DFID Social Development Advisor in Rwanda, Zaza Curran said that the project will be implemented by Action Aid Rwanda, a non-governmental organization alongside different other stakeholders in Rwanda including local governments in four 4 districts where the project will operate. <\/p>\n
She was speaking on Tuesday when Action Aid Rwanda officially launched two projects to address sexual and reproductive health rights and gender-based violence. The two projects launched are Speak Out that will be targeting girls between 9 and 18 years and Strengthening Women Advocacy (SWA) Project. This will be focused on strengthening the effectiveness of women organizations\u2019 advocacy to advance Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR). <\/p>\n
Mrs Zaza says that DFID targets to deal with the challenges facing young women up to adulthood, cooperating with families to find sustainable solutions to the identified challenges. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a 1,300,000 Euros funding that will be utilised in a period of four years. Action Aid will implement the project in collaboration with different other partners in the country in order to eradicate violence through Tinyuka Uvuge project.\u201d She said. <\/p>\n
Action Aid Rwanda Director Josephine Uwamariya said that Speak Out project will be working to empower girls and women with life skills and build self-confidence which will help young women facing violence to speak their problems out. <\/p>\n
\u201cI thank Action Aid for thinking of such a project that empowers girls to find solutions and keep their dignity. Empowerment and dignity if girls and women should be a concern for all of us,\u201d She said. <\/p>\n
However, she said that the journey is long but there is need for working together to achieve and ensure that girls and boys are on the same page. She noted that this project is one of the forces going to help them in preventing SGBV and its other forms. <\/p>\n
Among the maintargets of for Speak Out project is 5600 girls, community members and women rights organisations to have increased willingness, confidence and ability to report and respond to cases of violence in Karongi, Nyanza, Gisagara and Nyaruguru districts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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