ACFODE with support
from EIRENE successfully introduced the newly amended police forms (3, 3A and
24A) as well as a streamlined system of SGBV case documentation in Kisoro
district. This occurred from the 28th-31st January 2013 during
training sessions for newly commissioned community facilitators held in Kirundo
and Nyarusiza sub counties, which have recently been added to the
organization's target area in their campaign to end Sexualized Gender Based
Violence (SGBV).
Hope Turyasingura, an ACFODE member explaining the
amended police form to the participants
The new strategy will see
community facilitators use simple, exhaustive "Case Management Forms"
to effectively capture and update cases of sexualized violence within their
communities of influence. This move is aimed at partnering with local authorities'
to boost their recording systems and ensure more effective monitoring and
resolution of the incidence of SGBV in the district, which will better inform
and increase the effectiveness of future advocacy campaigns against SGBV in the
area.
The trainings attracted
60 community facilitators and other stakeholders such as law enforcement
officers, health workers and local political figures and featured trainings in
the areas of SGBV, human rights and forms of justice.
Participants scrutinizing the new case manangement form
Through sessions that
aimed at strengthening the capacity of community facilitators to collaborate with
both the SGBV survivors and the duty bearers mandated to resolve their cases, the
team was empowered to support the victims in their communities through the
effective use of the justice system.
The community
facilitators were able to construct viable action plans for community sensitization
and handling of SGBV cases through their different Combating Defilement, Rape
and Sexual Harassment (CODERASH) committees.
Compiled by
Andrew Ssekirevu
Gender and Economic Policy Department
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