Breakthrough - MDG 3 – Violence Against Women

Discussion Highlights

• Discovering what each sector is doing to eradicate violence against women e.g. respectful relationships, ensuring knowledge for church leaders & promoting women’s leadership

• Sectors are already working together however this can further supported

•F ocused on 2 key issues – ensuring adequate legal frameworks and engaging men and boys and key priorities within these areas

• Small actions result in large movements

• Ensuring that discussions on violence against women include all forms of violence

Actions

• Empowering individual actions – micro-movements

• Continuing to work on shifting violence against women out of the private sphere

• Working on the prevention of violence against women in conflict and post-conflict situations

• Education for men and boys and developing language around violence against women

• Increase women in leadership positions with the adequate gender training skills