Only 12% of the speeches by politicians that centred on, or mentioned GBV, focused on prevention.
Politicians made these speeches at commemorative events like the Sixteen Days of Activism.
Approximately half the women and men in the survey knew of events or prevention campaigns to end GBV.
Only 16% of women and 18% of men had heard about the Sixteen days campaign in the 12 months before the survey.
8% of women and 10% of men had heard about the 365 days campaign in the 12 months before the survey.
7% of women and 8% of men participated in a march or event to protest against GBV.
63% of the women and 51% of the men aware of GBV campaigns found these campaigns empowering.
Radio is the main source of information on GBV events and campaigns.
The Centres of Excellence for Gender Mainstreaming in local government – a joint project of GL, WAD and 18 councils, provides a sustained way of cascading the GBV indicators project to the local level and starting a campaign to win the war war on GBV- community by community.
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