Gender-Based Violence

This document is a guideline for individuals or organizations, specifically within duty-bearing positions and working with survivors of gender-based violence. It is meant as a resource for these groups to consider strategies and actions in favor of advocacy while performing their duties. This includes an improvement in responsiveness and creating a survivors-based approach, as well as creating cohesiveness across organizations working on preventing and responding to violence against women and girls (VAWG).

This document provides an outline of the Survivors Support Fund (SSF), aimed to provide a small pot of resources to gender-based violence survivors. Its aim is to provide context to operating partners in order to implement survivor-based approaches when working with survivors who opt into the fund. It is therefore a guideline for all parties involved. 

This learning brief examines adaptation within the SASA! Together Approach within the larger Tithetse Nkhanza (TN)/Malawi Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Prevention and Response Programme. It will discuss the positive steps made within the initiative and reflect on the adaptations made, as well as any recommendations.

This learning brief reflects on the implementation of safeguarding practices by the consortium that led the Tithetse Nkhanza (TN)/Malawi Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Prevention and Response Programme. 

This learning brief reflects on the disability inclusion component of the Tithetse Nkhanza (TN) programme and creates an overview for those interested in implementing disability inclusion into their own projects in relation to gender-based violence prevention and response. 

This learning brief examines the outputs and lessons learned from the adaption phase of the Tithetse Nkhanza (TN), including on-boarding, contextualization of webinars, and general reflections. The timeline of this learning brief is set during the global pandemic (2019-2020). 

Reviewing the adaptations made through the Champions of Change (CoC) initiative brought to life under the Tithetse Nkhanza (TN) before its conclusion due to budget cuts. This brief also examines the learning outcomes of CoC and its adaptions to target the prevention of violence and harmful traditional practices. 

Reviewing the Survivor Support Fund (SSF) as an initiative under the Tithetse Nkhanza (TN) programme, which created a pot of funds for survivors to utilize to access services and support systems. This creates a resource for external aid sector workers to use when implementing similar projects in a national context.

Reflection on implementing a technical legal advisor throughout the Tithetse Nkhanza (TN) to the judiciary system in Malawi. This includes the background of the programme, the key achievements by implementing this, and a review of the process.

Examining the successfulness of interventions implemented by the Tithetse Nkhanza (TN) programme in both the formal and informal judiciary systems in Malawi to prevent and respond to gender-based violence in the region. This paper also reflects on the steps taken within these interventions and how to utilize them in future contexts.