This series of modules is designed to ensure staff members have sufficient skills in training and mentoring others that they can effectively facilitate VAW prevention training sessions, and mentor community activists to create change.

Note: Many modules are included for download in PDF. Some modules are in the process of being field tested by Raising Voices, and are not yet available for download. However, the draft modules are available for use—and we welcome feedback! Simply email info@raisingvoices.org to request modules.

Training Facilitation Skills

Phase	Module	Objective(s)	Links
Start	SASA! Awareness 2.4 - Skill Building for Raising Awareness	Explore the power dynamic in intimate relationships. Guide participants in understanding how violence against women and HIV and AIDS are connected. Recognize how women’s lives are limited because of the threat of violence.	Download
Start	Adaptation and Planning of SASA! Training	Practice adapting a SASA! training agenda to group needs and local context.	Request a copy
Start	Basic Facilitation Skills	Increase participant ability to facilitate effective, participatory SASA! trainings	Download
Start	Teach Back Training Facilitation Series	Participants practice facilitation skills through teaching training content.	Download
Awareness	Common Challenges in VAW Facilitation	Increase participant ability to respond to common facilitation challenges that arise in violence against women training.	Request a copy
Awareness	Actions Speak Louder Than Words	Reflect on ways in which the principle “actions speak louder than words” plays out in SASA! activism.	Request a copy

Mentoring Skills

Phase	Module	Objective(s)	Links
Start	What is mentoring? Stations of Reflection	Participants reflect on personal experiences of being mentored and connect those experiences with how they can mentor others.	Download
Start	Mentoring Other Activists	Use practical techniques to begin to build the mentoring relationship with activists.	Download
Start	Giving and Receiving Feedback	Practice techniques in giving and receiving appropriate feedback.	Download
Start	Matching Mentors with Activists	Select appropriate mentors for each activist.	Request a copy
Awareness	Using M&E Tools to Mentor Community Activists	Use monitoring checklists and SASA! forms as mentoring tools.	Request a copy
Awareness	Choosing Who to Mentor First: Social Network Analysis	Use social network analysis as a tool to determine who to mentor first, and to strengthen relationships between groups of activists.	Request a copy
Awareness	Leadership Development Skills	Demonstrate techniques in developing leadership among activists.	Request a copy
Support	Supporting Change in Activists' Personal Relationships	Use practical techniques to support activists who are reflecting on and working to change their own relationships.	Request a copy

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