GBV Dashboard & Gender inclusion NAGAAD Network has been working for a long time on gender-based violence (GBV) cases such as female genital mutilation (FGM), domestic violence, child/early and forced marriage, rape, etc. in all Somaliland regions. As well as empowering and supporting women in all aspects, including coming up with new ideas and initiatives to eliminate women's issues for the first time in Hargeisa, launchingthe Women’s Situation Room (WSR) to mobilize women and youth to ensure their active participation in promoting peaceful electoral processes since 2021. The WSR worked on the development of the Gender-Based Violence Call Center. The center has started by advocating the hotline number and distributing flyers that have the GBV call center number, 2094, and a message follows that says: ‘Xarunta La Socodka Tacadiyada Ka dhanka ah.
In order to encourage respect for women’s and children’s rights in Somaliland, women, and youth are mobilized through the Women’s Situation Room (WSR). The Hargeisa-based center keeps tracts of and records violence against women and girls throughout all communities. By bridging the gap between justice and law enforcement agencies, ensuring gender equality, and offering psychosocial counseling, it works to modify laws and policies, increase access to legal, medical, and counseling aid services, and give victims of violence more options for seeking redress.
The center is set to extend support services to women in politics, as well as will serves as a platform in which women can communicate on the cases of violence against them. Women and girls’ victims of gender-based violence (GBV) will dial a short free number, 2094, to share information in relation to the GBV cases committed against them or those coming to their knowledge. From there onwards, the case management process begins by providing the most essential aid first. In the WSR, we manage cases in four steps: first, medical support is provided, secondly, forwarding the report to thelegal aid service providers, then to the MESAF as government support, and finally, if safety is needed, we refer the client to WAAPO Shelter.
Since April-2021, the average number of cases has been 250 cases with the majority being domestic violence cases. The reported cases have been successfully managed and documented and have been referred to MESAF, legal clinic, and Waapo Shelter, and 2 cases were given medical counseling services. Although there are other cases that have been closed before completing the process due to client decisions.
To improve the data management <(>&<)> reporting manner of the GBV call Center, it became necessary for NAGAAD Network to extend additional services of the current dashboard management system. Dashboard management is a tool used to present all important management KPIs in a single place, share insights with c-level executives in an efficient way, and empower the management to make fast and data-driven decisions based on the latest information.
The main use of a dashboard is to show a comprehensive overview of data from different sources. Dashboards are useful for monitoring, measuring, and analyzing relevant data for key stakeholders including government, civil society organizations, and women activists to work towards sensitization and awareness creation among the community torealize the need for women against Gender-Based Violence, to get zero tolerance or end GBV against women <(>&<)> young girls.