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Stop the Violence: speak out
for girls’ rights
Global Advocacy Campaign
Session Outline
• WAGGGS Advocacy Programme
– Global Advocacy Campaign
• 5 pillars
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Raising Awareness
Education Programme
Research and Policy
Lobbying
Action Plans
• Nigerian Girl Guide Association
• UN Women Representative
Advocacy
We influence
people to take decisions
that will improve our lives
and the lives of others
Vision
All girls and young women are
valued and take action to change the
world.
Mission
To enable girls and young women to
develop their fullest potential as
responsible citizens of the world.
Advocacy Programmes
• Global Action Theme
– Millennium Development Goals
• MDG 7 – Environmental sustainability
– Post 2015 Agenda
• Global Advocacy Campaign
Stop the Violence campaign
• WAGGGS’ first
Global Advocacy
Campaign
• Launched at 34th
World Conference
in Edinburgh, UK
in 2011
The Campaign
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Awareness Campaign
Education Programme
Research and Policy
Lobbying Agenda
Campaign Action Plans
1. Awareness Campaign
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‘Add Your Voice’
Advocacy Network
Website
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www.stoptheviolencecampaign.com
Resources
Action:
- Promote Add Your Voice
- Join Advocacy Network
- Submit Website Stories and Events
- Create national resources
2. Research and Policy
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WAGGGS is uniquely placed to fill
the gaping holes in data on
violence against girls
Reports and policy papers
Global research programme
Action
- Position Statements
3. Lobbying agenda
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International Events - CSW, UN
Human Rights Council
International Action Days
16 Days of Activism Campaign
Action:
Send delegates to
UN events
Action Days
National Lobbying
4. Campaign Action Plans
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National and community campaigns
will be launched in 55 countries by
2015
Forms of Violence
Campaigning Activities
Action:
Use Campaign Action Plan toolkit
Attend ACTIVATE Training
5. Education programme
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Voices against Violence
Non-formal education curriculum
Co-educational
6 week programme
2012 pilot
By 2020 5 million girls and young women
Action
- Attend ACTIVATE event to roll out
programme
• START
• THINK
• IDENTIFY
• SUPPORT
• SPEAK OUT
• TAKE ACTION
THINK Activity
Puppets (Early and Younger Years)
Roll-out the curriculum
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Expression of interest form
Consultation with WAGGGS
ACTIVATE event
Roll-out plan
Tejiri Okeregbe
Nigerian Girl Guides
Association
Nigerian Girl Guide Association
Pilot Camp – Stop the Violence
19 – 25 April 2013
Venue: Nigerian Girl Guides Association
Headquarters, S.W. Ikoyi, Lagos,
Nigeria
The journey so far........
April 2012:
Stop the Violence: pilot training at Our
Cabana, Mexico
Voices against violence
curriculum - Pilot
• After Our Cabana training – NGGA
developed an action plan
• May 2012: Briefing with Chief commissioner
• Communication to Deputy Chief
Commissioners of all zones notifying them of
the pilot and NGGA’s Child Protection Policy
• Appointment of zonal trainers and state
representatives for the curriculum.
Voices against violence
curriculum - Pilot
June 2012: Meeting of national training team
to produce NGGA Child Protection Policy
Based on:
- Nigeria Child Rights Act
- WAGGGS Guidelines on
Child Protection Policy formation
Voices against violence
curriculum - Pilot
July 2012:
- Workshops on Stop the Violence for NGGA National
and Zonal Training team
- Advocacy action of the curriculum at the national
training camp in Ebonyi state
Voices against violence
curriculum - Pilot
August 2012:
• Advocacy action of the curriculum at the B zonal
camp at Warri, Delta state
• National Flag off of the STV campaign at the Grand
finale centenary celebration camp, Anambra state
Voices against violence
curriculum - Pilot
October 2012
- production of NGGA Child Protection Policy
November 2012
- Draft of Child Protection Policy is submitted
to NGGA National Executive Committee
Meeting
March 2013:
- Amendment and adoption of NGGA Child
Protection Policy at the National Executive
Council Meeting
Pilot Camp
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April 17 – 20 2013
NGGA Headquarters, Lagos
112 Participants from 3 age groups
Chief commissioner
15 Trainers and National Commissioners
5 members of staff
Pilot in 3 parts
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Pre-evaluation and personal development lectures
Voices against Violence curriculum
Street Campaign
Interview by guardian newspaper
Post-evaluation
Award of certificates
Closing cermony
Course included:
Decision-making, Sexuality and
the law, Medical implications
of violence and many more
Press Coverage
• Publication of NGGA Voices against
Violence pilot in the National Dailies
• Sunday Guardian: ‘Girl Guides
advocate law on violence against girls,
women’
Conclusion
• Active participation from the girls
• Very successful
• Goal orientated participants
“The change in the girls was immediate.
Their steps were surer and bold, their
gazes steady and a new swing to their
steps.
They all went home renewed with a zeal to
positively impact their community. “
Tejiri Okeregbe
Nigerian Girl Guides
Association
Guest speaker
Questions and answers