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Project ID: | 00119124 | Description: | Africa Regional Programme |
Fund: | Start Date *: | 23 Jul 2020 | |
Theme: | Africa |
End Date*: | 31 Dec 2022 |
Country: | United Nations | Project Status: | On Going |
Participating Organization: | Multiple |
About
Spotlight Africa Regional Programme
Programme Description The Spotlight Initiative Africa Regional Programme prioritises strengthening existing strategies and initiatives on eliminating violence against women and girls, such as the Africa Union (AU) Gender Strategy 2017-2027, Agenda 2030, Agenda 2063, the Maputo Plan of Action on the Operationalization of the Continental Policy Framework for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (2016-2030), the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (the Maputo Protocol), the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, the African Union Roadmap on Harnessing the Demographic Dividend, the African Youth Charter (2006) and the Common Position on Ending Child Marriage in Africa (2015), among others. The Africa Regional Programme is fully aligned with the Spotlight Initiative Africa Investment Plan, with common objectives, pillars, Theories of Change and results frameworks, as well as with continental priorities. The Programme also adopts a strategy of harnessing the respective strengths of multi-sectoral, multi-level partnerships, which will support the acceleration of transformative change. Along with government partners, the Programme will work with the African Union, Regional Economic Communities (via the AU), the Pan-African Women Organization (PAWO) and individual member states at national-level (under Stream II). Stream I will be supporting the overall regional response to addressing Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) and Harmful Practices (HP) as well as Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR). Stream II will be supporting regional prevention of harmful practices, focusing specifically on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and Child Marriage. Stream II responds to the priority that the African Union has placed on ending Child Marriage and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) across the continent by supporting the African Union’s Initiatives on these two issues. The total number of countries covered through the Stream II FGM component is 18, while the Stream II Child Marriage component covers 13 countries. A number of elements have been built into the Regional Programme design to ensure efficiency and coherence between the two streams. Both Streams will work under Pillars 1, 5 and 6 of the Spotlight Initiative’s Theory of Change.
Number of beneficiaries: 16,100,302 (direct) | 67,957,938 (indirect) Recipient UN Organizations (RUNOs): UN Women, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF Spotlight Regional Programme Focal Point Justine Coulson; Email: coulson@unfpa.org
Investments The total Phase I investment from the EU and the UN agencies for Streams I and II is USD 26,982,281 and is distributed according to the following: Policies and Legislation (Outcome 1): Stream I
Stream II Child Marriage
Stream II Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
Data (Outcome 5): Stream I
Stream II Child Marriage
Stream II FGM
Women’s Movements and Civil Society (Outcome 6): Stream I
Stream II Child Marriage
Stream II FGM
Innovation Programmatic Innovation: The Regional Programme will provide an innovative effort and opportunities to strengthen the linkage and synergy between the two streams of the Programme. Some innovative interventions include:
Shared Operations: One Africa Coordination Unit will be set up to support joint planning and implementation of activities across the two streams, ensuring coordination, technical coherence, synergies and complementarity. It will ensure both streams contribute to specific joint results in the region. This Unit is tasked with the goal of bringing together the 3 components of the work into a coherent programme. The FGM and Child Marriage components of Stream II will develop a joint operational plan to ensure coordination and harmonisation in the process of undertaking initiatives common and relevant to both components. This effort will also help in avoiding possible duplication of efforts and ensure more efficient resource utilisation. The FGM and Child Marriage components of Stream II will sign a joint agreement with regional level women’s rights organisations and CSOs to implement coordinated interventions addressing both FGM and child marriage instead of signing two different agreements. This will be an important step forward in streamlining operational procedures and processes while working with implementing partners. Recent Documents
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