Title of the project
Strengthening Movement to Advance women’s Right and Gender Equality
Funding Agency:
Steps Towards Development through South west informatory forum for Transformation (SWIFT).
Allocated budget
BDT: 50,75000/-
Duration:
2010-2014
Locations:
Tala Upazilla Under Satkhira.
Goal:
The environment is created for women and men to exercise equal rights and enjoy equal opportunities in a violence free environment.
Outcome
1: Early Marriage is reduced
2: Domestic Violence is reduced
3: Reduced sexual harassment at institutional level.
4: Increased number of women making decisions in the political arena.
Target group(s):
Individuals/Groups: Gender Change Activists, Women Activists, Sufia kamal Fellow, Students Volunteers, Students Supports groups, Local Trainer Groups (LTG) Member organization of Gad alliance, Local Government, Nari Nirjaton Protirodh Committee (NNPC), School/College, Marriage Registrar office, Health Complex, District Administration, Sub-district administration, Media, Community, District Legal Aid Committee.
Estimated results
- Increased proactive role of NNPC. The responsible person of NNPC in 3 unions keeping records of incidents on violence against women and follow up.
- Village police, LGs and local administrations have more sensitized to reduce early marriage. Local administrations building linkage with district WID and legal aid for dowry cases victims.
- Women candidate demand the equal rights in LG election. They have raised voice together to local authority for discrimination free election.
- 6 early marriage protested by the collective endeavors of Islamkati, Tentulia and Tala Sador.
- Peoples are more aware regarding stop domestic violence through day observation, discussion.
- About 20% women in project area are being aware about their human rights and strengthening movement to stop domestic violence.
- 6 number of high school authority committed to form a committee to protest sexual harassment and early marriage as per order legislation of high court.
- The UP chairman committed to provide Birth registration after cross check with ID and marriage registrar, Purohit has given promised to not conduct marriage without actual birth registration certificate.
- A MoU has been signed by UNO, Sub-district Administration, UP Chairman, Marriage registrar, Purohit to protest early marriage.
Estimated results
Children from excluded groups have access to NCTF activities and existing child rights situation will be incorporated in Child-Led CRC Alternative report (Our Story Book)
Main activities
- Capacity Building of GCA (sensitization, communication, Campaign and Advocacy, leadership and risk management skill) 2 days
- Regular Monitoring and recording
- Door to door Campaign
- Video screening
- Wall writing/bill board and rickshaw painting
- Postering
- Strategy planning meeting with marriage register and local government
- Sensitization training for Marriage register and local government and religious leader
- Organize meetings points for learning interaction between Marriage register, LG and community representatives and teachers.
- Study to identify effects/consequences of lack of marriage registration
- District level consultation meeting with media, LG officials, women leaders and representatives, GCAs, (Stake holder conference)
- Collect, update information on program issues (early marriage, birth registration, marriage registration, etc.)
- Dialogue with Hindu Temple committee, Hindu religious leaders and Purahit.
- NNPC and village police active, responsive and developed a referral system to report incidences of domestic violence.
- Strategic planning meeting with NNPC, Local government and village police to develop a reporting system (Monthly Meeting with NNPC)
- Six-monthly incidence report sharing meeting with legal aid committee, Jatiya Mahila Shangstha.
- Six-monthly learning sharing meeting of NNPC, village police and local government( monthly meeting with NNPC)
- Focus Groups discussion/Yard meeting (quarterly)
- Video screening and dialogue.
- Six-monthly counseling and motivational meeting by the Health and family planning center, schools and farmers associations.
- Meetings between affected women and collective platforms (WA and NNPC) to share grievances.
- Cultural Team Development in Each School
- SV,SMC and teachers active to incorporate and implement extra curricular activities on sexual harassment issue.
- Six-monthly sensitize/issue based discussion of shcool representatives
- Profile development of schools, SMC, SVs and teachers.
- Learning sharing meeting with teachers, SMC members and parents (six monthly)
- Learning sharing meeting between dropout children and SVs (six monthly)
- Teachers training on gender issues, Follow-up.
- Signing MoU with selected Schools (4 schools)
- Consultation meeting with teachers, SMC, parents on developing guideline on SH/ET prevention.
- Document the process and share with LG, NNPC, Health service providers, police.
- Organize regular counseling sessions with students.
- Interactive dialogue with teachers, parents, LG, students.
- Capacity building training (sensitization, communication, campaign and advocacy, leadership skill) for SKF (3 day).
- Coordination/learning sharing meeting including strategic planning (SKF, GDRC staff, Network representatives) Stake holder conference.
- Provide support (material, technical, financial) to conduct interactive dialogue by SKF with political parties, media and local administration (stake holder conference)
- Quarterly study circle on specific issues
- Quarterly coordination and planning meeting for LTG and SFG (including TNA)
- TOT for NTCG, LTG, SFG (Orient LTG/SFG on the Guideline) & Orient LTG on Study Circle.
- Quarterly network coordination meeting and planning meeting.
- 44. Quarterly meeting of GDRC staffs and PNGO focal persons.
Approval:
Final report (View)- PFD