A participatory partnership for prevention of sexual violence against transmigrants in Morocco | ICRH

TEAM MEMBERS 

PERIOD 

PARTNERS:

• Partners in Reproductive Health, Belgium
• Prof. Dr. Abdessamad Dialmy, Université Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco
• IRFAM, Belgium

OBJECTIVES:

• To research sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) against trans-migrants in Morocco who aimed or are still aiming at moving on to Europe, in a participatory way
• To raise awareness about SGBV against trans-migrants among different Moroccan and European stakeholders and the prevention needs and possibilities
• To empower trans-migrants in preventing SGBV

METHODS:

• Community-based Participatory Research
• Socio-ecological framework on violence
• Desirable Prevention framework on prevention
• In-depth interviews & focus groups

ACTIVITIES:

• Setting-up of a multi-stakeholder Community Advisory Board for continuous participation
• Recruitment & training of Community Researchers
• Fieldwork research & analysis
• Awareness raising & dissemination of research results
• Formulation of policy and practice recommendations

EXPECTED RESULTS:

• Training and collaboration of 10 Community Researchers.
• Establishment of a Community Advisory Board (CAB) consisting of community researchers, intermediary organizations & services, local & regional authorities and researchers. This CAB is involved in the questionnaire design; in the interpretation of the results; in the development, pilot-testing, finalization and dissemination of the tool; in the final European Seminar and in awareness raising.
• Fieldwork research and report on sexual health, SGBV and SGBV prevention.
• Two seminars: one in Morocco and one in Belgium
• Publications: one book and several articles aimed at different stakeholders
• Agenda setting for future research & action