SAFER FAMILIES, SAFER CHILDREN, SAFER BELIZE!
Building a Fairer, Healthier World Starts with Examining the Family
Building a Fairer, Healthier World Starts with Examining the Family
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic on 11 March 2020. Across the globe, life as we knew it went on pause--for some of us it was transformed. However, the inequalities we lived with before the pandemic have carried over to the new normal. Left unchecked, they will increase. In the aftermath of the pandemic, many homes have witnessed an economic shock and the risk of poverty became higher due to the fact that both men and women have since gotten lower wages or even lost jobs with little to no protection against the economic shocks. Throughout the pandemic, children were confined to their homes where they sometimes became witnesses and even sufferers of gender-based violence (GBV) due to the stress triggered by the pandemic. There continues to be need for healing and intervention.
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic on 11 March 2020. Across the globe, life as we knew it went on pause--for some of us it was transformed. However, the inequalities we lived with before the pandemic have carried over to the new normal. Left unchecked, they will increase. In the aftermath of the pandemic, many homes have witnessed an economic shock and the risk of poverty became higher due to the fact that both men and women have since gotten lower wages or even lost jobs with little to no protection against the economic shocks. Throughout the pandemic, children were confined to their homes where they sometimes became witnesses and even sufferers of gender-based violence (GBV) due to the stress triggered by the pandemic. There continues to be need for healing and intervention.
This is the backdrop against which the Belize Crime Observatory in the Ministry of Home Affairs and New Growth Industries developed this dedicated site to provide educational resources on gender-based violence. The hope is that we can continue to provide moral and technical support for women and children to recover from the adverse impacts of COVID-19, to build a fairer, healthier and more equal and just Belize. This resource package is developed with information about COVID-19 prevention and gender-based violence. These self-help materials were pulled together to support the delivery of Health and Family Life National Curriculum outcomes.
This is the backdrop against which the Belize Crime Observatory in the Ministry of Home Affairs and New Growth Industries developed this dedicated site to provide educational resources on gender-based violence. The hope is that we can continue to provide moral and technical support for women and children to recover from the adverse impacts of COVID-19, to build a fairer, healthier and more equal and just Belize. This resource package is developed with information about COVID-19 prevention and gender-based violence. These self-help materials were pulled together to support the delivery of Health and Family Life National Curriculum outcomes.
Our hope is that the information available here can be integrated into programs that mainstream GBV prevention into COVID-19 and other social interventions. GBV prevention is the overaching goal, and it also can intensify progress across multiple development goals. Impactful GBV programs have helped to improve health outcomes, economic productivity, and educational attainment.
Our hope is that the information available here can be integrated into programs that mainstream GBV prevention into COVID-19 and other social interventions. GBV prevention is the overaching goal, and it also can intensify progress across multiple development goals. Impactful GBV programs have helped to improve health outcomes, economic productivity, and educational attainment.
This initiative also supports the Sustainable Development Goals.
This initiative also supports the Sustainable Development Goals.
LEGAL AND GOVERNANCE
LEGAL AND GOVERNANCE
"Nepal’s Local Election Act (2017) calls for two out of four seats to be reserved for women, one of which to be held by a Dalit woman, in each ward of the 753 municipalities. Likewise, the law also mandates that at least one of the executive positions at the local municipal level should be held by a woman – for instance, between Mayor and Deputy Mayor at the municipal level, one or the other must be a woman."
60b52f10beec693b8650ec81_Sexual-Violence-handbook.pdf60d0f909600d88c9d8a7e2c2_GBV Referral Pathway Belize.pdf
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
ENGAGE GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE SECTOR, AND CIVIL SOCIETY ACTORS --
ENGAGE GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE SECTOR, AND CIVIL SOCIETY ACTORS --
SEND A STRONG MESSAGE THAT VIOLENCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED
SEND A STRONG MESSAGE THAT VIOLENCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED
Government and civil society actors should also emphasize that perpetrators will be punished; services for survivors are available and everyone has a role to play.
Government and civil society actors should also emphasize that perpetrators will be punished; services for survivors are available and everyone has a role to play.
Collaborate with civil society organizations, including local women’s organizations, as they can help disseminate information to those who need it most. Partner with disability organizations and caregiver groups, to help reach women and girls with disabilities, and ensure their needs and interests are integrated into GBV services and delivery.
Collaborate with civil society organizations, including local women’s organizations, as they can help disseminate information to those who need it most. Partner with disability organizations and caregiver groups, to help reach women and girls with disabilities, and ensure their needs and interests are integrated into GBV services and delivery.
2022 Domestic Violence Motion
20220204DomesticViolenceinBelizeMotion2022.pdfENABLE COMMUNITY-LED SOLUTIONS, INCLUDING EMPOWERING “GOOD BYSTANDERS”
ENABLE COMMUNITY-LED SOLUTIONS, INCLUDING EMPOWERING “GOOD BYSTANDERS”
Create spaces for communities to lead GBV prevention and response. For instance, lobby for support from community-based paralegal professionals in Belize for internally displaced people to provide basic legal advice and employ dispute resolution techniques to prevent or mitigate violence. Work with partners to develop “neighborhood watch” systems, whereby elected men and women will receive training to regularly patrol their neighborhood to prevent or mitigate violence.
Create spaces for communities to lead GBV prevention and response. For instance, lobby for support from community-based paralegal professionals in Belize for internally displaced people to provide basic legal advice and employ dispute resolution techniques to prevent or mitigate violence. Work with partners to develop “neighborhood watch” systems, whereby elected men and women will receive training to regularly patrol their neighborhood to prevent or mitigate violence.
INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES AND MATERIALS
GUIDANCE ON SUPPORTING WOMEN AND GIRLS
GUIDANCE ON SUPPORTING WOMEN AND GIRLS
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violence-against-women-2017-03ws-vawg-resource-guide-health-sector-brief.pdfVIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS RESOURCE GUIDE
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