A five-day train-of-trainers course (ToT) for twelve staff members (seven women and five men) of the Women's Resource Centres (WRC) concluded on 19 May 2023 in Dushanbe. The ToT provided the participants with skills and knowledge on how to promote harmony within vulnerable families and help reduce violence through a combination of gender norms, behavioural change and income-generating activities. The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe organized the ToT with the financial support of the United States of America, Finland, Norway Germany and Andorra.
The training module included social components of the Zindagii Shoista (Living with Dignity) methodology, which is effective in preventing domestic and intimate partner violence and helps to improve mental and physical well-being, livelihoods and food security. The ToT also addressed questions of gender, relationships, family conflict, violence and communication.
Each WRC will identify ten vulnerable families in their respective regions upon completion of the training and apply acquired knowledge to help selected families reduce the tension among the family members, rebuild relations and improve social and economic well-being.
"The skills and knowledge that we acquired in this training will help us to conduct awareness-raising events among those families exposed to violence and help them ease the tensions, improve communications and relations and live their lives with dignity and in harmony," said Ms Saodatkhon Allayarova, a representative of WRC from Balkhi district.
