STORY: AMISOM, SPF, community leaders meet on sexual and gender-based violence
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LANGUAGE: SOMALI/ENGLISH NATURAL SOUND
DATELINE: 16/SEPTEMBER/2019, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
SHOT LIST:
1. Wide shot, a training workshop for community leaders and representatives in Mogadishu to tackle sexual and gender based violence
2. Close up shot, participants attending
3. Med shot, Stella Maranga, AMISOM Gender Officer speaking at the workshop
3. Med shot, participants taking notes
4. Close up shot, Stella Maranga speaking
5. Close up shot, a religious leader taking notes
6. Med shot, Madino Mohamed Warsame, Deputy Chairperson of Somalia National Women’s Association speaking
7. Med shot, AMISOM police officers at the workshop
8. Wide shot, participants listening to Madino Mohamed Warsame
9. Close up shot, a participant taking notes
10. Med shot, participants taking notes
11. Med shot, participants listening
12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Madino Mohamed Warsame, Deputy Chairperson of Somalia National Women’s Association
“I am happy to participate in this workshop conducted by AMISOM to help fight violations and gender-based abuses especially against women and community engagement. We are learning a lot from this experience and have gained some ideas as a take away. We will pass the knowledge and skills to the regions and the interior districts.”
13. Wide shot, participants in a group discussion
14. Med shot, a participant writing
15. Wide shot, participants discussing
16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rachel Malabo, AMISOM Police Gender Officer
“These cases (SGBV) happen within the community and our clan elders, religious leaders are the focal persons in those communities. So they are the first people to receive those cases. Because of that we thought of training them so that whenever they receive these cases, they must know their responsibilities, how to go about those cases not only to deal with the case. Whenever they receive these cases, there are supposed to take the cases to the police stations.”
17. Med shot, participants in a group discussion
18. Close up shot, Rachel Malabo, AMISOM Police Gender Officer
19. Close up shot, a participant at the training
20. Wide shot, participants discussing
21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Stella Sedame, AMISOM Police Gender Officer
“When something (GBV case) happens, sometimes it is the elders who shield it. So it makes the perpetrators to feel that it is something they can be doing. By bringing them together today will help them to know that shielding or assisting the culprits or the criminals will not help the society. They have a responsibility that they have to perform.”
22. Wide shot, group photo
AMISOM, SPF, community leaders meet on sexual and gender-based violence
Mogadishu, 17 September, 2019 –The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) opened a two day training workshop in Mogadishu for various community leaders and representatives on how to tackle sexual and gender based violence.
The community sensitization workshops, which are being conducted in all areas of operation under AMISOM, are expected to turn community volunteers into gender champions to help prevent cases of sexual abuse and gender-based violence. As part of this campaign, AMISOM Police gender officers are mentoring Somali Police Force officers on community engagement in handling sexual and GBV cases, victims’ support and prosecuting cases against perpetrators.
Deputy chair of Somalia National Women’s Association Mrs. Madino Mohamed Warsame said the sensitization exercise is targeting key community leaders such as elders, youth, religious leaders and representatives from the Somali Police Force.
“We intend to ensure that all individuals and groups within society who handle cases of sexual and gender-based violence are familiar and are able to implement best practices when dealing with these cases,” Madina said.
