Community Dialogue on GBV (Gender Based Violence) Prevention and Response for the communities in Kahda District

SWDC (Somali Women Development Centre) has been working to improve the situation of women in Somalia and envisioned empowering the women to make positive changes in their lives. SWDC applies different strategies striving to minimize the number of women who are subjected to violence by empowering them through access to knowledge and greater economic independence.

SWDC to achieve its goal conducted Community Dialogue on GBV (Gender Based Violence) Prevention and Response for the communities in Kahda District, Mogadishu where violence against the women and girls report.

The sessions on Community Discussion Guide carried out on 25^th August 2018 at SWDC HALL and attended 30 participants including the religious leaders, business persons, health workers, school and Quran teachers, IDPs, students, etc. the meeting agendas discussed were (Violence and sexual violence.

SWDC

Somali Women Development Centre is a non-governmental and non-profit organization established in 2000. SWDC believes that women can become empowered through the support of our community, and that they can make positive changes in not only in their own lives but also for the betterment of their communities. SWDC is working hard towards improving the condition of women and other vulnerable groups.

Somali Women’s Development Centre strives to lessen the number of women subjected to violence by empowering them through access to knowledge and greater social and economic independence.

It strengthens women socially by improving their standard of living and thereby fortifying the family. SWDC programs focus on women at the grassroots level, in areas of intervention, prevention and advocacy together with networking of women’s groups for community development and peace.