Eliminating Violence Against WomenGender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Project

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PROGRAMME

• Welcome

• Introduction to the VAW component• Maureen Hilyard

• Workshop Participants introductions • Workplace Harassment Policy

• Discussion of goal, objective and outcomes for VAW

• In groups, prioritise 4 outcomes for development

• Discuss key outputs from prioritized outcomes

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ANTI-VIOLENCE COMPONENT

NATIONAL PRIORITY

…of the Cook Islands National Policy on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Plan 2011-2016,

GOAL

• To eliminate violence against women

OUTCOMES

1. Legal frameworks, law enforcement and justice systems

2. Services to victims

3. Community level mobilisation to intervene and protect victims

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MINISTRY OF HEALTH FAMILY SURVEY

• Causes of violence • Available support services

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INTRODUCTION OF PARTICIPANTS

• Introduce yourself (and your team)

• Briefly describe your organisation and its role or interest in the VAW component

• Briefly describe your organisation’s Harassment Policy

• OR explain how your organisation deals with harassment issues

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SPECIFIC OUTCOMES FOR VAWLegal Frameworks, law enforcement & justice systems

1. Awareness raising on the content of the Family Law Bill, amendments of the Criminal Act to Parliament for adoption

2. Training stakeholders (including Pa Enua) in relation to law enforcement and the judiciary system about Family Law Bill, Gender Equality, CEDAW and human rights

3. Increase capacity of Police Officers to support victims by developing clear administrative processes

4. Improve data collection on domestic violence / gender – based violence, and put in place a mechanism for data dissemination

5. Advocate / support Ministry of Health to compile information about the causes of injuries to develop a database on injuries caused by domestic and gender-based violence

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SPECIFIC OUTCOMES FOR VAWServices to victims are improved

6. Establish a coordination mechanism for addressing VAW

7. Provide free legal support

8. Develop communication material (including for Pa Enua) to disseminate information about women’s human rights, the measures of the Family Law Bill and positive relationship behaviours

9. Further develop services to accompany the victims and support their recovery – notably by increasing resources to service providers and strengthen their capacity

10. Conduct awareness raising about VAW and existing services during the White Ribbon Day and the 16 days of activism on VAW

11. Develop and implement a programme for building the capacity of communities to deal with domestic violence and protect the victims (Pa Enua)

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Activities

• In groups, prioritise 4 outcomes for development

• Groups to feedback their selected priorities

• Regroup into the prioritised outcomes areas

• Draft some important outputs for each of the outcomes

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Prioritised Outcomes

Group Priority 1 Priority 2 Priority 3 Priority 4

1-Angie 1 4 6 8

2-Jim 4 8 9 11

3 – Nani

7 9 1 8

4 – Ruta

2 6 10 11

5 – Bred

1 4/5 8/10/11 9

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THANK YOU

ANY QUESTIONS?