GBVF Maturity 30-Day Project

The purpose of this Learning Programme is to help you organise and support a rapid (30-day) project that aims to improve the way your organisation performs in addressing Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF). We refer to this project as the “GBVF Maturity 30-Day Project,” or simply the 30-Day Project.

Colleagues in your organisation have completed a GBVF organisational maturity survey. You will help leaders use this survey to decide on a focus area of improvement, and then activate and support a team in your organisation to make a real improvement in 30 days! 

The 30-Day Project can be viewed as a relay race, as shown in the diagram below. You are shown in red, as the Team Coach.  

The 30-Day Project as a Relay Race

The Weekly Support

You will receive two WhatsApp “nudges” each week for the duration of the programme. On Thursday morning, the “nudge” will describe the work you will do to support the team or the leaders during the coming week. For example, facilitating a discussion or a workshop. And on Monday morning, the “nudge” will remind you of the tasks of the week, with helpful tips on these. 

The WhatsApp nudges will include links to Learning Deep Dives. These are online learning units that will help you prepare for the tasks outlined in the nudges. We highly encourage you to make time to go over these. The Thursday nudge will also include a link to a learning assignment. This will be your chance to share with us insights and accomplishments of the week, and also questions about the coming week.  

Every Friday there will be an Guru Hour Zoom call. One or more of the World of Impact experts will host the call. Please feel free to dial in, especially if you have questions about the Thursday nudge. It’s also a chance to meet peers from other organisations and share with them your triumphs and your worries. 

Learning programme Content

Thought starter reflection questions

Jot down thoughts on these questions – to the extent they are relevant to your experience at the session:
  • When did the mood in the event shift from “why are we here?” to “this could be interesting – I am excited to be part of this.” What triggered this shift? 
  • When did you have to go “off script” on the agenda or to change the agenda? What triggered this? What did you adjust? How did it go?
  • What was most surprising to you at the event?
  • What new insights did you gain about the issue at hand, and about the way leaders in the system interacted with each other?
  • Where did the conversation get stuck? What got it unstuck?
  • How would you characterise the level of trust among participants in the meeting? To what extent did this shift as the meeting progressed? To what do you attribute this shift, if indeed it happened?

Thought starter...

Reflection Questions 

Jot down thoughts on these questions – to the extent they are relevant to your experience at the session:

  • When did the mood in the event shift from “why are we here?” to “this could be interesting – I am excited to be part of this.” What triggered this shift? 
  • When did you have to go “off script” on the agenda or to change the agenda? What triggered this? What did you adjust? How did it go?
  • What was most surprising to you at the event?
  • What new insights did you gain about the issue at hand, and about the way leaders in the system interacted with each other?
  • Where did the conversation get stuck? What got it unstuck?
These are 100-Day Challenge Mentors. 

They did some work before you received the Challenge Note. This included:

  • Writing the Challenge Note, and making sure that the leaders of all the organisations represented on the team are comfortable with it – and committed to supporting the work of the team
  • Helping the leaders of these organisation recruit you and your colleagues to the team
  • Gathering some baseline data and other information that will help you and your teammates set your 100-Day goal and develop your plan.
  • Making sure all the preparations are made for a successful Lift-Off workshop, when you and your teammates will meet and get your 100-Day Challenge started. This includes venue, facilitation support, food, swags, comms, travel arrangements and whatever else is needed.

 

Mentors will participate in all or part of the Lift-Off Workshop, mostly at the start to provide context and answer questions, and at the end to give you and your teammates feedback about the goal and plan you develop.

During the 100 days following the Lift-Off Workshop, here’s what the Mentors will do:  

  • They will check in every two weeks with the team leaders to see how the team is doing and what support they and the team need.
  • They will keep other organisational leaders informed and engaged during the 100 days, and pull them in to help as needed.
  • They will participate in the last part of the Refuelling Workshop, halfway through the 100 days, to see what additional support the team needs, and to begin to plan with the team for sustainability and scale-up.
  • They will work with the team at the Sustainability Workshop to finalise recommendations on sustaining the results and building on the work of the team.