through our eyes 16 days against gbv ppt 12-09

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Through Our

Eyes:

Participatory Communication

for Social Change December 7, 2009

In recognition of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence

http://www.arcrelief.org/



Presentation Outline

I.

Program Overview

II.

Preliminary Assessment Findings

III. Power of the TOE Approach

IV.

Challenges & Lessons Learned

V.

Next Steps





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Through Our Eyes received 3-year funding from USAID

Originally piloted in Guinea and Liberia in 2006

ARC (implementing agency) & C4C (technical partner)

Uses community-generated, participatory video activities to

address GBV, gender norms, HIV/AIDS, harmful traditional

practices (HTP), and related health concerns in conflict-

affected settings

Overview




Program Summary

• depict consequences of gender inequity, HIV, and harmful

practices

on

individuals,

families,

and

communities;• provide clear, culturally‐appropriate information on

available resources and spark demand for services;

• portray positive

models

of

change

from

within

communities.

Under “Through Our Eyes,”

members of displaced,

refugee, and returnee communities collaboratively

create local

‐language

video

programs

that:




Components of the Project

• Video Production

• Community Playbacks

• Building Local Partnerships

• Participatory M&E

• South-South Sharing




Project Sites

Liberia

Rwanda

Southern Sudan

Uganda

Thailand




Video Production




Community Playbacks




Past Films

• Ending Stigma & Discrimination Against People Living with

HIV/AIDS

• The Consequences of Forced Marriage

• The Importance of Girls’

Education

• Teenage Pregnancy: It’s everybody’s business

• Women are Not Slaves: Women have Rights like All People

• Rape is Not a Family Matter

• All is Not Lost: Fistula in Liberia

• A Home is Good with a True Man




Baseline Assessment

• Conducted in one focus community per country

• Use of participatory monitoring and evaluation

techniques

• 2 Components for Baseline & Final Assessments

– Qualitative Component

– Survey Component




“There are times when a Woman

Deserves to

be

Beaten…”

UGANDA SUDAN LIBERIA




“Women should have _______ power in

the community than they currently

have.”





“A man should have the final word about

decisions in

the

home...”





“How comfortable do you feel discussing

sensitive issues (like sex, wife beating, rape, and

pregnancy of

young

girls)

with

other

people

in

the community?”





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Informing Programming

– Selection of target audiences

– Selection of priority themes

– Identification of popular channels of communication

Baseline to compare to endline

data

Application of Data




• Locally framed sharing of experiences & dialogue

• Amplifying voices of change

• South-South Sharing & Network Development

• Working with all sectors of society (including

involving men)

• Utilizing creative forces of globalization

The Power of the TOE Approach








involving men)






“[T

em

sp

fee

the

mo

-

he video playback discussion]

powers our sisters, our mothers, to

eak for themselves, to express their

ling about the level of violence against

m, and the way out…the video can

bilize the community for itself.”

Video team trainer, Liberia








involving men)






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Cross‐training

Sharing of

videos

Sharing of lessons learned

Cross‐site technical support

Upcoming global

workshop




“Over the years, our mothers and sisters experienced

violence or abuses, sometimes in the name of culture or

tradition. The Through Our Eyes project should be seen as

a support

group

for

today’s

generation

in

Africa,

a group

that is out for change. For the project to make an impact

in Africa, we need a network (Liberia, southern Sudan,

and Rwanda

for

now)

to

re

‐enforce

the

positive

change

in

our communities and learn from one another. It is not

about individual countries, but about Mama Africa.”

‐

Albert D. Pyne

Master Trainer, ARC ‐Liberia








involving men)






• Retention

• Scale-up

• Equipment costs• Integration

• Distance

• Research

Challenges & Lessons Learned




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Follow-up technical support visits

Finalizing literature review

Finalizing toolkit

Global workshop (June 2010)

Final Evaluation (July 2010)

Next Steps




• 23+

participants

from

at

least

7

countries• 4‐5 Days, June 2010

• Thematic sections on:

– Ethical considerations

– Innovations and integration

– Promoting partnerships for replication

– Global network formation & sustainability of programming

– Finalizing the

toolkit

– Recent video activity updates and film screenings by each team

• Practical sessions on:

– Participatory monitoring

and

evaluation

– Community media training and facilitation skills

– Film production (exercises in mixed country/agency groups)

– Digital

editing

Preview of Global Workshop




Thank you!

For more information, please contact

Chelsea Cooper

([email protected])

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


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