Ending Gender Based Violence (GBV)

In our mission to end gender-based violence (GBV), we held a transformative mental health training for women and girls. This session served as a healing ground—where trauma met truth, and silence was replaced with strength.

The goal was to explore the link between mental health and GBV, offering tools for resilience while dismantling the stigma that keeps so many women suffering in silence. We sought to:

• Deconstruct mental health stigma

• Offer self-care strategies

• Normalize healing conversations

• Affirm mental wellness as a right

We opened with grounding exercises and storytelling, creating trust and safety. Key focus areas included:

• The mental toll of GBV: trauma, PTSD, shame

• Emotional regulation and healthy coping tools

• Peer-led support and community healing

• Boundary-setting as resistance

• Finding help in under-resourced settings

Interactive sessions, role-plays, and affirmations brought theory to life.

Key Messages
Speaking up is strength.
Boundaries are power.
Healing is revolutionary.
Mental health is not weakness—it’s survival.

Participant Voices
One young woman said, “Taking care of my mind is not selfish—it is sacred.” Many opened up for the first time, releasing years of buried pain.

Impact

• Reached [insert number] women and girls

• Increased awareness of mental health resources

• Strengthened emotional solidarity

• Sparked local commitment to embed mental health in GBV efforts

it was a turning point. When we heal minds, we ignite movements. We will expand this work, train grassroots leaders, and continue to champion healing as justice.

Let’s keep creating brave spaces. Let’s raise daughters who know their minds matter.