Final Evaluation: Safe School Safe Community Bangladesh
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The project “Safe Schools Safe Communities”, implemented by Bangladesh Nari Progati Sangha, aimed to empower the girl students of 80 schools in four districts and allow them to experience a violence-free environment in their schools. The initiative sought to:
(1) improve the knowledge, capacity, attitude and outlook of teachers and students in schools; and
(2) help community members and government officials create safe and violence-free environments.
Main findings of the evaluation:
- Decision-makers committed to taking policy steps to ensure the continuation of the project’s activities.
- Capacity development activities and “behaviour change communication” materials were crucial in identifying and dealing with gender-based violence.
- Project strategies around knowledge, attitude and practices included active involvement of primary target groups (students and teachers) and other stakeholders of the project (school management committee members, government officers, parents, members of the community, and media).
- The project introduced a self-defence martial art to girl students, which was noted as a participatory and holistic approach to challenge gender norms.
- Education professionals and community service providers in the target schools increased their capacity to prevent and respond adequately to sexual and gender-based violence.
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Geographic coverage:
Asia and the Pacific
Bangladesh
Subject areas:
Adolescents
Anti-violence interventions
Domestic violence/interpersonal violence
Education
Ending violence against women and girls
Gender discrimination
Gender equality and inequality
Gender equality and women’s empowerment
Gender mainstreaming
Gender power relations
Gender, culture and society
Governance and national planning
Human rights
Institutional mechanisms
Monitoring and evaluation
Public sector reform
Rape/sexual assault
Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces
Schooling
Sexual harassment
Sports
Training
Trust funds
UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women
Women’s rights
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Evaluation reports
Publication year
2017
Publishing entity/ies:
United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women)