Day 2: Contextual analysis: developing strategies, staying safe and well
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Aims Day Two should open with a strong exercise to ground and connect participants – this will set the tone for the day. Excercises contains examples of good exercises. For most workshops, we have used a version of the ‘Speaking the unspoken’ exercise, which is particularly good for deepening connections and addressing any difficult group dynamics. Other options … Continued
Key explanation points Divide participants into groups of four. Within the groups, each participant lists two important threats they are facing—one ‘private’ and one ‘public’. It is important that they list current, pressing threats (we will use these again in a later exercise). Next, participants should describe the source of the threat (the ‘who’) and … Continued
Key explanation points Facilitators select two key threats from the group (either raised in previous discussions or during the discussion after the threats presentation). These are the ‘what’. Write them up on the flipchart. Ensure that one threat is a traditional ‘public’ threat and that the other is a ‘private’ threat. Then, as an example … Continued
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Tools to assess threats Key risk-related concepts are as follows – facilitators should prepare the definitions on a flipchart beforehand: Risk: the possibility that some harm will occur; Perceived risk: the idea, or absorbed concept, that a threat is real; Threat: a declared or indicated intention to inflict harm; Capacity: any resource (including abilities and contacts) that improves security; … Continued
Activities Session objectives Adaptation notes Challenges and obstacles versus threats: some group members, particularly those who have experienced very extreme levels of threat, will understand immediately the concept of ‘threats’. For others, the terms ‘challenges’ or ‘obstacles’ may be easier to work with than ‘threats’. This is because the threats they may face are more subtle … Continued
Facilitation notes Alternative option Introduce and weave into the text the presentation on ‘threats’ in this session, rather than in the following Session 4, to keep the discussion flowing.
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Key explanation points Facilitation notes
Activites: This session consists of three activities: a ‘brainstorm’ during which participants shout out words that define security in their lives; an ‘integrated security presentation’ in which facilitators explain the development and meaning of the concept; and a ‘group discussion’ that gives participants an opportunity to reflect and ask questions. Session objectives Adaptation notes This … Continued
Facilitation notes The ground rules can be written on a flipchart. Alternately, they can be written on separate pieces of paper and posted around the room, or laid down in the middle circle of the room to serve as reminders of the commitment.