Challenging SRGBV at different levels of the education system

Our Approach

Partnerships with local Ministries of Education

Teacher and school leader professional development

Where do we work?

Head office in Brussels, Belgium

9countries with local offices

SRGBV –Different contexts, different focus

Vietnam• Early Childhood Educaton (3 – 5 year olds)

• Gender stereotypes formed a young age related to gender-based violence later in life

Cambodia• Primary and lower seconday education (6 – 14 year olds)

• Bullying, Corporal Punishment and Sexual Violence

Suriname• Lower Secondary Vocational Schools (12 – 18+ year olds)

• Gender-based violence and adolescent sexual andreproductive rights

• Peer-violence (physical, psychological and sexual) / Sexual abuse

Three approaches - Vietnam

Activities:

- Development/pilot of a toolkit for gender-responsive play-based learning in preschools

- Building capacity of preschool teachers, school leaders, ministry staff for on gender-responsive play-based learning

- Parent-school sensitisation model on gender-responsive play-based learning

- Advocacy campaign

Focus: Transforming schools in Vietnam into environments of gender-

responsive play-based learning, involving parents in the process.

Three approaches - Cambodia

Focus: Eliminating Gender Based Violence through Gender Responsive Pedagogy in Primary Education

Activities:

- Action Guide for safe and learning-friendly environments

- Capacity development of teacher trainers, school leaders and teachers

- Outreach/communication campaign

- Capacity building of CSO’s

Three approaches - Suriname

Focus: Creating safe and supportive school environments in TVET schools on issues related to sexual rights and gender based violence

Activities:

- Supporting teachers and school leaders to deal with gender related ‘problem behaviour’ (Training and PLC)

- Empowering students through capacity building of local CSO’s

- Outreach to parents through capacity building of local CSO’s

- Collective capacity building trajectory

- Research

VVOB’s Approach to SRGBV

All school violence can have a gender dimension

VVOB’s Approach to SRGBV

A pedagogical approach to SRGBV

VVOB’s Approach to SRGBV

A whole school approach

VVOB’s Approach to SRGBV

Partnerships and building capacity together

VVOB’s Approach to SRGBV

Strong links between policy and practice

Challenges

Challenge #1: Buy-in and involvement

Challenges

Challenge #2: Monitoring and Evaluation

Challenges

Challenge #3: LGBTIQ+

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