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“We can make it better you and I” : How Ugandan girls raised awareness of sexual and gender related violence Macnab, Andrew John; Besigye, Innocent; Tusubira, Brenda
GHMJ (Global Health Management Journal) Vol. 7 No. 3 (2024)
Publisher : Yayasan Aliansi Cendekiawan Indonesia Thailand (Indonesian Scholars' Alliance)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.35898/ghmj-731143

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Sexual and gender related violence (SGRV) against girls is a dark stain on the fabric of life and the most pervasive breach of human rights worldwide. In spite of laws to combat violence, weak enforcement and discriminatory social norms remain significant problems globally, and urgent action employing ‘novel and innovative’ solutions is called for by the World Health organization and United Nations International Children’s Fund. Using knowledge of African society gleaned from work in school-based health promotion programs in Uganda we engaged girls, gave them a voice, and raised national awareness about the impact of SGRV through a celebrity recorded music video that highlighted the SGRV priorities the girls identified. While the unique power of the combination of images, illustrative scenarios, lyrics and music in the video engaged and informed, still photographs were also integral to the success of this call from girls ‘to make things better”. Our photographic record of this project captured many ethnographic elements of this initiative during its creation; selected images were central to the success of the promotional campaign to disseminate the messaging of the video nationwide; sharing photographs helped to maintain the engagement of team members, especially those unable to be in Uganda; and, our image archive provides a uniquely valuable element for knowledge transfer of ‘what worked and why’ in this initiative. Received: 16 October 2024  |  Revised: 09 November 2024  |  Accepted: 15 November 2024.
Innovations for Increasing Awareness of Sexual and Gender-Related Violence Besigye, Innocent; Kabona, Anna; Tusubira, Brenda
GHMJ (Global Health Management Journal) Vol. 9 No. 1 (2026)
Publisher : Yayasan Aliansi Cendekiawan Indonesia Thailand (Indonesian Scholars' Alliance)

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Sexual and gender-related violence against girls and women (SGRV) has been described as “a dark stain on the fabric of life” and is rightly regarded as the most pervasive breach of human rights. While the incidence of SGRV documented by individual countries varies, the overall prevalence is unacceptably high as 1 in 3 women worldwide report suffering gender-based violence in their lifetime. Consequently, all healthcare providers and educators have a responsibility to include gender respect in the care they provide, and to raise awareness of the burden of gender-related violence in their health promotion. The World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) continue to call for novel approaches to increase awareness of SGRV globally, empower societies and reduce the burden of gender-related violence; the United Nations (UN) sustainable development goals also include SGRV as a target for change. The literature now includes evidence of the value of several innovative approaches that use culturally-based initiatives and the impact of music and song. These forms of health promotion are examples that we as global health providers can employ. They have particular relevance where initiatives are aimed at engaging young people and for programs delivered in a school setting, but older folk can contribute through folk tales and traditional dramas, as these continue to provide a rich foundation for traditional communication on intricate topics. We all have a responsibility to do more to counter SGRV; ideally in so doing this will contribute further to the innovative evidence-based approaches WHO, UNICEF and the UN continue to call for.
Co-Authors Besigye, Innocent Kabona, Anna Macnab, Andrew John