‘Her Safety, Our Responsibility: Strengthening the SGBV Response during Crises’ Podcast Series
Under the Regional Transforming Lives Programme, generously supported by Sweden Regional SRHR Team, SAfAIDS hosted virtual Roundtables focused on experiences and policy lessons on responding to sexual gender-based violence (SGBV) during crises; with delegates from Ministries of Gender/Women’s Affairs, Health, Education, Justice; and Members of Parliament, media practitioners, traditional and religious leaders from the 16 SADC Member States. The Roundtables sustained the SGBV narrative and agenda amid COVID-19, and advanced policy deliberations on prevention and the overall response to SGBV, benefitting the well-being and rights of adolescents and young people. Amongst the various outputs generated from the Roundtables, to enable continued policy advocacy the ‘Her Safety, Our Responsibility: Strengthening the SGBV Response during Crises” 6-Episode Podcast Series: The Podcast Series harvested key discussion and learning points, from the region-wide Roundtables, for strengthened SGBV policy advocacy for action across different sectors during and post COVID-19. The Series provides a context for sustaining multi-sectoral coordination and collaboration in responding to SGBV especially during crises. They motivate diverse sectors: including gender, health, education, justice, traditional, religious and media; as key constituents in framing implementation within a coordinated response to SGBV.
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Episodes
Monday Jan 24, 2022
Monday Jan 24, 2022
Episode 6 concludes the Series with a special focus on how faith-based institutions and traditional leadership and structures can contribute to ending SGBV.
Monday Jan 24, 2022
Monday Jan 24, 2022
The fifth Episode is an extension of the fourth, and explores justice sector collaboration, with reflections from Malawi.
Monday Jan 24, 2022
Monday Jan 24, 2022
Episode 4 delves into ensuring undisrupted access to justice by survivors of SGBV during a crisis, highlighting experiences from Botswana and Zambia.
Sunday Jan 23, 2022
Sunday Jan 23, 2022
The third Episode motivates strengthening multi-sectoral coordination in the SGBV response; with insights from representatives of the Office of the Prime Minister in the Kingdom of Lesotho and the SADC Secretariat.
Sunday Jan 23, 2022
Sunday Jan 23, 2022
Episode 2 addresses experiences and lessons from three select countries (Mauritius, the Kingdom of Eswatini and Namibia) on how the education sector can effectively respond to SGBV during a crisis, with COVID-19 as an example.
Sunday Jan 23, 2022
Sunday Jan 23, 2022
Episode 1 focuses on understanding the role of the media in responding to SGBV during and after a crisis, and how the media can be leveraged as a useful tool and ally in the SGBV policy and response.