From Victims to Change Agents - Young Women Demand Access to Decision Making

Project period:

01.04.2015 - 31.01.2018

Granted amount:

1,423,833,- DKK

Organization:

Global Aktion - Mennesker & miljø før profit

Partners:

Institute for Young Women Development (IYWD)

Pool:

Civilsamfundspuljen

Grant type:

Projekt D (1 - 3 mio)

Efforts take place in:

Zimbabwe

Overall targets

Women are change agents actively participating and influence decision making processes at a local and national level in order for them to access political and socioeconomic rights.

Immediate targets

Immediate Objective 1. By 2017 IYWD is a democratic member driven organisation of actively involved members participating in IYWD decision making processes Immediate Objective 2. The IYWD members are empowered young women able to identify areas for intervention on issues concerning their daily lives and skilled to advocate and push for change. Immediate Objective 3. Capacitated members take action on local issues affecting their lives

Target groups

The primary target group of the project are young women in remote communities that include rural, farming and mining communities of Mashonaland Central province.

Resume

Projektet udføres i et partnerskab mellem Afrika Kontakt og Young Women Development (IYWD). Projektet har til formål at støtte de unge kvindelige medlemmer af Institute for Young Women Development i Mashonaland Central, Zimbabwe i at blive forandringsagenter, der aktivt deltager i og påvirker beslutningsprocesser internt i Institute for IYWD og eksternt i deres lokalsamfund samt at skabe anerkendelse af organisationen som legitimt talerør for unge kvinder i provinsen. Det vil ske ved at udvikle organisationen til at være demokratisk og drevet af et medlemsvalgt lederskab og få sekretariat klædt på til at handle i en demokratisk struktur. Derudover vil lederskab og medlemmer uddannes i at identificere indsatsområder, anvende ikke-voldelige metoder og udøve fortalervirksomhed.