Using local concepts, such as kufungisisia or “thinking too much” instead of anxiety or depression, the Friendship Bench programme effectively guides participants in addressing common mental health problems.

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📌Shifting unequal social norms requires practitioners to engage in a sustained process of critical reflection on their own beliefs.

⌛️Start your reflective journey with our course Starting With Ourselves: Reflecting on Power, Gender, and Violence.

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The Friendship Bench improves individual mental health by helping people develop self-awareness, identify factors within their control, and prioritise solvable problems.

📌Learn more about the programme’s goals, activities, and impact in Zimbabwe.👇
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Empathy, self-esteem, emotional regulation, resilience, and stress management can be critical protective factors to prevent VAWG.

Check out key resources and examples to learn more about addressing poor mental health as a strategy to prevent VAWG 👇

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Catch up with our new programme summary on Friendship Bench and curated resources on collective care and sustaining feminist joy!

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Learn about the Friendship Bench in our new programme summary.

Check out the programme's effective features for promoting mental health and for those reporting IPV in urban Zimbabwe

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This systematic review found consistent associations between GBV and composite measures of mental health problems.

Findings suggest that GBV must be addressed to cultivate mental health for adolescent girls and young women globally.

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#MentalHealth

How do your beliefs about gender and violence relate to social norms and affect your work in preventing or responding to violence?

Embark on a journey of self-reflection with our self-paced course, Starting With Ourselves 👉🏾 learn.prevention-collaborative.org/starting-with-…

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Reflecting on our role in violence prevention: What kind of children are we raising for a safer world? Let us consistently nurture values and skills that will enable our children to thrive and become advocates for a just and violence-free society.

#FeministOpportunity

Great opportunity for VAW and VAC prevention & response practitioners 👇

Violence against women & violence against children are global epidemics. SVRI is seeking proposals that will help advance knowledge on #VAW & #VAC prevention & response in #LMICs svri.org/svri-research-…

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Regístrese para uno de los 20 talleres que ofreceremos en el #SVRIForum24 y que organizan los socios del SVRI. Han sido elaborados pensando en las nuevas tendencias y necesidades del sector. Los talleres se celebrarán el lunes, 21 de octubre de 2024 ow.ly/gKtp50RPg0Y

Together we stand, united against violence against women.

We share our support and solidarity, as we continue to grapple with ongoing societal and systemic challenges.

We stand together in unwavering solidarity for the prevention of violence against women.

GBV Prevention Net

Discover the associations between IPV perpetration and mental health among adolescents and young adults in #Nigeria in this analytical paper.

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#MentalHealthAwareness

Problem Management Plus (PM+) describes a low-intensity psychological intervention for adults impaired by distress in communities exposed to adversity.

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World Health Organization (WHO)
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Evidence shows that cash transfers and anti-poverty programmes can significantly reduce anxiety and depression, as well as reduce IPV.

Learn more about economic interventions to improve mental health and address major risk factors of IPV.

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Addressing social distress from structural factors, including economic difficulties and poor access to health care or education, is important.

Explore structural-level strategies to improve mental health and address major risk factors of IPV.

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Join practitioners from diverse settings to reflect on both drivers of poor mental health in adverse situations and challenges facing policy and practice landscapes to enable and promote access to care.

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University of Exeter

The Indashyikirwa curriculum supports couples to be aware of how negative thoughts trigger negative actions and how to choose helpful thoughts.

Learn how the programme led to reduced acceptability of violence, depression, and interpersonal conflict.

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