UN
United Nations Peacekeeping
UNPOL Sexual- and Gender-Based Violence Awareness-Raising for Internally Displaced
The third round of training program on Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) organized by the UNMISS Police in coordination with Human Rights Division and Child Protection Unit took place at the UNMISS PoC site between 9th May and 13th May 2016 for 51 internally displaced persons.
UNPOL trainers took the participants through a series of modules on SGBV, including, but were not limited to Child Protection, HIV and AIDS Awareness, Conflict- Related Sexual Violence (CRSV), Community Policing, Referral Pathways and Problem Solving techniques among others.
The UNPOL GCVPP Unit has so far trained 152 participants since it commenced the training program on 23rd April, 2016.
The purpose of the training program was to increase their awareness on SGBVS as it relates to conflict- and post conflict societies and principles of child protection and to equip them with knowledge and skills to work as ambassadors within the PoC community to disseminate the message.
Speaking at the closing ceremony, the Juba UNPOL POC Coordinator, Mr. Long Wen encouraged the participants to put to practice the knowledge and skills they had acquired to educate their people within the PoC site to help reduce the SGBV incidents.
He advised women and men at the UNMISS PoC site to be the agents of change within the community to discourage fellow IDPs from perpetrating violence in any form against each other.
The Deputy POC 3 Camp Chairman Mr. Stephen Makol Kuich, commended UNPOL Officers for the good work they are doing within the POC sites and expressed his hope that the residents of PoC site will continue to work together with the community to prevent SGBV incidents.
He assured that the training will increase the level of knowledge of participants to educate their fellow community members on SGBV incidents.
A Course participant James Wuor Puok expressed the hope what they had learnt during the course would allow them deliver good services to their people within the PoC site.
‘We have received training on SGBV and we will share knowledge and skills with our people at the PoC site to curb the rampant SGBV in the camp”, another participant Rebecca Nyaynai Mathai also added.
