2024-06-23-UNDP-通过社区行动制止性别暴力_秘鲁妇女领导人网络的经验（英）_6页_475kb

UNDP Policy Brief Summary: Putting a Stop to Gender Violence through Community Action in Peru

Context:

• High GBV Rates: Peru, and specifically Villa El Salvador (VES) district in Lima, has alarmingly high rates of Gender-Based Violence (GBV). Pre-existing issues were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, reducing women's economic resilience, increasing dependency, and forcing many into domestic settings with aggressors.
• Lack of Local Response: Most local governments in Peru lagged in creating mandated GBV task forces, particularly lacking sufficient female participation.
• Project Goal: UNDP's pilot project aimed to transform the situation in VES by creating a successful model for local structural change regarding gender equality.

Innovation: The Women Leaders Network (Justa Network)

• This network unified women leaders and organizations around a common goal: combating GBV.
• It adopted an intersectional approach and created a space for coordinated action.
• A key demand was the establishment of a permanent local GBV Task Force compliant with Peruvian law, which included active female participation.

Achievements & Transformation:

• The network successfully engaged with local authorities, leading to the formal creation of the Local GBV Task Force.
• They actively participated in developing the first VES GBV Local Action Plan (biennial) and Joint Local Action Protocol (nationwide first).
• This represented a significant transformation in power dynamics, giving organized women a stronger voice in local decision-making processes.

Key Steps for Establishing Similar Networks:

1. Map: Assess community needs/challenges and identify existing actors/resources.
2. Engage: Invite local government, NGOs, and women leaders to participate.
3. Conflict Resolution: Facilitate safe spaces for horizontal participation among diverse stakeholders.
4. Common Identity: Build a shared focus on reducing GBV.
5. Organizing Space: Establish a network (formally or informally) and set rules of engagement.
6. Meetings & Activities: Ensure regular, ongoing participation.
7. Support Well-being: Provide mental health first aid, training, and support for the women leaders themselves.
8. Acknowledge Leadership Styles: Tailor training and empower leaders based on their individual strengths.
9. Encourage Proposal Development: Leverage women's lived experience to develop community-level solutions.
10. Prepare for Official Spaces: Equip leaders with knowledge and confidence to engage with government officials.
11. Promote Participation: Facilitate bridging between government and civil society.
12. Create Partnerships: Collaborate strategically with media, businesses, and NGOs.
13. Ensure Sustainability: Plan for long-term institutionalization and funding.

Conclusions:

• This model provides a replicable methodology for local communities globally to address GBV.
• It combines grassroots mobilization with local government accountability mechanisms.
• Crucial for success are neutral facilitation, sustaining activities, providing psychosocial support, and linking with local structures for GBV response and prevention.
• A promising avenue for promoting local transformation and structural change towards gender equality.