Training for 68 district Women volunteers

Training for district Women volunteers on GBV prevention and response for 68 participants from the 17districts in benadir region was conducted by SWDC.

During the training types of GBV, its common occurrences and its consequences with in the community were discussed at large.

Proper approaches that can be used to strengthen relationship between Women district volunteers and the civil society organizations was addressed so as to reduce GBV occurrence with in the community

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.