SGBV

Question 1

What does SGBV stand for?

Answer 1

Sexual & Gender-Based Violence.

Question 2

What does GBV stand for?

Answer 2

Gender-Based Violence.

Question 3

What does SV stand for?

Answer 3

Sexual Violence.

Question 4

How many women have experienced SGBV around the world?

Answer 4

One-in-three women (35% as of 2013).

Question 5

How many men have experienced SGBV around the world?

Answer 5

One-in-thirty-three men.

Question 6

Most SGBV is perpetrated by whom?

Answer 6

Most SGBV is perpetrated by an intimate partner rather than the militia or armed forces personnel.

Question 7

How many boys and girls have been victims of SGBV in 2002 alone.

Answer 7

At least 223 million boys and girls have been victims of SGBV in 2002 alone.

Question 8

What is the number one barrier to stopping SGBV?

Answer 8

People, especially those in authority and power, keeping silent.

Question 9

How do we create safe environments where SGBV is eradicated?

Answer 9

We need to create safe communities by working across the education, health, justice, and social sectors.

Question 10

What must governments do first to eradicate SGBV?

Answer 10

Governments need to sign up to key international laws.

Question 11

Which programme does Tearfund wish to roll out worldwide to help survivors of SGBV?

Answer 11

Journey to Healing.

Question 12

Tearfund is a part of which Christian global coalition that works to eradicate SGBV worldwide?

Answer 12

Tearfund is a part of the Christian global coalition called We Will Speak Out which works to eradicate SGBV worldwide.

Question 13

Which programme is Tearfund using to influence men and boys to change the negative way in which they regard and treat women and girls?

Answer 13

Transforming Masculinities.

Question 14

In how many countries has Transforming Masculinities been rolled out so far?

Answer 14

In eight countries including Brazil, Burundi, DRC, Myanmar, and Nigeria.

Question 15

How many men and women have attended the Transforming Masculinities course?

Answer 15

To date, 5,500 men and women have completed this course.

Question 16

How effective has the Transforming Masculinities course been in the DRC?

Answer 16

In DRC, there has been a 40% reduction in SGBV in communities where this training has been taught.

Question 17

What is FGM/C?

Answer 17

Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting.

Question 18

What is Tearfund doing to stop FGM/C in communities?

Answer 18

Tearfund is working with communities where FGM/C is practised to replace it with Alternative Rites of Passage (ARPs).

Question 19

How many women around the world have been subjected to FGM/C?

Answer 19

An estimated 200 million women and girls around the world have been subjected to FGM/C.

Question 20

Approximately how many girls are cut through FGM/C each year around the world?

Answer 20

Approximately 3 million girls are cut through FGM/C each year around the world.

Question 21

In how many countries around the world is FGM/C practised?

Answer 21

It occurs in over 30 countries around the world.

Question 22

What is gender-based violence?

Answer 22

Gender-based violence is directed against someone due to society’s ideas about what it means to behave as a man or a woman.

Question 23

What is sexual violence?

Answer 23

Sexual violence prays upon biological differences between males and females.

Question 24

What does SGBV involve?

Answer 24

SGBV includes emotional, physical, psychological, sexual, and verbal violence.

Question 25

What does FGM/C involve?

Answer 25

This is where a part or all of a woman’s external parts of her reproductive organs are removed.

Question 26

When did Tearfund start working in SGBV?

Answer 26

In 2011.

Question 27

By 2014, how many countries was Tearfund working in doing SGBV work?

Answer 27

In 15 countries.

Question 28

What does the Journey to Healing programme involve?

Answer 28

This is a three-day workshop allowing women to share their pain through creative expression. We set up a place in their communities where they could meet together weekly. These are Community Action Groups (CAGs) made up of 10-15 people that includes leaders from various sectors of the community.

Question 29

Which manual is used in Journey to Healing?

Answer 29

Out of the shadows, into the light.

Question 30

Which of Tearfund's projects has been recognised by the granting of the prize in the International Aid and Development Category of the 2018 Charity Awards?

Answer 30

Tearfund’s work in combating SGBV in South Africa.

Question 31

What is Ariane's story of SGBV from DRC?

Answer 31

She was just 14 years old when a man forced his way into her home and raped her. Her family rejected her and threw her out of the family home. Fortunately, an old relative took her in. The local Community Action Group (CAG) met to receive care and support. They took her back to this centre for further check-ups and acted as a mediator between her and her family. To her shock, she found out that she was pregnant. Due to the intervention of the CAG, Ariane’s family accepted her back into her family home and supported her through her pregnancy. The CAG continued their support for her and, in time, she returned to school to obtain her diploma. She subsequently became a teacher in one of the local schools. The CAG helped her be welcomed back into her home church where she happily met a man whom she then married. They now live with her eight-year-old son.

Question 32

What is Katie's story of SGBV from DRC?

Answer 32

Witness what’s happening in Goma, a town in the DRC to which tens of thousands of refugees fled at the time of the Rwandan genocide. Here, Tearfund partner HEAL Africa has been working for many years, providing emotional, medical, and practical assistance in collaboration with local churches. In Goma, the church is reported to be “supportive and compassionate”. “The church contributes to our internal healing,” one survivor said. Eight-year-old Katie is awaiting surgery from Tearfund partner HEAL Africa in DRC. She can’t have the surgery until completion of treatment for the sexually-transmitted diseases that she contracted during her attack. She’s been with HEAL Africa for three months and has learned to read. It’s the first time she’s attended school.

Question 33

What is Sarah's story of SGBV from DRC?

Answer 33

Sarah has seen things that no one should see: rape, torture, and murder in her home in DRC. “There were lots of attacks against people by rebel soldiers,” she says. “They even dug holes and buried people alive. They told people to have sex with their own partners in the presence of everyone, even to have sex with their own brothers and sisters. If we didn’t do that they would kill us.” Sarah was raped several times. She survived her ordeal, but there was no one to support her or provide treatment for her physical or emotional injuries. However, one of Tearfund’s partners, HEAL Africa, was working with the local church to enable them to better support those affected by sexual violence. At first, Sarah was so traumatised that she feared that even those within the church would kill her. Today things have changed. She’s now receiving medical treatment and is awaiting surgery. The church and Tearfund’s partner have been able to offer her counselling to help her overcome the trauma. “When we have counselling, we are told that we are human beings and we feel better in our hearts and encouraged,” Sarah says. Astonishingly, the help she’s received from HEAL Africa has led Sarah to forgive her attackers. “I have a very strong faith,” she says. “I have forgiven them. If I don’t, I won’t be free.”