Joint Programme on Gender Based Violence
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Country : Zambia GRZ - UN JOINT PROGRAMME ON GENDER - BASED VOILENCE Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ)-United Nations (UN) Joint Programme on Gender Based Violence Joint Programme Goal: Reduce Gender Based Violence (GBV) cases in Zambia Joint Programme Objective: To establish an integrated and multi-sectoral mechanism for the implementation of the Anti-Gender Based Violence Act Joint Programme Outcomes: Outcome 1: GBV survivors have increased access to timely and appropriate health services Outcome 2: GBV survivors have increased access to an efficient justice delivery system. Outcome 3: Survivors of GBV have increased access to protection and support services Outcome 4: GCDD has coordinated an affective, evidence based and multi-sectoral response to GBV in Zambia. National Execution Agency: Ministry of Finance and National Planning (MoFNP) Implementing Partner: Gender and Child Development Division (GCDD) Other Partners: Programme Duration: 4 years Total estimated budget*: USD15,800,000 Programme ID: Out of Which: Anticipated start/end dates: May 2012- May 2016 1. Funded Budget: Fund Management Option(s): Combination of Parallel 2. Unfunded Budget: and Pass through *Total estimated budget includes both programme costs and Managing or Administrative Agent: United Nations indirect support costs Development Programme (UNDP) Sources of funded budget ILO : IOM : UNDP : UNFPA : UNICEF : WHO : Government : Other : 1 Endorsed by the United Nations Country Team and National Counterparts: UN organizations UN organizations ILO IOM Name of Representative: Martin Chief of Mission: Andrew Choga Clemensson Signature Signature Date Date UNDP WHO Country Director: Viola Morgan Name of Representative: Olusegun Babaniyi Signature Signature Date Date UNFPA UNICEF Name of Representative: Duah Name of Representative: Iyorlumun Uhaa Owusu-Sarfo Signature Signature Date Date ______________________________________ Ms. Kanni Wignaraja The UN Resident Coordinator ____________________________________________ Hon. Alexander Bwalya Chikwanda Minister of Finance and National Planning (MoFNP) ______________________ Hon. Inonge Wina Minister of Gender and Child Development ______________________________________ Joint Program on Gender Based Violence 2012-2015 in Zambia 2 1. Executive Summary The GRZ-UN Joint Programme on Gender-Based Violence (JP-GBV) is developed to support the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), with particular focus on the recommendations on violence against women that are contained in the July 2011 CEDAW concluding observations and the recommendations of the Special Rapporteur on Violence against women, its causes and consequences and support institutional transformation to facilitate the implementation of the Anti-Gender based Violence Act. The goal of the programme is to contribute to the reduction of gender-based violence (GBV) in Zambia. The overall objective of the programme is to establish an integrated and multi-sectoral mechanism for the implementation of the Anti-Gender Based Violence Act and will be achieved through the following interrelated specific objectives: a) To increase the role of the health sector in addressing GBV in Zambia; b) To establish an appropriate justice and legal systems to effectively implement the provisions of the Anti-GBV Act; c) To scale up social protection systems for prevention and management of GBV, including integrated approaches to economic empowerment of GBV survivors/victims; and d) To establish an effective coordination mechanisms for an integrated GBV response in Zambia. The specific objectives also form its pillars and structure the response along the lines of priority sectors (health, legal, social and-economic as well as strengthening the National Gender Coordinating Authority (GCDD)). Similarly, the programme has four outcomes focused on strengthening the capacity of the government and stakeholders to establish an integrated and multi-sectoral mechanism for the implementation of the Anti-Gender Based Violence Act. Outcome 1 focuses on increasing access of GBV survivors to timely and appropriate health services; Outcome 2 aims to increase access of GBV survivors to an efficient justice delivery system; Outcome 3 seeks to increase the provision of protection and support services; while Outcome 4 enables GCDD to coordinate an effective, evidence based and multi-sectoral response to GBV. National partners: GCDD, MoJ, MoE, MoH, MCTI, MoHA, MoIB&L, MCDMCH, MACO, Judiciary, HRC, DEC, ZLDC, CEEC, ZDA, NGOCC, Women for Change, Camfed, Africa directions YWCA, House of Chiefs, NA. ______________________________________ Joint Program on Gender Based Violence 2012-2015 in Zambia 3 Contents ................................................................................................................................ 0 Sixth National Development Plan .......................................................................... 10 Pillar 1: Developing Gender Responsive Policies and Legal Framework ............................ 10 UNDAF Outcome: ......................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. National partners: ................................................................................................... 2 Zambia’s Commitment to the Millennium Development Goals .. Error! Bookmark not defined. ______________________________________ Joint Program on Gender Based Violence 2012-2015 in Zambia 4 List of Acronyms AA : Administrative Agent CBO : Community Based Organization CO : Cabinet Office CSO : Civil Society Organization GBV : Gender Based Violence GIDD : Gender in Development HIV/AIDS : Human Immune Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome HRC : Human Rights Commission IEC : Information, Education and Communication JP-GBV : Joint Programme on Gender Based Violence JPSC : Joint Programme Steering Committee M&E : Monitoring and Evaluation MCDSS : Ministry of Community Development and Social Services MCTA : Ministry of Chiefs and Traditional Affairs MCTI : Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry MDG : Millennium Development Goals MDGR : Millennium Development Goals Results MGD : Ministry of Gender and Development MOCA : Ministry of Chiefs Affairs MOE : Ministry of Education MOF : Ministry of Finance MOHA : Ministry of Home Affairs MOJ : Ministry of Justice MOU : Memorandum of Understanding MOV : Means of Verification NGO : Non Governmental Organization PEP : Post – Exposure Prophylaxis POA : Plan of Action PTSD : Post Traumatic Stress Disorder RFZ :Royal Foundation of Zambia SGB : Sexual Gender Based Violence UN : United Nations UNDAF : United Nations Development Assistance Framework UNDG : United Nations Development Group UNDP : United Nations Development Program UNFPA : United Nations Population Fund UNHCR : United Nations High Commission for Refugees UNICEF : United Nations Children’s Fund UNIFEM : United Nations Development Fund for Women VSU : Victim Support Unit WFP : World Food Programme WHO : World Health Organization ZPS : Zambia Police Service ______________________________________ Joint Program on Gender Based Violence 2012-2015 in Zambia 5 2. SITUATION ANALYSIS 2.1 GBV in Zambia The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) explicitly states: “Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person”. This means that men and women, boys and girls have the right to live, and to live in freedom and safety. Gender Based-Violence (GBV) is a violation of human rights. In Zambia, GBV is defined in the Anti-Gender Based Violence Act of 2011 as any physical, mental, social or economic abuse against a person because of that person’s gender, and includes: a) Violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to the person, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or private life; and b) Actual or threatened physical, mental, social or economic abuse that occurs in a domestic relationship. Violence has lifelong implications on its victims and is therefore an obstacle to the achievement of the objectives of equality, development, and peace. In Zambia, GBV has been recognised as an economic, human rights and health issue with serious and far- reaching consequences, and has thus been included as a module in the latest Zambia Demographic and Health Survey (ZDHS) from 2007. A number of factors have been identified as drivers of GBV in Zambia, including the following: . The gendered nature of society, which places a higher value on males than females, which leads to a general disregard for women/girls and their rights as human beings. Economic empowerment: Women lack access to and control over economic resources in the form of land, personal property, wages and credit, and economic dependency and poverty contribute towards increasing gender inequalities. Drug and alcohol abuse: According to the 2007 ZDHS, women whose husbands are often drunk are more likely to suffer from physical or sexual violence than women whose husbands’ do not drink (70% and 39% respectively). Myths and misconceptions, which form the basis for practice, such as ‘virgin cure’ for HIV/AIDS and the need to sexually cleanse a widow of a dead spouse’s ghost. 2.2 GBV Prevalence and Forms GBV cases are on the increase in Zambia, from 8,261 in 2009 to 8,467 in 20101 – with the 2007 ZDHS showing that women in urban areas being