Creating Policy Guidelines and Setting up Sexual Harassment and Gender Sensitization Committees in Order to Train and Educate School Communities to Combat Gender Based Violence in Mozambican Schools

Creating Policy Guidelines and Sexual Harassment and Gender Sensitization Committees in Schools This project stems from the need to define proactive and preventive actions aimed at reducing the growing wave of sexual harassment and gender-based violence that has been observed in schools in Mozambique. There is a vulnerability of students abused by teachers or even other students, due to the complicity and consent of the employees and of the school board. The prevention and combating of gender-based violence is one of the priorities of the Mozambican government. This project aims to create policy guidelines and the creation of sexual harassment committees and gender sensitization, in order to train and educate school communities to combat gender-based violence in Mozambican schools, with a view to defining actions to respond to the growing and serious wave of sexual harassment and gender-based violence in schools, as well as promote, valorise and protect the rights of girls and thus create an environment of peace and social security.