| Project Detail |
To improve the social and economic status of women in Acholi sub region of northern Uganda
expected results
1. Reduced tolerance to womens rights and gender based violence (GBV)
2. Improved gender mainstreaming in administration of justice
3. Improved gender responsiveness in the water service delivery service
4. Improved capacity of women to exploit and benefit from available economic opportunities
5. Enhanced institutional capacity of UWONET to deliver on gender equality
target group
Direct beneficiaries: Around 7000 direct beneficiaries want to be targeted in the four target districts of the Acholi sub region in northern Uganda (Pader, Agago, Kitgum, Lamwo). These include around 800 members of four womens business groups and four womens groups, 160 local cultural and religious leaders, 60 district water officials and 300 women in the water user committees, 80 political district officials, 80 justice law and order actors (judiciary, police and prison staff), 64 male gender activists and around 4800 community members, along with four local womens networks and their members and the members of twelve production and marketing, social services and water committees.
Indirect beneficiaries: Around 2 million people want to get through two local radio stations covering the target districts.
activities
- Production of handbooks on land rights and on gender-based violence (GBV), translation into local language, distribution of 500 copies each
- Production of 3000 posters, 800 T-shirts and 400 policy briefs for local awareness raising
- Production of booklet profiling successful women entrepreneurs in northern Uganda, distribution of 200 copies
- Capacity needs assessment for training needs of women farmers and small-scale entrepreneurs in target districts, update of training manual
- Capacity needs assessment of women in water use committees in target districts
- Training of 32 womens groups (800 members) on entrepreneurship, improved farming practices, gender & womens rights
- Training of 160 formal justice sector actors on gender mainstreaming
- 32 community dialogues with traditional leaders on womens land rights
- Training of 320 women in Water Resources Committees on Management Skills, Environmental Protection and Leadership, Training of 60 Local Duty Bearers on Gender Mainstreaming in the Water Sector, Training of 100 Community Water Monitors, Eight Economic Advocacy Dialogues
- Selection and training of 64 male gender activists from target districts
- 16 bi-annual district meetings on prevention of GBV
- 2 days of activism against GBV in each target district
- 8 radio talk shows and 200 spot messages on local radio stations, focusing on womens land rights
- National gender advocacy colloquium on womens economic justice for 120 stakeholders
Various mentorship meetings, review sessions, neighborhood assemblies, community accountability forums and the like |
