An Activist Kit - Awareness Phase
now availiable for download
In the Awareness phase, the SASA! Team engages the community to become aware of men's power over women and about how the community's silence about this power imbalance perpetuates violence against women and its connection to HIV/AIDS.
Awareness is a critical step in creating change. It is the time to inform, agitate and create a stir about these issues, a time for people to stop and listen, to take notice and engage. Remember that if we only talked about issues that people have heard before and in ways that they are used to, not many people would listen. Many people feel they have heard everything about gender, violence against women and HIV/AIDS. They do not think there is anything new. You will need to be willing to take some risks, to say things in a new way. The SASA! analysis of power will be provocative. You will make some people uncomfortable—this is good! In order for change to happen people must feel uneasy with the status quo, with the way things are, and begin to question it.
Click on the document names below to download the components of the Awareness phase!
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Awareness Phase Awareness Phase Overview - a step-by-step guide to the Awareness phase of SASA! |
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Local Activism The Local Activism strategy includes grassroots initiatives that engage family, friends and neighbors in talking about issues often surrounded by silence and stigma. Create informal opportunities for personal reflection, critical thinking and public dialogue about power, violence against women, and HIV/AIDS. |
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Media & Advocacy The Media & Advocacy strategy aims to influence public priorities, by making violence against women and its connection to HIV/AIDS a popular media topic and a catalyst for new policies and practices. Engage local leaders, policymakers and journalists to effect wider change in your community. |
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Soap Opera Radio Drama 1 (audio file) Soap Opera Radio Drama 2 (audio file)
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Communication Materials The Communication Materials strategy includes a wide range of creative materials, such as posters, comics and info sheets. They portray the positive and are designed to get people thinking and talking about power, violence against women, and HIV/AIDS. Communication Materials Overview |
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Training The Training strategy includes lively, in-depth training modules suitable for anyone exploring their potential as activists. Use the sessions in workshops or short training sessions to guide participants in developing a passion for and practical skills in creating positive change. |
Other SASA! Activist Kit Downloads:
Start
Start thinking about violence against women and HIV/AIDS as interconnected issues and foster power within yourself to address these issues.
Support
Support the women, men and activists directly affected by or involved in these interconnected issues, by joining your power with others’.
Action
Take action. Use your power to prevent violence against women and HIV/AIDS.
Other SASA! links:
SASA! The Film
SASA! In Action
The SASA! Study
