Ending Gender Based Violence and Post 2015 Application

2015 SADC GENDER PROTOCOL SUMMIT AND AWARDS
ENDING GENDER BASED VIOLENCE

AND POST 2015 APPLICATION
This award recognises
Good practices at the local and national level to reach the SADC Gender Protocol target of
halving gender violence by 2015. These may include prevention, response, support, or
integrated approaches such as 365 Day National or Local Action Plans to End GBV. The
award places a special emphasis on innovative approaches to preventing GBV, and forward
thinking on the post 2015 agenda.
Title of best practice Theatre for development (TFD)

Presenter Name Surname
Kgomotso kekana
Who you represent Organisation Designation
Khula youth network Project administrator
Sex (tick) Male Female
x
Country South Africa
E Mail [email protected]
Cell phone 073 085 8852
Quotable quotes*
“WE ARE THE SOLUTION: Rather than complaining young people need to take responsibility
and play a role in shaping our tomorrow.” –kgomotso kekana
Synopsis*
Theatre for development is a collaborated efforts between khula youth network and university of
Pretoria drama students. The program aims to intervene in the name of social transformation
precisely to disrupt what has become settled norms and knowable reality.
Theatre for development is an interactive performance that tackles issues around gender based
violence, TFD is a workshop show making awareness on how gender based violence stems out to
much larger social issues such as: woman abuse, bullying, rape and peer pressure. This interactive
show takes learners and community through a journey of understanding social transformation and
to form their own understanding.
The show involves audience actively, allowing them to participate throughout, giving their opinion
on gender based violence khula youth network facilitates question and answer sessions to clarify
and affirm the outcomes of the show.
Theatre for Development is a good practice because YOUNG PEOPLE PAY ATTENTION TO ACTION,
mostly prefer to be involved and play their part in transforming the society.
Key objectives *
 To reduce gender based violence among young people in schools and our society in general
 Create a society where each and every person is treated with respect and equality
irrespective of their gender or color.
 Theater for development assists young people in their personal and social development
so as to strengthen self esteem and confidence.
 To promote the general welfare and safety of young people at all time.
 Thru theater for development we promote healthy life style, good mental attitude and the
development of appropriate values and believe among young people.
Beneficiaries (in numbers)*
THEATER FOR DEVELOPMENT 2015 (Indirect beneficiaries- 1:3)
Direct Indirect
Name of Wo Men Total Wom Men Total
group men en
Lethamaga 323 363 686 969 1089 2058
secondary
school
Hamanskra 361 396 757 1083 1188 2271
al
secondary
school
Madisong 420 400 820 1260 1200 2460
middle
school
Ratshepo 451 413 864 1353 1239 2592
high school
Steve Biko 91 91 182 273 273 546
ville
secondary
Mandisa 107 42 149 321 126 447

shiceka
clinic
Kekana 84 20 104 252 60 372
gardens
clinic
Temba CHC 95 39 134 285 117 402
Total 1932 1764 3696 5796 5292 11088
Key activities *
What were the different steps/ activities in the implementation of the good practise?
(300 words)
After identifying gender based violence in our community especially among young people,KHULA
youth network took a step to address the problem
Phase 1: consult
 Consultation is very critical for our programme to be effective and relevant to young
people,during this phase we go around local schools to gather information about their
knowledge and views about gender based violence and other social ills we have in our
community.
Phase 2: play review

 Based on information we got from young people, drama students from university of
Pretoria writes and prepare a show, before the show is rolled out to schools we take few
people to review and polish the show to be relevant for young in our community.
Phase 3: implement
 Theatre for development 2015 was rolled out to 5 schools, 3 clinics ,1 community event
(move for health” Department of health) and 1 mall (jubilee mall) around Hamanskraal
communities.
 A total of 17 shows were performed during 2015 T.F.D
 Drama students perform the show to our audience, raising issues about GBV and after
each performance khula youth network facilitates question and answer sessions to
clarify and affirm the outcomes of the show.
Phase 4: feedback and recommendation.

 For us to measure how effective is our programme we give our audience (young and old)
platform to give us feedback of the show and make recommendations to make the
program more sustainable and relevant in our society to eliminate the wide spread of
GBV
Partnerships and coalition building*
Has the campaign to reduce gender violence promoted partnerships and partnership
building with other organisations? Are these partnerships at the local, national, regional or
global level? – 200 words
We have been implementing TFD since 2013
 Thru TFD programme we have established a partnership with local schools in our
area of Hamanskraal and we are planning to escalate our partnership to district
level(department of education),this partnership will help us reach many learners and
enable us to achieve our objectives of breaking gender stereotypes and GBV in
schools
 During 2013 and 2014 our programme focused more on homophobia and gender
based violence, we partnered with OUT wellbeing peer educators who are dedicated
to building healthy and empowered lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
communities in Gauteng.
 During TFD 2015 khula youth network established partnership with three local clinics
in our community, this partnership will enable us to facilitate GBV talks once a month
at the clinics
Resource allocations *
KHULA YOUTH network has not yet received funds, due to this the team pays for all
expenses
Amount local Amou Explanation

currency nt in
(specify) Rand
Amount contributed in R2000 R2000 Transport and
cash or in kind by partner refreshments
organisations (please for peer
specify) educators and
drama crew
Total R2000 R2000
Results
Working with governments *
The partnership between khula youth network, local schools and clinics has helped us to
reach out to more youth and woman in our community as a result more people are
sensitized around issues of gender based violence.
Currently we sit on our clinic committee as an organization representing young people in
our community and this has enabled us to raise social issues from young people’s
perspective, therefore we have been able to facilitate T.F.D in clinics.
Working with civil society*

What strategies have you used to mobilise support amongst civil society to work on the
28 targets of the protocol? What have been the results? 200 words
Get involved
 To reach our goal of reducing GBV we are actively involved with different
organizations, movements and community initiatives, this makes it easier for us
to mobilize support among civil society.
Working with communities*
We have been invited to different community events to implement our T.F.D program
,more recently we implemented our program on the 12 th of May at Mandela sports
ground for our senior citizens of which majority of them where woman.
Working with the media*
We have a website and facebook page to engage and update people about our
programs
http://www.khulayouthnetwork.org.za/
We also have radio interviews at our local radio station (Moretele community Radio)
Public participation*
Theatre for development is implemented in various schools from different communities and
its main objective is to reduce and prevent GBV among young people, by far implimantation
of TFD has seen the debate of GBV issues in schools and it has also made young people to
learn about their rights and responsibilities.
Lesson learned and innovation
1) Working with governments:

When we have different views with school management we will usually try to identify
the issue of priority which in this case is gender based violence among young people
in schools, once sufficient back round knowledge is gained we will try persuade the
management to resume negotiations ,possibly with a fresh perspective we then try
to discover areas in which compromises could be reached keeping in mind the main
objective which is to reduce GBV.
2) Working with partner organizations:

As a young organization we have been very alert on choosing partner organization to
work with and we have learned that partnerships make it easier for us to achieve our
objectives although there are some partner organizations which have different
attitudes, values or perceptions on GBV
3) Any other lessons learned?

We have learned that when working with partners we need to start by identifying all
our needs , priorities, goals and interests
4) How will these result in new approaches in the future?

The experience we’ve had in the past with other organizations has resulted in us re-
evaluating how we select partner organizations to fight GBV and we will now work
with organizations with more or less the same priorities, goals and interests in
tackling GBV.
Sustainability and replication *

How can the GBV campaign be sustained post 2015?
 Teachers must be trained about GBV and Youth council need to be introduced in
schools to spear head the project on a daily basis in schools among their peers and
deal with issues of gender inequality, cultural norms and other social ills concerning
GBV
 Clinic stuff and committee members must be sensitized and trained on how to
combat GBV
How can the GBV campaign be cascaded to other organisations?
 Theatre for development can be translated in to a virtual/audio story and be

cascaded to media organizations, YouTube and other social networks, this will enable
us to reach and educate more people about GBV.
How can your organisation contribute to this cascading process?
 We will clearly and respectfully communicate the need for people to change their
mindset toward issues such as cultural norms that lead to gender based violence and
the importance of organizations coming together to fight and inform people about
GBV.

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2015 SADC GENDER PROTOCOL SUMMIT AND AWARDS

ENDING GENDER BASED VIOLENCE

Title of best practice Theatre for development (TFD)

Mandisa 107 42 149 321 126 447

Phase 2: play review

Phase 4: feedback and recommendation.

Amount local Amou Explanation

Working with governments *

Working with civil society*

1) Working with governments:

2) Working with partner organizations:

3) Any other lessons learned?

4) How will these result in new approaches in the future?

Sustainability and replication *

How can the GBV campaign be cascaded to other organisations?

 Theatre for development can be translated in to a virtual/audio story and be

How can your organisation contribute to this cascading process?

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