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Here are some questions to answer to help you navigate each step of designing a VAW prevention programme.

Priority Setting (based on contextual research)

Which type(s) of violence against women (VAW) will you focus on and why?
Are there specific groups/populations of women you want to reach? What are their needs and priorities?
In which regions/communities will you implement the programme and why?
What do you already know and need to know about the specific proposed programme site?
In which areas does your organisation have relevant experience and expertise?

What specific outcomes are you aiming to achieve through this programme?
Which specific prevention strategy/approach will you use and why?
How will this address the causes, risk factors, and triggers of violence that you have identified?
Will you strengthen or expand your existing programme, adapt a programme, innovate or scale?
How can you design or adapt the strategy to ensure it is relevant to your context and population?
What will be the specific interventions and activities you will implement?
How will you test, pilot and refine the intervention to optimise it?
What is your expectation/theory of how change will happen?

Which partner organisations will you work with and why?
What are the needs of your team, partner organisations and field staff for capacity development?
How will you ensure the programme is sufficiently holistic and intensive to achieve change?
How can you ensure you budget adequate resources and time for implementation?
How will you monitor and ensure the quality of implementation?

What specific results and outcomes are you aiming to achieve in the short, medium and long term?
How will you know whether the programme is having the intended outcomes? What about any unintended impacts?
How will you learn from this programme so you can improve this and future programming?