VAW-FREE CAMPAIGN

THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP END VAW

Woman/Girl

1. Empower yourself. Know your rights and available courses of action in case these rights are violated.

2. Speak out and report to the authorities in case your rights are violated.

3. Encourage others to fight for their rights. 

Man/Boy

4. Respect women and girls in your home, workplace, and community.

5. Join male groups promoting Anti-VAW efforts and participate in discussions to broaden your awareness on the advocacy.

6. Enlighten/advise perpetrators to seek help and join the male Anti-VAW supporters. 

Government Agency

7. Equip yourselves with apt training and capacity development sessions to improve service delivery for your clients.

 8. Develop a monitoring and evaluation strategy to assess the service to your clients’ supporters.

9. Let people know that you provide the services! We need to inform the public that there are government offices that they can turn to and            trust to assist them in healing and seeking justice. 

Barangay

10. Ensure that your Barangay VAW Desk is functional. You can use the Barangay VAW Desk Handbook developed by PCW         and DILG with partner agencies to guide you on what to do.

11. Establish linkages with local and national government agencies, as well as other organizations near your barangay               where you can refer victim-survivors of VAW for needed assistance which the barangay is not able to provide.

12. Promote harmonious family and community relationships in your barangay which is grounded on mutual respect for             human rights, and take proactive steps to attain a VAW-free community. Private sector

13. Support the Anti-VAW efforts of the government and your immediate community.

14. Establish your own Action Desks where employees and clients can go to in case VAW happens.

15. Develop internal rules to proactively ensure that your workplace is VAW-free. 

Academic/Training Institutions

16. Include concepts of VAW and women’s human rights in lesson plans/lesson guides of your teaching staff

17. Continually conduct/spearhead anti-VAW advocacies in your campus, and if possible, to your immediate community through extension programs.

18. Setup a Committee on Decorum and Investigation (CODI) where students and employees can seek help.