PART 2. PREVENTING SEXUAL VIOLENCE
AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.............................................................................. 20
A. AWARENESS-RAISING STRATEGIES ........................................................................ 20
11. awareness-raising campaigns........................................................................................... 20
12. target groups of the campaigns...................................................................................... 21
B. EDUCATION.............................................................................................................. 21
13. educational programmes . .............................................................................................. 21
C. TRAINING PROFESSIONALS.................................................................................... 22
14. target groups of the training......................................................................................... 22
15. content of the training................................................................................................. 22
D. URBAN AND RURAL PLANNING............................................................................. 22
16. urban and rural planning policies and measures............................................................... 22
17. identifying unsafe areas. ................................................................................................ 22
18. training urban designers and architects.......................................................................... 22
E. COOPERATION WITH LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS AND CIVIL SOCIETY
ORGANISATIONS.......................................................................................................... 23
19. participation of civil society organisations in preventing sexual violence........................... 23
20. support to civil society organisations............................................................................. 23
PART 3. PROTECTING AND SUPPORTING THE VICTIMS
OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE ..................................................................................... 24
A. REPORTING SEXUAL VIOLENCE.............................................................................. 24
21. emergency numbers. ....................................................................................................... 24
22. day centres, counselling and referral............................................................................. 24
23. social workers in police stations. ................................................................................... 24
B. MEASURES TO PROTECT AND SUPPORT VICTIMS ............................................... 25
24. general principles........................................................................................................... 25
25. one-stop centres. .......................................................................................................... 25
26. shelters......................................................................................................................... 25
27. protection orders.......................................................................................................... 25
C. MEDICAL SUPPORT AND ACCESS TO SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS...... 26
28. type of care................................................................................................................... 26
29. contraception............................................................................................................... 26
30. voluntary interruption of pregnancy (vip)........................................................................ 27
31. post-abortion care. ....................................................................................................... 27
32. maternal health care...................................................................................................... 28
33. prevention and treatment of hiv. .................................................................................... 28
D. SOCIAL SUPPORT..................................................................................................... 28
34. empowerment of victims. ................................................................................................ 28
E. INFORMATION.......................................................................................................... 28
35. access to information.................................................................................................... 28
F. COORDINATION AND COOPERATION BETWEEN STAKEHOLDERS........................ 29
36. fostering synergies between stakeholders........................................................................ 29
37. focal points.................................................................................................................. 29
38. national guidebooks. ..................................................................................................... 29
GUIDELINES ON COMBATING SEXUAL VIOLENCE
AND ITS CONSEQUENCES IN AFRICA
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