What do we know about the national institutional context for violence against women prevention? Here are some questions to help you gain an understanding of the national context.
NORMATIVE | IMPLEMENTATION |
GOVERNMENT ●Signed which global and regional conventions on VAW? ●Which forms of VAW are criminalised in law? Provisions? | GOVERNMENT ●Political will of leadership / presence of changemakers? |
BILATERAL DONORS ●Key donors funding gender and EVAW work? | INGOS + WOMEN’S FUNDS ●INGOs / women’s funds funding EVAW work? |
UN SYSTEM ●UN system relationship with government? | LOCAL NGOS, CSOS, WROS ●Political environment for civil society work on VAW programming and advocacy? |
Note: when asking these questions, please pay attention to the relationships and alignment between and interests, capacities and constraints of each actor.



