The Project
In response to the high-prevalence of violence and lack of services for survivors of GBV, in
2014, the consortium of JCT, ZWLA and WLSA started implementing a Danish
Development Cooperation (DANIDA) funded project – through UN Women, in the three
districts. The project has four objectives:•
Strengthened community structures to prevent and respond to GBV on girls and
women in three districts.
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Strengthened evidence-based advocacy at different levels, including at community, on
GBV on girls and women.
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Improved access to comprehensive survivor sensitive services, including legal
services for the benefit of adolescent girls, women and their children.
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Ensuring project implementation in line with objectives, learning, sharing and
accountability.
As part of this process of work, the consortium engaged the services of development
communications specialists to document the project activities.
One of the expected outcomes of the intervention by JCT, WLSA and ZWLA is
strengthened evidence-based advocacy at different levels, including at community, on GBV
on girls and women. The three partners have recorded successful results during the
implementation of the GBV project. However, these success stories have not been
documented for the purpose of sharing and learning with relevant stakeholders. There was a
need, therefore, to document impact of the project in alleviating the plight of women and
girls affected by GBV. Documentation would not only focus on the success stories but also
lessons learnt for future programming. This summary case documentation product will
present results of the Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and Gender-Based
Violence (GBV) project profiling exercise.
The objective of this documentation is to assist the project to take stock of the progress
and impacts that the project has made. The booklet will be used as an advocacy and learning
tool among partners and stakeholders at different levels.
The documentation methodology included literature review in which project documents
such as the proposal and reports were considered. This guided the researchers in identifying
stakeholders such as traditional leaders, community focal persons (CFPs) and clients with
cases that the three organisations have dealt with or are dealing with in the three districts.
This was followed and complemented by fieldwork during which key informant interviews
(KIIs) and participatory focus group discussion (PFGDs) were held with findings being
documented. The findings were then analysed and reduced into this booklet documenting
the experiences of the project and focusing on the lessons learnt and most significant change
stories.