alejandra bonifaz project associate edc/equip3 panel discussion: reducing gender violence december 7...
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Alejandra Bonifaz
Project Associate
EDC/EQUIP3
Panel Discussion: Reducing Gender Violence December 7th 2006
EFA Jamaica:
A Cross-sectoral Approach Fostering Positive Gender Attitudes
among Urban Young Men
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Education for All (EFA) Youth Challenge Grant
Program• Analyze and strategically address youth
basic education and livelihoods issues, &
• Build partnerships to address youth issues in an integrated and creative manner.
Co-funding mechanism: EQUIP3 Youth Trust & USAID country Missions to:
- Strengthening strategic & innovative projects.
- Provide technical support to Missions and implementing partners.
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EFA Projects:South Africa: Adapting a viable US youth-service
model for a South African context to address employment, civic engagement, and education issues. *City Year (CY) /City Year South Africa (CYSoA).
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Uganda: Using sports as a convening mechanism for youth development, education & peace building *The Kids League (TKL).
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Jamaica: Using a holistic approach to address education and employment needs of young men in an urban setting with high rates of violence. *People’s Action for Community Transformation (PACT).
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EFA Jamaica: A Cross-sectoral Approach…
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Increase participants’:
1. Literacy and numeracy levels.
2. Understanding of their rights as citizens.
3. Self-esteem.
4. Positive attitudes, healthy lifestyles & behaviors.
5. Improve their employment prospects.
EFA Jamaica aims to:
Provide education
Livelihoods training (aquatics, musicology,
etc.) & placements.
Conflict Resolution & violence mitigation sessions
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EFA Jamaica addresses gender violence by recognizing that it…
• Cuts across various layers:
Social and economic class, generations.
• Takes place in different ways:
Physical, emotional/mental, sexual.
Towards partners, cousins, mothers, in the street.
Thus, it should be looked at in relation to other conflict-related issues (rather than in isolation) and it should be addressed holistically.
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The 3 E’s Approach:
Fostering Positive Gender Attitudes
Education Example
Encouragement
Particularly powerful among youth
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EducationProvide information, facts, sexual education,
and education on male/female relationships to promote positive attitudes.
Methods:
• Workshops: Human sexuality and gender equity.
• Sessions: Who Am I? What is my heritage?
• The “Miracle of Life” series: demonstrates how children are born and the respect that is due to women in particular.
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Youth have limited access to positive role models.
Expose youth to positive male role models:
• One-to-one male mentors, who are trained to provide a positive safety net for youth.
• Examples of men in public and private life.
• Male presenters for workshop sessions and motivational talks (intergenerational mix).
Example
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Provide youth with a supportive environment that allows them to reflect, discuss, and display positive behaviors.
During sessions, youth:
• Engage in motivational talks: Macro & micro levels. E.g. male/female relationships.
• Prepare role plays and skits.
• Discuss and reflect their daily lives behavior.
Encouragement
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Main Challenge
Cultural or Social norm
“What’s the big deal if I shout at you?”
How do you undo 20 years, during which youth have grown to accept certain negative behaviors as appropriate?
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Experience so far…• Constant attendance during weekly sessions.• Youth are very open and honest during
discussions, despite the size of the group.
• More positive and respectful language: song lyrics that use positive language instead of derogative speech, “girl”.
• Greater respect to one another as they discuss sensitive topics.
• Greater signs of positive leadership: correct and advise one another (e.g. discouraging to have many partners).
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Learn from this panel discussion….
Questions / Comments?