VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION PROGRAMMING GUIDE

Map the national institutional context for VAW prevention

Checklists

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?
●Key policy / strategy commitments on VAW prevention?
●Which government bodies are responsible for VAW work?  National and sub-national level? Mandates on prevention? Response?

GOVERNMENT

●Political will of leadership / presence of changemakers?
●Realities of implementation of laws and policies?
●What level of funding is there for VAW prevention?
●Staff capacity and VAW prevention technical expertise?
●Any recent / existing programmes on VAW prevention? Results? Lessons?

BILATERAL DONORS

●Key donors funding gender and EVAW work?
●Which donors (might) fund prevention work?
●What are their funding modalities?
●What are their typical funding amounts + timeframes?
●What are their expectations (e.g. design, reporting)?

INGOS + WOMEN’S FUNDS

●INGOs / women’s funds funding EVAW work?
●INGOs implementing VAW prevention work?
●Recent / current VAW prevention programs, lessons + results?
●Staff capacity and VAW prevention technical expertise?

UN SYSTEM

●UN system relationship with government?
●Which UN agencies are active on EVAW work?
●Which have worked on VAW prevention?
●Recent / current EVAW projects, lessons + results?
●Potential for joint programming?

LOCAL NGOS, CSOS, WROS

●Political environment for civil society work on VAW programming and advocacy?
●Local NGOs, CSOs, WROs  implementing VAW prevention work?
●Recent / current VAW prevention programs, lessons + results?
●Staff capacity and VAW prevention technical expertise?

Note: when asking these questions, please pay attention to the relationships and alignment between and interests, capacities and constraints of each actor.

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