Project Description:

This joint programme will address the core issues of protection, with a focus on the protection of women and children from all forms of violence, especially gender based violence and protection from all forms of harm and abuse for children. By strengthening the protection systems and improving access to stronger response services to gender based violence, the project will contribute to facilitating an enabling environment for women's participation in peacebuilding initiatives and decision making processes. This intervention is premised on the peacebuilding cornerstone that requires meaningful involvement and participation of often marginalized groups such as women, in the peace building process as a prerequisite for democracy and sustainable development. By strengthening the systems for child protection and improving facilitating children’s access to these services, this project will mitigate the impact of armed conflict on children, as well as launch strategic interventions that directly address children's vulnerability to violence. Again this intervention lays the foundations for sustained peace, while reinforcing overall peace·building and violence mitigation efforts in the Acholi sub-region.

PBF Priority Area:

Priority Area 2. Promote coexistence and peaceful conflict resolution

PBF Outcome:

Women and children are empowered to overcome specific post-conflict hardship (e.g. psychical and economic security, political participation) and to end gender-based violence and discrimination

Key Project Activities:

1. Provide short and medium term psychosocial support to survivors of gender based violence and child abuse in areas of return in Acholi sub region
2. Conduct monthly community dialogue with various state and non state actors on gender equality, women's empowerment and participation and improved protection of women and children from gender based violence and other forms of abuse
3. Establish and strengthen systems for recording reported incidents of gender based violence in 7/7 districts
4. Strengthen capacity and systems for Gender analysis and child protection in planning and budgeting in all target districts
5. Establish a referral pathway for responding to the needs of gender based violence and child protection issues
6. Provide interim care and support the reunification of children formerly associated with the armed groups and other children affected by conflict

Procurement:

Consultants, implementing partners from NGOs, IEC, transport, computers