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MRF Conducts FGM Prevention Project for Community-Based Awareness in Nugaal Region

MRF Conducts FGM Prevention Project for Community-Based Awareness in Nugaal Region Manaal Relief Foundation (MRF), in collaboration with the Ministry of Women Development and Family Affairs (MoWDAFA), conducted FGM prevention awareness sessions in Birtadheer Kalabayr and Sinujiif villages of Garowe District, Nugaal region. The campaign focused on raising awareness of the psychological impact of FGM, […]

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The 16 days of Activism Campaign Against Gender Based Violence (GBV)

MRF conducts the 16 days of activism campaign against gender violence which takes place between international day for the elimination of violence against women (25 November) and international human rights Day (10 December). The aim of the event was to reinforce the elimination of all forms of violence against women as a human rights issue

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Commemoration International Human Rights Day on ending violence against women

On 10 December 2019, MRF commemorated the International Human Rights Day in Bossaso and Garowe districts in Puntland State of Somalia. The aim was to raise awareness about gender based violence as a human rights issue at all levels, and to strengthen community awareness campaigns to change negative attitudes towards violence against women and girls.

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Advocacy and Dialogue Forums on GBV

50 (15 male and 35 female) people from key GBV stakeholders in Nugaal region participated community forum organized during the 16-day of activism. This includes women and youth groups, village committees, religious leaders, elders, police officers, legal aid, staff of MOWDAFA and local authorities’ officials. Similar forums were organized in Bossaso and Galkacayo with participants

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Football Tournaments as a Channel to pass GBV messages

In Dangorayo, MRF organized football tournaments as a channel to pass GBV messages to wider community crowds that come to watch the matches reaching more than 300 people. We had taken an advantage this opportunity to pass GBV risks and prevention messages and disseminated IEC materials via posters, T-shirts, huts, leaflets, and local radio talk shows

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GBV Awareness Campaigns

MRF’s GBV awareness campaigns Strengthening GBV prevention, risk mitigation and response. GBV awareness campaigns were carried out in three districts in Burtinle, Garowe and Galkacyo, these districts usually records highest prevalence of GBV cases, especially rape and domestic violence. Thus, awareness raising sessions focused on rape and domestic violence through community discussions on what are

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Community Mobilization to Protest Domestic Violence

The MRF organization has designed the project “Community Mobilization to Protest Domestic Violence” with the objective to reduce the rate of domestic violence from family to society level in its targeted areas under Burtinle district. Before taking the project the situation of women folk surrounding the targeted areas was very pitiable and dishonorable. Women had

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Counseling and Education to Stop Domestic Violence

The organization realized that proper education, massive awareness, social mobilization and women empowerment are very prior to bring positive changes in our society. Considering the situation that, generally, women and children are extremely victimized in many ways and forms and they are the victims of dual exploitation both by poverty and gender discrimination.  Rich &

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Four pillars of MRF’s Gender and GBV approach

The MRF’s Gender and GBV program works to break the gendered cycle of vulnerability and violence for women and girls through strengthening community response and protection units, particularly legal protection phycological and mental health protection and development of prevention models that seeks to transform men and boys to be allies, and empowerment of women and

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