Women’s Protection and Empowerment Prevention (WPE) Officer

International Rescue Committee
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The Women’s Protection and Empowerment Officer, Violence Prevention (WPE Prevention Officer) will oversee Violence against Women and Girls(VAWG) prevention, community engagement and risk reduction activities. These activities will focus on - engaging with women and girls; and targeting communities on issues relating to VAWG to using a variety of context appropriate methods – information dissemination through discussion sessions and info boards, creative events. conducting regular safety audits and community mapping, and risk identification and mitigation. Messages developed by the WPE Prevention Officer, with supervision and collaboration from the WPE manager, will cover the types of services available to women and girl survivors, where these services are available, how communities can support survivors to access services, and the consequences of VAWG and the benefits of seeking care and support.