NR No: 004 Date: 21/OCT/2023

SHOTLIST: ATMIS trains Jubaland officials on preventing Gender-Based

Violence

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LANGUAGE: SOMALI/NATURAL SOUND

DATELINE: 20/OCT/2023, KISMAYO, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot – An ATMIS banner on the Prevention and Response to Sexual and
Gender Based Violence (SGBV) and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. (SEA)
2. Wide shot – Participants present during the training workshop.
3. Med shot - Participants present during the training workshop.
4. Close up – A participant present during the training workshop.
5. Wide shot - Participants present during the training workshop.
6. Med shot - Participants present during the training workshop.
7. Close up. - Participants present during the training workshop.
8. Close up – A participant present during the training workshop.

9. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Ifrah Awil, Official from the Jubaland State Ministry of
Women, Family Affairs and Human Rights

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 “Over the course of the five days of training, we learned how to be trainers of
trainees on this important topic of Prevention and Response to Sexual and Gender
Based Violence and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse. We learnt various techniques of
sensitizing the public either directly or through group focus discussions or
brainstorming sessions. It was a good and beneficial training.”

10. Wide shot - Participants present during the training workshop.

11. Med shot - Participants present during the training workshop.
12. Close up - Participants present during the training workshop.
13. Med shot – A facilitator takes the class through some of the SGBV issues during the
training workshop.
14. Wide shot - Participants present during the training workshop.
15. Med shot - A facilitator takes the class through some of the SGBV issues during the
training workshop.

16. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Ismail Mohamed, Participant

“Am really happy to have learnt very important knowledge on how to prevent the
violence meted on women. I plan to effectively nake use of the lessons learnt here to
help educate the public against protecting our womenfolk against violence.”

17. Wide shot – The participants discussing in groups during the training workshop.
18. Med shot - The participants discussing in groups during the training workshop.
19. Close up – A participant writes down some of the points.
20. Wide shot - The participants discussing in groups during the training workshop.
21. Med shot - The participants discussing in groups during the training workshop.
22. Close up – A participant elaborates more on what they discussed in their groups.
23. Med shot - A participant elaborates more on what they discussed in their groups.

24. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Arfon Ali, Jubaland civil society activists

“We have been equipped with the requisite knowledge of how to be training of
trainers and how best to pass our key messages with the public directly or indirectly
to ensure we reach our objective of public sensitization.”

For more information please contact:

Snr. Communications Officer or Force Spokesperson
Ms. Gifty Bingley or Lt. Col. Abdullahi Ganale, Email: au-amisomhom@africa-union.org
Cell phone: (Somalia) +252 617 682 175/+252 613 665 356; (Nairobi) +254 722 586 005
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25. Wide shot – Some of the points discussed during the group discussions.
26. Wide shot – The participants take a group photo at the end of the training workshop.

ATMIS trains Jubaland officials on preventing Gender-Based Violence

Kismayo, 21 October 2023 - Twenty-six Jubaland State officials and civil society
activists have concluded a five-day training of trainers’ course on the prevention of
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) and sexual exploitation.

The training held in the port city of Kismayo was jointly organised by the African
Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) and the Jubaland Ministry of Women,
Family Affairs and Human Rights.

Participants drawn from Jubaland State’s ministries, Somali Security Forces, service
providers and civil society representatives were taken through various topics
including basic human rights principles, child abuse, sexual exploitation prevention
and safety of sexual violence victims.

Others were anti-gender violence laws, psycho-social support for victims and
interview techniques.

“The participants have been taught how to conduct training and build capacity on this
important subject of prevention and response to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse,” said Ifrah Awil, an official from the Jubaland
State’s Ministry of Women, Family Affairs and Human Rights.

“They learned various techniques of sensitizing the public either directly or through
focus group discussions or brainstorming sessions. It was a good and beneficial

For more information please contact:

Snr. Communications Officer or Force Spokesperson
Ms. Gifty Bingley or Lt. Col. Abdullahi Ganale, Email: au-amisomhom@africa-union.org
Cell phone: (Somalia) +252 617 682 175/+252 613 665 356; (Nairobi) +254 722 586 005
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training,” she added, emphasizing the significance of raising public awareness of the
dangers of gender-based violence.

Organised by the ATMIS Protection, Human Rights and Gender (PHRG) cluster, the
training is part of an ongoing capacity-building initiative to support the
implementation of the Joint Communique and National Action Plan on the prevention
of sexual violence in conflict situations.

“We have been equipped with the requisite knowledge and skills on how to be
trainers and how best to pass key messages to the public directly or indirectly to
achieve our objective of public sensitization, “said Arfon Ali, a civil society activist
based in Jubaland.

Another participant, Ismail Mohamed, highlighted the importance of training men on

SGBV since they are the main perpetrators.

“As a man, I’ am happy to have gained knowledge on how to prevent various forms
of violence meted out to women by men. I will use the lessons learned here to
educate the public on how to protect women against violence,” he said.

Through a series of targeted trainings, ATMIS in collaboration with the Federal

Government of Somalia seeks to strengthen the capacities of communities and
human rights activists to counter SGBV to improve the wellbeing of women and other
victims of abuse.

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For more information please contact:

Snr. Communications Officer or Force Spokesperson
Ms. Gifty Bingley or Lt. Col. Abdullahi Ganale, Email: au-amisomhom@africa-union.org
Cell phone: (Somalia) +252 617 682 175/+252 613 665 356; (Nairobi) +254 722 586 005
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