Within our learning community, I have been looking more specifically at intersectionality (a concept aimed at revealing the plurality of discrimination) in gender-based violence. When it interacts with other forms of exclusion based on origin, socio-economic status, age, etc., the effects accumulate and shape their sense of power, resilience and position in social and economic life. Our programme to support healthcare systems in Bolivia therefore takes into account the many forms of marginalisation faced by women. It aims to improve the way services for preventing and responding to violence are organised.
We are also aiming for more profound changes by including boys and men in our programmes. Our work with the education system aims to deconstruct the stereotypes surrounding this issue and to co-construct new masculinities and femininities.