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Tools and guides
Reveal toolkit: Gender and sexual violence
Tools to reveal and address inequality between men and women, and to address gender-based violence, including sexual violence and female genital mutilation/cutting
A choir member from Vilo in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The choir write their own songs to educate people on the topic of sexual and gender-based violence. Photo: Hazel Thompson/Tearfund
In this series
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Tools and guides Exploring gender roles and power – Activity
Activity to help groups recognise that gender inequality both happens and is harmful
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Tools and guides Exploring men and women's power over resources – Activity
In separate groups, children, men and women rank the level of access to, and control over, resources that the three groups have. They then discuss the results together
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Bible studies Gender and restoring relationships
In reading the Bible, we see that men and women are created equal. This study helps us to reflect on how men and women should relate to each other in a positive, interdependent and mutually supportive way
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Bible studies God's view of men
This Bible study helps us explore how God views men, and what it means to be a Christian man
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Bible studies God's view of women
This Bible study helps us explore how God views women and how we should view women
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Tools and guides Men and women: listening to one another – Activity
Women and men take it in turns to answer questions and discuss while the other group listens.
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Bible studies Men, women and God
This Bible study helps us explore what God says about the roles of men and women, and helps a group to begin to reflect on the issue of sexual violence
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Bible studies Protecting those vulnerable to sexual violence
Individuals may suffer from different kinds of violence or abuse – physical, emotional or spiritual. This study looks at sexual abuse or violence within the family. Many people assume sexual violence takes place outside the family but it is most common within families
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Tools and guides Revealing female genital mutilation/cutting – Information for facilitators
Background information about female genital mutilation/cutting, to support community transformation
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Tools and guides Revealing inequality between men and women – Information for facilitators
Background information about inequality between men and women, to support community transformation
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Tools and guides Revealing violence against women and girls – Information for facilitators
Background information about violence against women and girls, to support community transformation
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Bible studies Sexual violence in the Bible: the story of Tamar – Bible study
The story of Tamar is a clear account of a planned act of sexual violence
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Tools and guides Understanding how men and women use their time – Activity
In separate groups, men and women write down (or note in some other way such as through drawing pictures) what a normal day looks like for them. This is followed by discussion between the groups.
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Tools and guides Why should we address violence against women and girls? – Activity
Facilitated discussion in small groups of 3 or 4 people. The activity starts by looking at examples of VAWG. The second part of the activity involves using the Bible and looking specifically at the Christian response to VAWG.
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Bible studies Wonderfully made (FGM/C)
This study can help a group to start discussing female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and how it harms the sanctity of God’s creation
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Tools and guides What are the causes and consequences of violence against women and girls? – Activity
Uses a picture of a tree to help groups learn through discussion