Challenge
According to a 2022 World Bank report, 21 out of every 100 Salvadoran women aged 15 and over has suffered some form of violence in their lifetime, including sexual assault, intimate partner violence, or abuse by family members.
Approach
Alight is co-creating programs and services with women and young people in El Salvador to ensure the internally displaced have access to safe spaces for healing and the opportunity to learn skills that break the cycle of violence and poverty.
Our prevention approach is centered on establishing and strengthening community-based activism for gender-based violence (GBV) prevention. The prevention strategy uses the SASA! Methodology, an evidence-based community approach toolkit developed by Raising Voices that encourages a culture of non-violence through community dialogues on promoting safer, happier and healthier relationships, families and communities. Other activities include radio programming, use of provocative communication materials, and commemoration of GBV awareness days.
