Training Workshop on Communication For Advocacy Strategy to Eradicate Gender-Based Violence

The report is a result of training workshop that was held in Dar es Salaam from January 27-31st 2003. The workshop on leadership, gender and human rights was organised by Equity Tanzania. The theme of this training was "Communication for Advocacy Strategies" aiming to eradicate gender-based violence (GBV)/violence against women.

Participants at the workshop were from the Media, community-based organisations (CBOs) and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). Six participants came from radios; one from TV; nine from newspapers; 15 from CBOs and NGOs.

The workshop aimed to empower women in various aspects and to build the capacity of women leaders across continents. It was also an effort to fight social injustices so as to achieve gender equity and equality. The workshop objectives were to enable participants to:

• appreciate themselves and appreciate one another as leaders and change agents through strengthening their leadership skills on issues related to GBV.
• explain gender concepts.
• link GBV/violence against women to human rights.
• explain leadership from gender perspective.
• practice a communication for advocacy against GBV and develop an action plan for networking.

Annex IV provides a 15-page action plan that the participants produced, indicating that each participant would carry out an activity aiming at achieving a specific objective, specifying the given material that would be used and the date by which it would be carried out. Annex VIII provides an evaluation of the workshop, as produced by the participants.

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