Training Manual for Women‘s Empowerment (Basic Level)

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Training Manual for Women`s Empowerment (Basic Level)

medica mondiale / medica mondiale Liberia February 2013

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Training Manual for Women's Empowerment

Author: Simone Lindorfer

Master Trainer / Co-Author: Judith Baessler

Co-Trainers: Florida Clarke, Evelyn Cassell,

Elizabeth Russell

Artist: Grace Bithum

?medica mondiale e.V. medica mondiale Liberia

medica mondiale Liberia collaborates with the Welthungerhilfe e.V. and

Ibis within the framework of the Reintegration and Recovery Program; a development program of the Republic of Liberia, co-financed by the Federal Government of Germany through the

KfW.

Editor: Karin Griese

Proof-reading: Tony Arthur, Judith Baessler

Layout:

This manual was supported by grants from:

Dedicated to the loving memory of Winifred Valentine, our psychosocial advisor, who died in August 2012

Table of Contents (basic level)

Foreword......................................................................................................................................................9

General introduction.............................................................................................................................11

Module 1: Self-reflection and self-care..........................................................................................23

Introduction for facilitators.........................................................................................................................25

Section 1: Learning more about who I am as a woman.........................................................................29 Exercise 1: Getting to know each other ....................................................................................................29 Exercise 2: Remembering names...............................................................................................................30 Exercise 3: Setting up group rules and fixing tasks..................................................................................30 Exercise 4: Presenting the objectives and the overall training arrangement, and introducing Module 1 on self-reflection..............................................................................................32 Exercise 5: Tree of Life...............................................................................................................................33 Exercise 6: Feeling happiness....................................................................................................................36

Section 2: Learning more about my qualities as a trained helper.........................................................37 Exercise 1: Reflection on our experiences as women and on our own potential to be violent.........................................................................................................................37 Exercise 2: Helpful behavior.......................................................................................................................38 Exercise 3: Trust-building............................................................................................................................39 Exercise 4: Slipping into various roles: Becoming aware of my ability to feel with others....................40 Exercise 5: Self-care - an obligation for trained helpers...........................................................................41

Section 3: Learning more about my qualities as a community volunteer working for change.....................................................................................................................44 Exercise 1: What did I learn from Musu's story that can help me?........................................................44 Exercise 2: Thinking about our conflict behavior and behavior in groups..............................................45 Exercise 3: How to put empowerment into practice amongst colleagues..............................................47 Exercise 4: Giving positive feedback to each other..................................................................................51

Module 2: Gender Awareness and Gender-Based Violence...................................................55

Introduction for facilitators.........................................................................................................................57

Section 1: Gender awareness....................................................................................................................59 Exercise 1: Gender lifelines.........................................................................................................................59 Exercise 2: Deepening our understanding of the difference between "sex" and "gender": The gender game................................................................................................................61 Exercise 3: Understanding gender-based violence...................................................................................62

Section 2: Domestic violence.....................................................................................................................65 Exercise 1: Introduction to domestic violence: "Our experience"............................................................65 Exercise 2: Consequences of domestic violence on women, men and children....................................68

Exercise 3: Learning to take care of myself while working on emotionally demanding topics........................................................................................................................................71 Exercise 4: The cycle of violence in intimate relationships......................................................................72

Section 3: Rape / sexual violence.............................................................................................................75 Exercise 1: Myths about rape.....................................................................................................................75 Exercise 2: Definition of rape and the Rape Bill of Liberia......................................................................76 Exercise 3: "Is this rape?"..........................................................................................................................80 Exercise 4: Giving support to each other through the massage train.....................................................82 Exercise 5: Physical consequences of rape, and what needs to be done from a medical perspective.........................................................................................................................82 Exercise 6: Preparing the homework: Listening survey about "gender".................................................86

Module 3: Basic Helping Skills: Offering initial support to a survivor of gender-based violence...........................................................................................89

Introduction for facilitators.........................................................................................................................91

Section 1: Introduction to basic helping...................................................................................................94 Exercise 1: Reviewing the homework from module 2: "Gender listening survey".................................94 Exercise 2: Traditional and present day helping / counseling.................................................................95 Exercise 3: Understanding the role of medica mondiale Liberia's different helping profiles and the meaning of case management..........................................................................98

Section 2: Understanding basic helping skills.......................................................................................103 Exercise 1: Introducing feedback rules...................................................................................................103 Exercise 2: "Keeping secrets" and other principles that should be followed in order not to do harm when helping.....................................................................................................105 Exercise 3: Developing the quality of empathy: "I fear"........................................................................107 Exercise 4: Introduction to the steps of "basic helping"........................................................................108

Section 3: Practicing basic helping skills...............................................................................................115 Exercise 1: Active Listening (first step)...................................................................................................115 Exercise 2: Assessing danger and needs (second step): Local strategies to create safety...............................................................................................................117 Exercise 3: Giving information (third step)..............................................................................................117 Exercise 4: Making an action plan together (fourth step) and organizing a follow-up (fifth step)...............................................................................................................................118

Section 4: Basics about crisis and trauma.............................................................................................120 Exercise 1: Practicing basic helping steps..............................................................................................120 Exercise 2: Understanding the special needs in crisis and emergency situations....................................................................................................................................................121 Exercise 3: Breathing exercise to help somebody calm down..............................................................123 Exercise 4: Introduction to trauma and post-traumatic growth: The palm tree story..........................125

Module 4: Advanced Helping Skills (only part of the advanced level)

Module 5: Facilitating change in communities.........................................................................131

Introduction for facilitators......................................................................................................................133

Section 1: Why and how do people change their behaviors and attitudes? .....................................135 Exercise 1: Analyzing opportunities for and resistance to change in Communities............................136 Exercise 2: How do people change their behavior, and what are the barriers to change?.................137

Section 2: Organizing for change in communities.................................................................................144 Exercise 1: How to organize an activity for behavior change in communities?...................................144 Exercise 2: Preparing for resistance and working for behavior changeat grassroots' level...............147

Section 3: Collaboration and solidarity...................................................................................................149 Exercise 1: Thinking about our ability to cooperate................................................................................149 Exercise 2: Working together in groups...................................................................................................150 Exercise 3: Reinforcing our team spirit in our behavior change work..................................................151

Module 6: Ethical Principles and Guidelines..............................................................................153

Introduction for facilitators......................................................................................................................155

Section 1: Introduction to the ethical principles and guidelines of trained helpers and other staff members.......................................................................158 Exercise 1: What do you understand by "ethics" of trained helpers and other staff members of medica mondiale Liberia?................................................................................159 Exercise 2: Working on my own prejudices ? establishing and nurturing a non-judgmental attitude........................................................................................................................164

Section 2: Working in the best interest of the client.............................................................................167 Exercise 1: The client's freedom and self-determination.......................................................................167 Exercise 2: Restricting ourselves to the tasks and competences that we have been trained in...........................................................................................................................170 Exercise 3: In the best interest of the client?.........................................................................................172

Section 3: Confidentiality and consent (with some special implications for minors)..............................................................................................................174 Exercise 1: What information do clients need from us so that they feel comfortable?............................................................................................................................................174 Exercise 2: Informed consent...................................................................................................................178 Exercise 3: What is special when dealing with children?......................................................................182

Annex........................................................................................................................................................191

10 Ideas for recap.....................................................................................................................................192 10 Ideas for daily evaluations.................................................................................................................196 15 Ideas for energizers.............................................................................................................................201

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