In this section, we lay out a set of tools and resources to help you understand the importance of focusing on prevention and what strategic options to take when planning for a VAW prevention programme.
Here, we define and unpack what prevention of violence against women means, laying out its three-fold functions, namely primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. This section also clarifies how prevention connects with mitigation and response interventions that we often see in humanitarian/ development space. Furthermore, some explanation is given on specific prevention strategies, such as Universal Prevention or Selective prevention, your programme can take, depending on the level of frequency and exposure.
This section especially lays out some resources about primary prevention, its importance, and where you can find evidence to support your case to implement primary prevention in your context.
We also have some tools and resources to help your initial decisions regarding a prevention strategy appropriate to your context – whether it is to innovate a new programme, adapt a programme approach which has been successful in another context, or strengthen, expand, or scale up a promising programme you have already implemented elsewhere.
There is also guidance on how to match your programme to your timeframe, funding sources and estimating costs.
