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From girls to women: gender-based violence across the life course
By: myadmin • March 10, 2018
Every 10 minutes, somewhere in the world, an adolescent girl dies as a result of violence. While violence in various forms is a risk and reality across the life course, the gendered profile of violence becomes even more pronounced as girls reach adolescence; yet a gap continues to exist between child protection initiatives and adult-focused gender-based violence (GBV) programming. This event will explore experiences of violence in childhood and adolescence, with a sharp focus on the impact of GBV on the development of adolescent girls in developing settings, humanitarian crises and protracted conflicts.
Gender transformative approaches to better prevent and respond to violence at an early age and during adolescence will be discussed, including initiatives to address practices based on gender inequality that perpetuate GBV, such as child marriage and FGM/C. By amplifying the voices of adolescents and connecting their experiences to policy and technical expertise, this event aims to bridge the gap between violence against children and violence against women, improving multi-sector programmes to more effectively meet the unique needs of adolescent girls worldwide.
Source: https://www.odi.org/events/4547-girls-women-gender-based-violence-across-life-course
Catch them young: Our in-school programme
By: myadmin • February 27, 2018
The Launch of the Culture ACTIONs Creative Art Clubs at Shingirirai High School and Cranham Secondary School on the 19th and 20th of February 2018 respectively was warmly received by the school administration, Ministry of Primary and Secondary School District Officials and the students at large. The thematic display of creative African art expressed in theatre; song and dance was the highlight of the launches as ZISAF expressed the main themes of the Culture ACTIONS program in their drama Tose Sonke Together. The launch functioned as a tool to inform the students of the program underlining the program’s goals, objectives and its commitment to challenge retrogressive social norms of GBV, child marriage and the mainstreaming of climate change through the transformative power of creative art. The establishment of the creative art clubs in schools will play a major role in the dissemination of GBV, Climate Change and Child Marriages information through professional training of students in thematic creative art performances by Zimbabwe international School’s Arts Festival (ZISAF) which committed to provide the much needed expertise in creative art and assured the gathered that the program will empower girls and boys with lifelong creative skills
Training of community cadres: Champions for Change
By: myadmin • January 27, 2018
The 23rd and the 24th of January 2018 saw the training of the CultureACTIONs GBV Facilitators who were enrolled in a two-day GBV Training Workshop at Mazowe Hotel. The training was premised on building sustainable community actions through the equipping of ward level GBV community facilitators with the requisite skills to impact the community with competent referral systems, active GBV response and sustainable solutions to GBV problems in Mazowe. The training had a wealth of experience borrowed from the renowned culturist Farai Mupfunye the Director of Culture Fund, developmental expects Lucina Machanzi and Tendai HweHwe who were complemented by the ROOTS team. The meeting was also graced by key informants in Mazowe District who included Chief Makope, Ward 14 Councilor Karasa, Ward 22 Councilor Maparadza and Ward 31 Councilor Mazikana
Tackling GBV through the Laundry Cafe Model
By: myadmin • January 27, 2018
The laundry Café concept was launched at Heyshott Football Grounds in celebration of the International Women’s Day. The laundry café acted as a platform for women to share their insights, grievances and solutions to the GBV problem whilst showcasing their gender role. The event was supported by the District administration, Traditional leader Chief Makope, Ministry of Justice Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Ministry of Women and Youth Affairs, Department of Social Services, Victim friendly Unit, Youth Advocates Zimbabwe and ZISAF
365 Days of Activism Against GBV
By: myadmin • December 27, 2017
The 16 days of Activism against Gender Based Violence saw the CultureACTIONs program implementing a GBV awareness road show in Ward 14 Heyshort Farm and Ward 22 Jumbo. The road shows were meant to sensitize the communities of the importance of a peaceful homestead free from the vices of emotional, physical, emotional and economic abuse in both domestic and public spaces. The road shows were greeted with excitement from the community as they were endowed with creative and innovative messaging against GBV through music, dance, satire, quiz competitions and strong messages from various stakeholders, castigating the scourge of GBV whilst also highlighting services were victims can get assistance from perpetrators of GBV. The road shows also accompanied family planning services to the communities amongst the stakeholders who supported the road show included the Department of Social Welfare, Ministry of Sports, Arts and Culture, AWET, Young Advocates Zimbabwe, Community Care Workers, ZAPSO and Local Leadership
