Gender

About a fifth (about 2 million) of the Bolivian population lives outside the country. 73% of them are in Argentina attracted by the offer of work and income improvement. Many migrants are from rural indigenous areas of Bolivia. If healthcare is available, they face cultural and financial barriers to care due to widespread discrimination and economic instability. This has led to higher rates of teen pregnancy, STI & HIV, lack of access to contraceptives and vulnerability to gender-based violence

Le projet s'inscrit dans une stratégie de lutte et d'élimination des mutilations génitales en Mauritanie ou le taux de prévalence nationale est de 72% avec 5 régions ou le taux de prévalence dépasse 90% : Guidimakha 97.29%, Gorgol 98.14%, Hodh chagui 94.37%, hodh gahrbi 97.58%, Brakna 88.10%, assaba 98.14%. Malgré l'engagement de l'Etat avec une stratégie nationale de lutte contre les MGF depuis 2007. Cette pratique persiste encore avec ses conséquences préjudiciables

At 86%, Sudan has one of the highest prevalence rates of the worst type of FGM in Africa despite efforts to stop it since the 1940's by the British, by doctors and by NGO's. Even the current regime - with poor record on women's rights - has taken actions funded by international donors. But progress is slow and erratic. Sudan's population is getting younger, urban and educated providing a unique opportunity to significantly speed up the abandonment of FGM through youth leadership.

Gender-based violence is unreported or under-reported in many rural parts of the Philippines, coinciding with regions where last mile access to support services for victims is also limited. A major contributor to this problem is the fact that victims have no way and no choice to report incidents or seek help. As a result, authorities and policy makers lack the data to intervene in gender-based violence or improve the services and programs to support victims.

KadAfrica is an innovative agribusiness that uses passion fruit farming to empower out of school girls in Western Uganda. Our innovation “The KadAfrica Experience" provides an end-to-end business solution for girls to become less vulnerable and participate in their local economies. The innovation equips girls with knowledge, skills, and assets to begin their own farms, and they become entrepreneurial leaders generating income through agribusiness.

Eric Kaduru of KadAfrica Estate Limited and John Onekalit of the Kitgum Concerned Women's Association both in Uganda will provide a 12-month, integrated life skills and agricultural training program along with land and seedlings to young refugee women out of school in Uganda to begin their own sustainable passion fruit farming cooperatives. Uganda has accepted many refugees, but also has the world's youngest population and very high unemployment.

Léger Foyet of Population Services International in the U.S. along with the Organization to Advance Solutions in the Sahel (OASIS) and the High Commission of the Nigeriens Nourish Nigeriens agriculture initiative (HC3N) will improve gender equity, nutrition, and access to family planning in Niger. Niger has one of the highest levels of poverty and malnutrition. Women in Niger are usually married before the age of 16 and have on average around eight children. Men generally make the decisions on family planning, and there is limited access to contraceptives and healthcare.

Priya Nanda of the International Center for Research on Women in the U.S. will help young women in India secure decent employment and raise healthy families by giving adolescent girls access to relevant skills, resources, and connections, and engaging schoolboys and male community members to promote gender equality. They will recruit teachers to implement a specialized curriculum in schools, and connect with local businesses to create pathways to employment. Providing women with access to work should improve family health and income as well as promote economic growth and development.

Denise Dunning of the Public Health Institute's Rise Up program's "Let Girls Lead" initiative in the US in collaboration with the Girls' Empowerment Network (GENET) of Malawi, and the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) will develop and test a multi-armed approach to empower girls with information, leadership skills, and support networks to reduce the incidence of child marriage and associated harmful traditions in Southern Malawi. Malawi has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world, with half of all girls married by the age of 18.

Randeep Kaur from Room to Read in India will evaluate a program that teaches life skills, provides mentoring, and establishes community support to ensure girls complete secondary school education and can build healthier lives for themselves and their families. Life skills such as self-confidence and relationship building have recently been shown to boost adult economic outcome. Their Girls' Education Program will be tested in a randomized control trial with over 100 schools in Rajasthan, India, where there is a high incidence of child labor and relatively few girls enroll in school.