PROMOTING ANGOLAN WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT THROUGH CSO’S
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Annual Progress Report
Reporting Period: May 2013 – December 2013
Promoting Angolan Women’s Empowerment Through CSO’s Project Title: Acção de Desenvolvimento Rural (ADRA); REDE MULHER; PROMEDIA; Implementing Partner(s): Federação de Mulheres Empreendedoras de Angola (FMEA); Associação Angolana Salvadora dos Povos (ASASP) Development Partners: MFA Norway and UNDP Donor Reference UNDP - 00012 Numbers: MFA Norway - 00187
Summary of objectives
In accordance to UNDP mandate and the Millennium Declaration, the main objective of the project is to improve awareness and empower women to exercise their political, social and economic rights in the society and thereby contribute to the achievement of the MDG’s. UNDP therefore, intends to contribute to increased knowledge of women of their rights through access to information, capacitate them to exercise their right and strengthen the capacity of women’s groups and networks to advocate, influence policies, implement and monitor efforts related to women’s empowerment. The country will meet three of the MDGs which are related to women empowerment. The government of Angola is increasingly emphasing gender equality in policies and legislation.
The project that has been implemented for two years, intends to capitalize on such positive trends by providing grants to women’s groups, enabling them to strategically implement policies and programs that enhance the achievement of gender equity and goal in political participation and decision-making, economic and social empowerment, as well as violence against women. The Project promotes a strategic multi-sectorial platform of response by women’s groups to civil, political, social and economic rights issues.
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Planned results
There were five key results for the 2nd cycle (May 2013 to April 2014)
Capacity building: enhancing greater women participation in economic, political and social processes through training for women on leadership, networking and business management; Advocacy; promoting advocacy campaign, studies and sensitization activities on the target thematic areas addressed by the project, aiming at influencing policies, strategies and/or overcoming constraints affecting women; GBV: capacity building for state and non-state actors and women networks on economic and social rights and combating GBV; Media events/debates: support advocacy, awareness and sensitization on key and current issues. Women empowerment: support activities that promote gender-responsive policies, legislation and protection of human rights.
a. Capacity building for women: The objective is to promote rural and urban women’s skills, awareness and strength their participation on decision making community issues; b. Advocacy: The objective is to promote dialogue among women communities to facilitate the identification of common challenges and possible solutions, c. GBV: taking into consideration the recently approved legislation against Domestic Violence (in June 2011), the project contribution is to disseminate and sensitize widely this new piece of legislation among all segments of society. d. Media events/debates: Organization of public debates through conferences or radio broadcasting programs underlining gender equality prospects. e. Women empowerment: The objective is to strengthening women awareness to become safeguards of equality of gender and policies for more women inclusiveness.
Achievements
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From May to December 2013, achievements were made on the following areas:
1. Training about gender mainstreaming issues and women economic empowerment were conducted for women leaders, entrepreneurial women from the formal and informal sector, to strengthen their capacity for participation in political, social and economic processes; 2. Advocacy campaigns on target thematic areas addressed by the project, aiming at influencing policies, design strategies and/or overcome constraints affecting women were undertaken; 3. Training and sensitization activities were carried out for state and non-state actors and women groups on GBV, economic and social rights and popularization of the recent Law Against Domestic Violence; 4. A radio drama is being produced and broadcast to the 18 Angolan provinces, raising women’s awareness about their political, social and economic rights.
Challenges and Lessons Learned
Challenges and Responses: During this cycle of the Project, some important challenges are being identified: - Organizational and administrative aspects: most of CSO´s face management, planning and monitoring lack of skills, lack of administrative support for report compilation; problems with internet; - Insufficient data disaggregated by sex and age reported by CSO’s; - Weak participation and lack of interest of men and youth; - Three granted CSO did not reach the 80% of expenditure in the first quarter
Lessons Learned: Some key lessons were learned:
- Direct contact and field visits must be more frequent for proper follow-up and mitigation of risks/challenges affecting program implementation; - In the selection proposal phase the CSO’s should attest that they are able to implement what they propose
Way Forward
The 2nd cycle of this project will end in April 2014. Under this cycle the next steps are:
- 2nd and 3rd CSO disbursements; - Field visits; -
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The best practices so far are on awareness campaigns and training on the Violence Domestic Law and on women networking. In the next cycle the project will target youth, increase the men participation. We must also ensure that local administrations and Ministry of Women and Family Promotion local directions are aware about the selected CSO’s and the activities that are being implemented within this project. The current openness in the country towards gender issues ensures the importance of this project and its outputs originally conceived.
Resources and Financial Status
In this period a total of $ 218.335,76 were disbursed to CSO`s being:
1 st tranche 2 nd tranche 3 rd tranche
ADRA: $23.375, 25 REDE MULHER: $25.045, 10 $26.981, 55 PROMEDIA: $37.156, 73 $17.149, 44 ASASP: $37.322, 94 $16.179, 25 FMEA: $35.125, 50
Financial status as of 31/12/2013 Opening Balance: $ 413.128.00 CSO Disbursements: $ 218,335.76 Other expenditures: $71,792,24
Total Expenditures: $290.128,00 Closing Balance: $123,000.00
Note: The above table should present figures only for the period being reported on, i.e. not cumulative figures across quarters or years.
CSO THEMES ACTION PROVINCIES BENEFICIARIES Strengthening the Implementation and REDE MULHER Applicability of the Law Against From June to December 2013 M H N/I Domestic Violence
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Seminar about GBV victims to policy officers - - 200
Seminar on Violence Domestic Law to judges, prosecutors Luanda, Uíge e Domestic Violence: knowing, understanding 16 25 and lawyers Huambo and applying the law Seminar on Violence Domestic Law to CSO members 74 13
Communication Program for Sustainable PROMEDIA Development Produced and broadcast 20 episodes of the radio drama Raise Women’s Awareness and the MDG’s All “Camatondo” ASASP Prevention of Domestic Violence
Production and Distribution of Flyers and Brochures - - 1000 Raising awareness on women’s rights and Kwanza Norte on violence domestic law e Malange Training Community Activists - - 6
Community Awareness – lectures/discussions (schools, 1413 1068 - churches and markets)
Radio interview - - -
FMEA Entrepreneurial women empowerment
Luanda, Training on business management, accounting and Kuando “How to Manage Your Business” 182 20 entrepreneurship Kubango e Kwanza Sul
ADRA “Empowering Women”
Training of Adult Literacy 242 142
Huila Lectures/Discussions on Gender issues 71 11
SUBTOTAL 1828 18 1206
TOTAL 3052
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