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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
Child Brides participation at SARSYC
By: myadmin • December 21, 2017
Child marriage is an issue that has contributed to the slow process of development in Africa and to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) now Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In Africa over 39% of girls are married before they reach the age of 18, depriving them of their childhood, their rights to education, to health and to a life of their choosing. Education has been identified as crucial to ending child marriage as it empowers, protects and reduces the girl child’s vulnerability to marriage.
During the track/discussion that we recently hosted on ending child marriages at the Southern African Regional Students and Youth Conference on SRH (SARSYC) it was highlighted that quality and consistency in educating the girl child is very important. In the heated discussion culture, policy formulation and implementation, multi-sectoral approach, social and economic empowerment of young girls where discussed as crucial components to ending child marriages.
