National Prevention of Violence against Women (NPVAW)

To realize significant gains in preventing violence against women and women’s vulnerability to HIV, there is a need to reach out and build a critical mass across the country. Since 2006, CEDOVIP, in partnership with Raising Voices has promoted and enabled the prevention of domestic violence through working in partnership with 10 civil society organizations from 9 districts throughout Uganda. CEDOVIP and Raising Voices are supporting eight non-governmental organizations over the next three years to incorporate VAW prevention into their existing programs. This will further roll out the SASA! methodology.

Currently, CEDOVIP works in partnership with Ministry of Gender Labour and Social Development, and the Uganda Women’s Network to address gender-based violence in 8 districts in the Busoga region in Eastern Uganda. This is a five-year Government of Uganda-Irish Aid Joint Programme to address GBV in the Busoga sub-region. CEDOVIP’s role is to mobilise communities to prevent and respond to GBV. 

The objective of NPVAW is: To promote prevention of violence against women in Uganda by bringing together civil society organizations (CSOs) and the government structures to build their skills to prevent violence against women.

The Partners under National Prevention of Violence against Women are:

  1. Uganda National Health Consumers Organization (UNHCO) - Kamuli district
  2. Oxfam GB - Bundibugyo District
  3. Catholic Diocese - Soroti District
  4. CESVI Uganda - Patong District
  5. American Refuge Committee (ARC) – Gulu District
  6. Uganda Moslem supreme Council (UMSC) - Mpigi District
  7. Lira Women and Children Development Initiative Transit Shelter (LIRWOCIDI) - Lira District
  8. The Uganda Network on Law, Ethics and HIV (UGANET) – Pallisa District

The Government of Uganda-Irish Aid Joint Programme in Busoga sub-region is working with community development officers (CDOs) in the districts of Jinja, Buyende, Kamuli, Iganga, Mayuge, Namutumba, Bugiri and Kaliro

Key Activities: 

  1. Training: Enabling CSOs and CDOs to become skilled at violence against women prevention work through trainings.
    Activities include:
    1. Workshops to strengthen knowledge and skills 
    2. Mentoring
  2. Technical Support: Strengthen violence against women prevention work and include it in existing CSO programs.
    Activities include:
    1. On-site visits advise CSOs on program strengthening
    2. Support for coalition building
    3. Communication materials
  3. Learning Center Visits: Host Ugandan and international CSO staff for skill building activities.
    Activities include: 
    1. Workshops and courses to build staff knowledge and skills
    2. On-the-ground field visits 
  4. Movement Building: Foster the creation of a movement to prevent VAW in Uganda.
    Activities include:
    1. National-level work in collaboration with government, CSOs, and activists
    2. Highlighting of key successes and challenges of VAW prevention movement

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