GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMENCOUNTRY-PROFILEUGANDAMEASURESCOMMUNITY DIALOGUES ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
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Community dialogues on violence against women
Type of Measure
Prevention > Community mobilization
Form of Violence
Violence against women and girls
Brief Description

Cultural leaders of Alur, Buganda, Busoga and Tooro conducted dialogue sessions on the exemplary cultural practices that address violence against women and girls. This contributed to increased knowledge, and interests among community members especially among young people who formed self-support groups to mobilize young people for mitigating VAWG basing on gender responsive traditional principles. They were also trained to use social media to publicize the cultural resources that mitigate VAWG. The participants committed to utilize their existing social media platforms both at individual and institutional levels to disseminate and share information on cultural resources and how they mitigate VAWG. Social media strategies were also developed to guide them as they publicize the different cultural resources on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. 100 copies of the Rutooro version of the Cultural Leaders’ toolkit were printed facilitate better access to information on traditional cultural values by the young people.

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