perceived as judgemental by victims do not find more difficult to elicit evidence of sexual violence from male victims, compared to female victims, once rapport and trust have been established. The trainer should ask participants to share any experience they may have male interviewing victims of sexual violence, including specific challenges they may have faced and useful approaches used. As previously mentioned, general guidance presented in Module 11 (Interviewing) remains applicable regardless of the gender and age of the victim, and specific guidance mentioned in Module 16 (Sexual Violence against Children) should be applied as appropriate when interviewing boy victims of CARSV. The trainer should encourage participants to about and recognise verbal and non-verbal signs and clues that an interviewee may have been a victim of sexual violence (slides 21-22), such as taking frequent toilet breaks, making statements emphasising the gender of perpetrators (e.g. saying rather than identifying them as “I was tortured by men” “soldiers”), expressing a strong preference for the gender of the interviewer/interpreter, or complaining of back pain, while making sure that they recognise that they may also deal with a male victim even if he does not exhibit any of these signs. The main message to convey is that interviewing male victims is not fundamentally different from interviewing female victims. As with any other victim, building rapport and trust will be key and interviewers should be ready to spend as much time as necessary to ensure victims feel comfortable enough to open up. They should provide plenty of reassurances that the victim is not to blame, especially if the victim was forced into sexual acts with others (e.g. father forced to rape his daughter, or detainee forced to sexually abuse another detainee) and fears to be perceived by third parties or the law as a perpetrator. When dealing with men and boys having spent time in detention or other vulnerable settings, interviewers should let the victim know that it is safe to talk with the interviewer and may specifically ask them at a later stage of the interview if they have experienced or witnessed sexual violence if this topic has not yet come up. Wrap-up and conclusion session As this is the last of the modules, the trainer should schedule a session to go back over what the participants have learned and discussed during the training. If the participants have
perceived as judgemental by victims do not find more difficult to elicit evidence of sexual violence from male victims, compared to female victims, once rapport and trust have been established. The trainer should ask participants to share any experience they may have interviewing male victims of sexual violence, including specific challenges they may have faced and useful approaches used. As previously mentioned, general guidance presented in Module 11 (Interviewing) remains applicable regardless of the gender and age of the victim, and specific guidance mentioned in Module 16 (Sexual Violence against Children) should be applied as appropriate when interviewing boy victims of CARSV. The trainer should encourage participants to about and recognise verbal and non-verbal signs and clues that an interviewee may have been a victim of sexual violence (slides 21-22), such as taking frequent toilet breaks, making statements emphasising the gender of perpetrators (e.g. saying “I was tortured by men” rather than identifying them as “soldiers”), expressing a strong preference for the gender of the interviewer/interpreter, or complaining of back pain, while making sure that they recognise that they may also deal with a male victim even if he does not exhibit any of these signs. The main message to convey is that interviewing male victims is not fundamentally different from interviewing female victims. As with any other victim, building rapport and trust will be key and interviewers should be ready to spend as much time as necessary to ensure victims feel comfortable enough to open up. They should provide plenty of reassurances that the victim is not to blame, especially if the victim was forced into sexual acts with others (e.g. father forced to rape his daughter, or detainee forced to sexually abuse another detainee) and fears to be perceived by third parties or the law as a perpetrator. When dealing with men and boys having spent time in detention or other vulnerable settings, interviewers should let the victim know that it is safe to talk with the interviewer and may specifically ask them at a later stage of the interview if they have experienced or witnessed sexual violence if this topic has not yet come up. Wrap-up and conclusion session As this is the last of the modules, the trainer should schedule a session to go back over what the participants have learned and discussed during the training. If the participants have
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