STORY: AMISOM, SPF, community leaders meet on sexual

and gender-based violence

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LANGUAGE: SOMALI/ENGLISH NATURAL SOUND
DATELINE: 16/SEPTEMBER/2019, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:
1. Wide shot, a training workshop for community leaders and representatives in
Mogadishu to tackle sexual and gender based violence
2. Close up shot, participants attending
3. Med shot, Stella Maranga, AMISOM Gender Officer speaking at the workshop
3. Med shot, participants taking notes
4. Close up shot, Stella Maranga speaking
5. Close up shot, a religious leader taking notes
6. Med shot, Madino Mohamed Warsame, Deputy Chairperson of Somalia National
Women's Association speaking
7. Med shot, AMISOM police officers at the workshop
8. Wide shot, participants listening to Madino Mohamed Warsame
9. Close up shot, a participant taking notes
10. Med shot, participants taking notes
11. Med shot, participants listening
12. SOUNDBITE: (English) Madino Mohamed Warsame, Deputy Chairperson of
Somalia National Women's Association
“I am happy to participate in this workshop conducted by AMISOM to help fight
violations and gender-based abuses especially against women and community
engagement. We are learning a lot from this experience and have gained some ideas
as a take away. We will pass the knowledge and skills to the regions and the interior
districts.”

13. Wide shot, participants in a group discussion

14. Med shot, a participant writing
15. Wide shot, participants discussing
16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rachel Malabo, AMISOM Police Gender Officer
“These cases (SGBV) happen within the community and our clan elders, religious
leaders are the focal persons in those communities. So they are the first people to
receive those cases. Because of that we thought of training them so that whenever
they receive these cases, they must know their responsibilities, how to go about
those cases not only to deal with the case. Whenever they receive these cases, there
are supposed to take the cases to the police stations.”

17. Med shot, participants in a group discussion

18. Close up shot, Rachel Malabo, AMISOM Police Gender Officer
19. Close up shot, a participant at the training
20. Wide shot, participants discussing
21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Stella Sedame, AMISOM Police Gender Officer
“When something (GBV case) happens, sometimes it is the elders who shield it. So it
makes the perpetrators to feel that it is something they can be doing. By bringing
them together today will help them to know that shielding or assisting the culprits or
the criminals will not help the society. They have a responsibility that they have to
perform.”

22. Wide shot, group photo

AMISOM, SPF, community leaders meet on sexual and gender-based violence

Mogadishu, 17 September, 2019 --The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)

opened a two day training workshop in Mogadishu for various community leaders
and representatives on how to tackle sexual and gender based violence.

The community sensitization workshops, which are being conducted in all areas of
operation under AMISOM, are expected to turn community volunteers into gender
champions to help prevent cases of sexual abuse and gender-based violence. As part
of this campaign, AMISOM Police gender officers are mentoring Somali Police Force
officers on community engagement in handling sexual and GBV cases, victims’
support and prosecuting cases against perpetrators.

Deputy chair of Somalia National Women's Association Mrs. Madino Mohamed

Warsame said the sensitization exercise is targeting key community leaders such as
elders, youth, religious leaders and representatives from the Somali Police Force.

“We intend to ensure that all individuals and groups within society who handle cases
of sexual and gender-based violence are familiar and are able to implement best
practices when dealing with these cases,” Madina said.
AMISOM police gender officer Mrs. Rachel Malabo said they are targeting
community leaders as they are among the first responders to cases of sexual
violence.

“These cases happen within the community and clan elders and religious leaders are
the focal persons in the communities. They are the first people who receive those
cases and because of that we thought of training them so that whenever they
receive these cases, they know their responsibilities and how they handle those
cases,” said Malabo.

AMISOM police gender officer, Mrs. Stella Sedame, said some perpetrators have
been using community leaders as a shield against prosecution. Therefore, sensitizing
those leaders on the legal requirements and best ways to deal with the perpetrators
other than the traditional methods would help prevent sexual violence.

“When (a case) happens, sometimes it is the elders who shield it. This makes the
perpetrators feel that they can get away with it. But this will help them to know that
they have a responsibility to handle these cases carefully,” Sedame said.