the work you completed on Day 1.
3. Ask participants if they have any comments or views about Day 1. If a major issue emerges,
negotiate a special time for in-depth discussion.
4. Give a brief overview of the work for the day.
Activity 1.8 Causes of DV – experiential games (2 hrs)
Objectives
■ Identify the root causes of domestic violence.
■ Explore how status impacts personal experience.
Preparations
■ You will need a deck of cards for Part C.
Steps
Part A – Creating Gender Lifelines (30 min)
1. Divide the participants into two groups.
2. Ask both groups to discuss the lifelines of a girl and a boy starting from birth to 25 years old. They
should think about how each sex is expected to behave, how s/he is treated, the importance and
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