CA C 1 - Raising Voices

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domestic violence to ensure their sustainability, continued growth, and progress. This phase
corresponds to maintenance in individual behaviour change.
4. Emphasize that this approach, just like the problem-solving approach you started with at the
beginning of the activity, breaks down the problem of domestic violence in to smaller manageable
pieces and recognizes that it will take time to implement.
5. Invite questions and discuss any concerns staff may have.
Activity 1.18 Assessment Before Action (2 Hours)
Objective
■ Help the participants in analyzing the existing knowledge, attitudes, and practice in their workplace
or community regarding domestic violence.
Preparations
■ Write the following discussion questions on flipchart for Part B:
● Are people in your workplace/community sensitive to the issue of domestic violence and how it
affects the community?
● Among your colleagues/community members, is there awareness of and capacity for how they
can contribute to preventing domestic violence?
● What needs to happen in your workplace/community before others will take your ideas seriously?
Steps
Part A – Brainstorming About the Workplace/Community (30 min)
1. Divide the participants into smaller groups based on the following:
■ Ensure that all the people who work together on a day-to-day basis or live in the same
community are in the same group.
■ If all the participants are from the same workplace you may choose to do the activity in one
large group.
2. Ask the participants: “Why is the sector in which you are working, or the community in which you
are living, important in preventing domestic violence?” Ask groups to come up with as many
reasons as they can in 15 minutes. For example, participants in the health sector may reason that:
■ they may be the first outside person to come in contact with the woman experiencing violence
■ a woman’s health is severely affected by domestic violence
■ they want to promote women’s rights
■ people have respect for health professionals and, therefore, an abusive man may listen to them
or a woman may feel safe enough to seek help from them
■ they have a responsibility to promote the health of the community
■ it is part of their job
3. Ask the participants to share key points of their discussions in the main group. Emphasize that the
prevention of domestic violence is a responsibility of the entire community and that they can play
an important role in showing leadership and mobilising their community.
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