• Professionals in the media, communications or creative and cultural industries in Africa.
• Professionals from non-governmental organisations or international organisations.

• Recognise and characterise sexist behaviour;
• Respond spontaneously to ordinary sexism;
• Recognising situations of harassment and identifying prohibited behaviour;
• Listening to and supporting victims;
• Applying the internal alert system so that people can speak out.

Forum theatre is an interactive method of participatory theatre that tackles complex social issues such as discrimination and violence. This participatory methodology aims to empower participants to tackle these complex issues.

The main benefits of this approach :

• Gives participants a concrete, embodied understanding of the dynamics of discrimination and violence, beyond a simple theoretical contribution
• Encourages participants to express themselves and speak out, by involving them actively
• Develops critical thinking, empathy and the ability to take action on these issues
• Creates a space for dialogue and collective reflection on sensitive issues
• Encourages the development of innovative solutions adapted to the participants’ contexts

Module 1 – What exactly are we talking about?

• Introduction by the trainer and round-table discussion to identify participants
• Ice-breaker activity to get to know each other and raise initial issues
• Introduction: abuse and gender-based violence (GBV): what are we talking about?
• Definitions of abuse of power and GBV based on UN texts
• Identifying the different types of GBV
• Avoiding sexist clichés: exercises to identify stigmatizing words and problematic wording.

Module 2 – Forum theater (internal situations)

• Presentation of the organization’s code of conduct and anti-abuse policy;
• Moral, sexual, environmental and cyber harassment: how to differentiate and characterize situations;
• Overview of situations involving inappropriate behavior: identifying ordinary sexism;
• Online quiz to consolidate knowledge: distinguishing the illegal from the inappropriate;
• Dating and reciprocity: the question of consent;
• Forum theater exercise with role-playing scenarios based on real-life situations.
• Forum theater debriefing and free discussion time. analysis of real-life situations.

Module 3 – Forum theater (external situations)

• Tools and methods for dealing with problem situations within the team
• How to act concretely when faced with situations: you are a victim / you are a witness, what can you do?
• Forum theatre exercise with role-playing scenarios based on real-life situations
• Forum theatre debriefing and free discussion time.
• Forum theatre exercise with role-playing scenarios based on real-life situations;
• Forum theatre debriefing and free discussion time;

Module 4 – Consolidating skills

• Identify the boundary between the professional and personal spheres;
• Identify contexts that encourage intrusions into private life.
• Final session :
  • Final debriefing of the coaching session and gathering of needs for the future.
  • Distribution of evaluation sheets + online support (or on USB key)
  • Final round-table discussion for self-assessment exercise

This training is best carried out in a dedicated training room. Whenever possible, it is important that the room is not adjacent to the participant’s usual workplace, to encourage freedom of expression.

At the end of the session, Samsa Africa issues a training certificate to participants who have successfully completed the various exercises proposed during the course.