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BOTSWANA

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND GENDER JUSTICE

SUMMIT AND AWARDS

23-25 APRIL 2012VENUE: KOPANONG HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTRE

365 DAYS OF LOCAL ACTION TO END VIOLENCE ANDEMPOWER WOMEN

ADVOCATING FOR SRHR/HIV/GBV

PROJECTS:HIV

/AIDS&

CAREWORK


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HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT IDENTIFYING THISPROBLEM?

HIV Positive womenthemselvesexperiencedchallenges

An associationformed to addressGBV at home andsociety, Stigma and

discriminationP

ROJECTS:HIV/AIDS&

CAREW

ORK

ADVOCATING FOR

SRHR/HIV/GBV


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HOW ARE YOU GOING ABOUT ADDRESSING THI SPROBLEM?

Legal Support groupmobilised/Trained

Define/Identify theproblem

Developed Strategy Implement Strategy

Document theCommunity Model

Training on Case study

P

ROJECTS:HIV/AIDS&

CAREW

ORK

ADVOCATING FOR

SRHR/HIV/GBV


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WHAT IS THE TIME-FRAME FOR THE PROJECT?

PROJECTS:HIV/AIDS&

CAREW

ORK


THIS IS A

LONG LIFE

PROJECT


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WHO IS THE KEY TARGET? WHO IS INVOLVED? AREWOMEN AND MEN EQUALLY INVOLVED?

HIV positivewomen

Men

Family/Community Police

Social workers

Communityleaders

PROJECTS:HIV/AIDS&

CAREW

ORK


One of the male participants who came for assistance


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PARTNERSHIPS FORMED THROUGH THE PROJECT

BotswanaGovernmentMinistries andDepartments

Community

International Womenorganisations

Minority groups

YouthPROJECTS:HIV/AIDS&

CAREW

ORK

ADVOCATING FOR

SRHR/HIV/GBV


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RESOURCEFULNESS: WHAT FINANCIAL, HUMANAND OTHER RESOURCES WERE MOBILISED?

Funded by SAT and

OSISA

Use of Governmentfacilitators

Media

Other NGOs forsupport

Individual voluntarism

PROJECTS:HIV/AIDS&

CAREW

ORK

Women using a classroom to hold a meeting

Woman having a meeting in a bus shelter

Women having a meeting under a tree


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CREATIVITY: ARE YOU USING ARTS, CULTURE,MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO POPULARISE THE

ISSUES?

Botswana Daily news Radio Botswana

Botswana Television

Word of mouth

PROJECTS

:HIV/AIDS

&

CAREWORK


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MONITORING AND EVALUATION

Quarterly Reports Annual Reports

GBV Casemanagement

Membership DataBase

Set Targets andIndicators

PROJECTS:HIV/AIDS&

CAREWORK

ADVOCATING FOR

SRHR/HIV/GBV


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WHAT RESULTS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED?

Increased number ofsupport groups

Male involvement

Increase on reportedcases

Botswana Government& International worldinvolvement onGBV/SRH/HIV

Increased communityinvolvement

Increase in staff

PROJECTS

:HIV/AIDS

&

CAREWORK



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IMPACT (BASED ON THE SADC PROTOCOLTARGETS)

Articles:20-25; 26; 27 Advocate for Sexual

Reproductive andHealth rights

Eliminate stigma anddiscrimination ofwomen living withHIV.

Ensure provision ofservices

Prevent new infections by2015

Prevention oftransmission of HIVinfection and AIDSamong women, men, girlsand boys

Positive community

responsePROJECTS:HIV/AIDS&

CAREWORK



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SUSTAINABILITY AND REPLICATION

Women Trainers

Documenting cases &sharing information

Producing community

models

Giving your problem ahuman face and voice

Using media as a tool ofadvocacy assist puttingpressure to servicesproviders

PROJECTS:HIV/AIDS&

CAREWORK

ADVOCATING FOR SRHR & GBV


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LESSONS LEARNED

issues of GBV aremulti-faceted

Men and women areequally needed

Community andservice provides

Economicempowerment

It is not easy but it isachievable

Linking services atcommunity level

Volunteerism is achallenge

Dedication and passionPROJECTS:HIV/AIDS&

CAREWORK

ADVOCATING FOR SRHR & GBV


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THANK YOU ANY QUESTIONS?

PROJECTS:HIV/AIDS&

CAREWORK


LOBATSE

FRANCISTOWN

500KM

KHUMAGA

1000KM

TSABONG

500KM

WERDA

350

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