STORY: AMISOM, SPF conduct awareness campaign on

gender-based violence in Beletweyne

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DATELINE: 26/SEPTEMBER/2019, BELETWEYNE, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:
1. Wide shot, members of Somalia’s security forces and the public attending a four-
day training on response to sexual violence and human rights in Beletweyne
2. Med shot, participants attending the training
3. Close up shot, participants taking notes
3. Med shot, participants listening and taking notes
4. Close up shot, AMISOM police officers at the training
5. Med shot, Stella Maranga, AMISOM Gender Officer, speaking at the training
6. Wide shot, Stella Maranga, AMISOM Gender Officer, speaking at the training
7. Close up shot, participants taking notes
8. Med shot, Somali police officers attending the training
9. Close up shot, a participant taking notes
10. Tilt up shot, a police officer taking notes
11. Close up shot, a participant taking notes
12. Med shot, Somali police officers taking note at the training
13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Stella Maranga, AMISOM Gender Officer
“AMISOM has developed over the last three years a response framework for how
the police should handle gender-based violence, the unique thing about this
framework is that it relies on the participation of the community members and it
relies on the participation of all community members in order for it to be effective.
So the framework looks at what role community members can play, what role elders
can play, what role women can play and most importantly what role the police
should play and how the police should conduct themselves according to
international human rights standards”

14. Wide shot, Superintendent of Police (SP) Philemon Dantim, AMISOM Police Team
leader in Beletweyne speaking
15. Med shot, police officers listening
16. Close up shot, participants listening
17. Close up shot, Superintendent of Police (SP) Philemon Dantim speaking
18. Close up shot, Dahabo Hassan Ahmed, the advisor of Hirshabelle president on
women affairs taking notes at the training
19. Close up shot, participants listening
20. Med shot, participants taking notes
21. Wide shot, police officers at the training
22. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Dahabo Hassan Ahmed, the advisor of Hirshabelle
president on women affairs
“Speaking on behalf of the women in Somalia and Hirshabelle, it is my pleasure to
note that we are ready to tackle the persistent sexual and gender-based violence
against women. During our discussions, we have underlined the recurring gender-
based violence are due to lack of effective systems like police investigations, courts
and doctors“

23. Close up shot, a Somali National Army officer taking notes

24. Med shot, Somali police and military officers listening
25. Wide shot, a senior AMISOM police officer speaking at the training
26. Med shot, participants taking notes
27. Med shot, a senior AMISOM police officer speaking
28. Close up shot, training material
29. Close up shot, a senior AMISOM police officer speaking
30. Close up shot, training material
31. Close up shot, participants at the training
32. Close up shot, a participant listening
33. Wide shot, a senior AMISOM police officer speaking at the training
34. Med shot, senior AMISOM police officers at the training
35. Med shot, Superintendent of Police (SP) Philemon Dantim speaking
36. Med shot, participants taking notes
37. SOUNDBITE: (English) Superintendent of Police (SP) Philemon Dantim, AMISOM
Police Team leader in Beletweyne
“It was very rewarding and a lot of exposition was made. the people are ready and
they have given us their word and they said they will go back to the society and they
will tell the society what they learnt, sensitize the community on sexual and gender-
based violence issues. We have
agreed on so many terms on how to reach out to the common people in the society
here in Beledweyne”

38. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Hussein Abdulle Olow, Somali police officer among the
trainees
“As police force, we have a responsibility to prevent, to protect, to prepare a report,
to bring the perpetrators to justice, to bring victims before the law for them to get
what they deserve, treat people with impartiality, access to justice to the victims of
gender-based violence. If the victims get justice and perpetrators are punished the
crimes within the community will decrease”

39. Wide shot, group photo

AMISOM, SPF conduct awareness campaign on gender-based violence in
Beletweyne

Mogadishu, 27 September, 2019— A four-day workshop to sensitize communities

on how to tackle Sexual and Gender-Based violence (SGBV) ended in Beletweyne on
Thursday, with a call to participants to play a more active role in bringing
perpetrators to justice.

The workshop, organized by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM),

attracted over 70 participants including members of the Somali Police Force, law
enforcement agencies, young people, women and religious leaders. Also present
were people from Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps.

The workshop focused on the importance of gender equality and mainstreaming as

preventions to SGBV which is prevalent in many communities in Somalia.

Addressing the participants, AMISOM Gender Officer, Stella Maranga said over the
last three years, AMISOM had developed a response framework on how the Somali
Police Force could tackle cases of sexual and gender based violence. “The unique
thing about this framework is that it relies on the participation of all the community
members in order for it to be effective. It looks at what role the elders, women and,
importantly, the police can play to curb cases of gender-based violence” she said.

Philemon Dantim of AMISOM Police said he was impressed by the large turnout of
women at the workshop, given the sensitivity of the subject of sexual and gender-
based violence and the perception of the community about the status and role of
women. The aim, he said, was to create a pool of champions who will constantly
work to prevent and report cases of sexual and gender-based violence.

Dahabo Hassan Ahmed, Hirshabelle Presidential Advisor on Women’s Affairs said

that violations against vulnerable people in the community could be dealt with if the
capacity of institutions like the police was strengthened.

“Previously, we have had many cases of gender-based violence due to the lack of an
effective
justice system, `` she said, “but we want to reiterate our resolve to tackle this
problem now more than ever.”

AMISOM regularly conducts capacity building training for the Somali Police Force to
improve skills in protecting vulnerable members of the community, especially
women and children.