Descripción
The EDE-SRGBV initiative is an Education International Africa (EIA) programme supported by National Education Association (NEA-USA), implemented across several African countries (Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Uganda). It builds on EI's long term work on ending School Related Gender Based Violence (SRGBV), strengthening the capacity of edcation unions, teachers, and communities to create safe, inclusive, violence-free learning environments. The project includes the following components:
- Data collection regarding SRGBV;
- Competency development for educators, union representatives, and students;
- Awareness and sensitisation initives within educational institutions and communities;
- Establishment of reporting and referral systems; and
- Production and dissemination of SRGBV-related materials
Objetivos
- Build capacity of teachers, unions and education stakeholders on identifying, preventing and responding to SRGBV.
- Strengthen understanding of reporting, tracking, referral and response mechanisms.
- Generate evidence for informed action: Develop and deploy data collection tools, conduct surveys, interviews, and focus groups with pupils, teachers, administrators.
- Increase awareness and sensitisation on SRGBV: Conduct school-based sensitisation sessions, produce and disseminate posters, brochures, and training manuals.
- Strengthen partnership and stakeholder engagement: Engage Ministries, civil society and school authorities to align project objectives with national and local education priorities.
- Promote sustainabilty and long-term institutionalisation by supporting unions to embed SRGBV prevention in policies and training and develop action plans and sustainability roadmaps.
Actividades
- Development of SRGBV tools: Design and validation of questionaires, interview guide, and data tools, Capacity building workshops; Training teachers, administrators, ambassodors, and union leaders.
- Sensitisation and awareness campaigns: School visit, community engagement, public outreach; Establishing non-violence clubs and digital platforms.
- Stakeholder mobilisation: Meetings with Ministries, inspectors, community leaders and civil society.
- Production of materials: Training manuals, (multilingual), posters, brochures, banners.
- Data collectionacross schools: Surveys, focus groups, school observations.
Resultados
- Strengthened capacity and awareness: Teachers, union leaders and students gained practical skills for identifying, preventing and responding to SRGBV.
- Improved stakeholder collaboration: Government bodies, unions, communities and civil society coordinated more effectively on SRGBV issues.
- Increased advocacy and visbility: Resolution adoption, public campaigns and wide-spread dissemination of SRGBV materials.
- Creation of support structures: Non-violence clubs, SRGBV ambassordors, whatsapp communication platforms.
- Data-driven insights: Evidence-based understanding of SRGBV prevalence nad characteristics in schools.
- Foundation for sustainable nationwide change: Projects established systems, partnerships, and momentum for long term SRGBV prevention.