Hearing and Being Voices in Syria: Working Together to Raise Awareness on Gender-Based Violence

This toolkit provides four comprehensive programs for delivering seven key GBV messages to women, adolescent girls, men and adolescent boys in North West Syria.

The Whole of Syria/Turkey hub GBV Sub-Cluster (GBV SC) has developed this toolkit for use by all actors in the GBV SC who have active GBV programs in North West Syria. The toolkit has been designed to help strengthen the cross-border GBV operations of these actors. Some of the programs in this toolkit could also potentially to be adopted in other parts of the country. The toolkit should be used by personnel who have expertise in providing GBV services and training.

The primary aim of the toolkit is to ensure consistency and accuracy in GBV messaging by all members of the GBV SC in North West Syria. This is our best chance of promoting changes in how GBV affects vulnerable populations, especially women and adolescent girls.

The toolkit also aims to:

• provide GBV actors with a learning opportunity to improve facilitation of GBV sessions;
• provide distinct activities that can be used to raise awareness about GBV among specific populations; and,
• formalize the key GBV messages the GBV SC wishes to deliver communities in North West Syria.