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GBV Recommendations

‘SAFE’ – integrated wellbeing for women & youth

SAFE Integrating the wellbeing of women and youth into all activities

• 88% women want to improve their safety (including concerns about GBV)
Drivers • St Lucia and Guyana (97% and 91%) and lower in Suriname (75%) illustrates clear problem
• >40% women in Guyana and Jamaica concerned how they would be with increased income

Safety and wellbeing against GBV are incorporated into other recommendations (to mainstream thinking
into policy, programmes and products. These include:
• Develop a proactive Do No Harm mechanism including conducting focus groups with women and
youth to explore unintended health consequences and solutions (ENGAGE)
• Review of policies that protect against gender-based violence and sexual harassment (UNITE)
Description
• Integrate couple-based programmes into agricultural trainings that aim to shift intra-household
dynamics and teach communication, negotiation and conflict management skills (BUILD and BOOST)
• Engage men and boys in education and communications to counter GBV as an acceptable norm
• Establish proposed approach to GBV referral pathways and partner with local, experienced Violence
Against Women and Girls (VAW) service providers to refine in local context
Partners • Private sector:
• Government: Ministries of Gender Affairs, Caricom Gender Equality Strategy
• Regional/ influential NGOs: Women’s outreach organisations
• Referral services: See list of referral services by country in Appendices Folder

• Represent the wellbeing of women and youth across multiple, intersecting interventions
SAC role • Facilitate engagement with regional and local VAW agencies
• Fund appropriate communication campaigns to support to address social norms

Sustainable Agriculture in the Caribbean (SAC) Project

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