Training Manual for Women‘s Empowerment (Basic Level)

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Training Manual for Women`s Empowerment (Basic Level)

medica mondiale / medica mondiale Liberia February 2013

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Training Manual for Women's Empowerment

Author: Simone Lindorfer

Master Trainer / Co-Author: Judith Baessler

Co-Trainers: Florida Clarke, Evelyn Cassell,

Elizabeth Russell

Artist: Grace Bithum

?medica mondiale e.V. medica mondiale Liberia

medica mondiale Liberia collaborates with the Welthungerhilfe e.V. and

Ibis within the framework of the Reintegration and Recovery Program; a development program of the Republic of Liberia, co-financed by the Federal Government of Germany through the

KfW.

Editor: Karin Griese

Proof-reading: Tony Arthur, Judith Baessler

Layout:

This manual was supported by grants from:

Dedicated to the loving memory of Winifred Valentine, our psychosocial advisor, who died in August 2012

Table of Contents (basic level)

Foreword......................................................................................................................................................9

General introduction.............................................................................................................................11

Module 1: Self-reflection and self-care..........................................................................................23

Introduction for facilitators.........................................................................................................................25

Section 1: Learning more about who I am as a woman.........................................................................29 Exercise 1: Getting to know each other ....................................................................................................29 Exercise 2: Remembering names...............................................................................................................30 Exercise 3: Setting up group rules and fixing tasks..................................................................................30 Exercise 4: Presenting the objectives and the overall training arrangement, and introducing Module 1 on self-reflection..............................................................................................32 Exercise 5: Tree of Life...............................................................................................................................33 Exercise 6: Feeling happiness....................................................................................................................36

Section 2: Learning more about my qualities as a trained helper.........................................................37 Exercise 1: Reflection on our experiences as women and on our own potential to be violent.........................................................................................................................37 Exercise 2: Helpful behavior.......................................................................................................................38 Exercise 3: Trust-building............................................................................................................................39 Exercise 4: Slipping into various roles: Becoming aware of my ability to feel with others....................40 Exercise 5: Self-care - an obligation for trained helpers...........................................................................41

Section 3: Learning more about my qualities as a community volunteer working for change.....................................................................................................................44 Exercise 1: What did I learn from Musu's story that can help me?........................................................44 Exercise 2: Thinking about our conflict behavior and behavior in groups..............................................45 Exercise 3: How to put empowerment into practice amongst colleagues..............................................47 Exercise 4: Giving positive feedback to each other..................................................................................51

Module 2: Gender Awareness and Gender-Based Violence...................................................55

Introduction for facilitators.........................................................................................................................57

Section 1: Gender awareness....................................................................................................................59 Exercise 1: Gender lifelines.........................................................................................................................59 Exercise 2: Deepening our understanding of the difference between "sex" and "gender": The gender game................................................................................................................61 Exercise 3: Understanding gender-based violence...................................................................................62

Section 2: Domestic violence.....................................................................................................................65 Exercise 1: Introduction to domestic violence: "Our experience"............................................................65 Exercise 2: Consequences of domestic violence on women, men and children....................................68

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