(awareness, preparation) This is about raising community awareness, possibilities for change, and the sharing of each other’s knowledge/skills, around violence against women and children. Development and Preparation.

For active community participation and engagement in a community-based approach for addressing the problem of violence against women and children. Empowering community members to do something, no matter how small.

Involves longer-term strategies meant to increase sustained community-based capacity to address violence against women and children. It is further divided into community organising (general) eg HUB, and community organising (among those most affected) survivors.

Develops the capacity of community members to support survivors and hold abusers accountable for their violence. (HUB, Peace Builders and PODS). Creates sustained cultural change around what community will accept and do in the face of violence.