Join the Movement

The Gender and Development committee encourages all PCVs to open up the conversation on sexual harassment! Harassment is different in every city and village, but it is often more than just an annoyance. This yearlong theme is intended to give voice to Moroccans who feel affected by harassment; girls who are harassed, boys who want to help stop the harassment, and everyone in between. We believe that awareness and open dialogue can be the beginning of the end of sexual harassment. Join Us!

To assist you, we developed three small projects that can be done consecutively or individually. The toolkit is now available and includes these small projects on harassment:

1) Talk About It, a focus-group discussion on sexual harassment
2) STOP!* a collective-art movement advocating the end of sexual harassment
3) Hear Us Now, an interview activity publicizing the effect of sexual harassment on individuals

To ensure you and your counterpart are on the same page about this complicated topic we have also provided an introduction to sexual harassment and the yearlong theme along with useful Darija translations:

1) Overall theme description and sexual harassment definition
2) Discussion questions for Talk About It

Don’t limit yourself to our suggestions.  We would love to hear about your ideas for projects as well! Please, don’t be shy, Peace Corps Staff is excited about this yearlong theme and welcomes all grant applications for other project ideas based on this theme as well. We wish you success and please drop us a line about how the conversation on harassment is going in your site!

*STOP!  the collective-art project, has a corresponding grant-template so that you can more easily apply for a small grant to purchase necessary art materials.