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CARE Ethiopia has been implementing its Female Genital Cutting (FGC) Project in Afar Region, with Austrian funding through CARE Austria, since 2003. The project implements an integrated comprehensive strategy focusing the elimination of FGC and other HTP, realization of human rights, promotion of healthy and safe reproductive health practices, awareness and prevention of HIV and strengthening the community based health system. The project has made significant strides towards achieving its objectives, and intends to use the proposed 12-months consolidation period to harness institutionalization of anti-FGC positive policy changes and stakeholder engagement towards the realization of women’s reproductive health rights and livelihoods security.
In the context of the original impact goal of the FGC project, i.e., improving the health and social status of Afar women and girls through eliminating the practice of female genital cutting and improving access to quality health services and income by 2006, the consolidation phase will focus on three interrelated issues (corresponding to project objectives): Stability and security of the social and financial base of Women and Girls’ Anti-FGC Clubs/Groups, Responsiveness of local (traditional, statutory) governance processes to women security and rights through an established institutional framework and Effectiveness of community-based health systems and their linkage to Woreda health services for sustained technical support.
Over the full life of the project (CY 2003-2006), an estimated 75,000 women and men living in targeted woredas will directly benefit from project interventions, while approximately 1.4 million people will indirectly benefit through regional advocacy interventions.
At the end of the proposed 12 months consolidation period, it is expected that a new law criminalizing FGC practices in Afar Region will have been adopted following a systematic, multiple stakeholder review process involving pastoral women’ institutions (such as Anti-FGC groups and networks). Furthermore, due emphasis will have been put on operational mechanisms and capacities required for the implementation /enforcement of anti-FGC policy and law. Such mechanisms will include woreda gender equity affirmative plans, community- based health systems. Ultimately, the project will leave target women more equipped and purposefully positioned to challenge institutions and governance systems that perpetuate women marginalization and rights denial.
Interventions of the consolidation phase will emphasize tailored training, organizational and institutional capacity building and linkage support. Other key project activities will include planning, facilitating and documenting advocacy initiatives and providing technical support to post workshop action plans.
CARE’s country strategy has, as part of its focus, community empowerment and policy advocacy, and firmly ascribes the CARE International principle of ensuring accountability and promotion of responsibilities amongst community development stakeholders. The proposed consolidation phase of the FGC project is an excellent materialization of such commitment, emphasizing collaboration and coordination between communities, traditional and religious leadership and authorities for the fulfillment of women rights.
01.01.2006 - 31.12.2006
Austrian Development Agency (ADA), CARE Österreich
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