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EMPOWER WOMEN
EMPOWERING RURAL WOMEN AND GIRLS TO CHALLENGE VIOLENCE THROUGH HARMFUL CULTURAL PRACTICES IN CAPRIVI REGION
WE IDENTIFIED HARMFUL CULTURAL PRACTICES AS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS THROUGH:
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Womens Rights and Writing workshops Womens Rights and Photography workshops Participatory field research
EMPOWERING RURAL WOMEN AND GIRLS TO CHALLENGE HARMFUL CULTURAL PRACTICES
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WE ARE ADDRESSING THIS PROBLEM THROUGH THE CAPRIVI FOR WOMENS RIGHTS PROJECT
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Building womens leadership and creative expression Building local womens groups Regional and Community Dialogues Development of Educational and Advocacy Materials Media Work Ongoing Participatory Research
EMPOWERING RURAL WOMEN AND GIRLS TO CHALLENGE HARMFUL CULTURAL PRACTICES
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2006 -2009: Writing Workshops, Research, Materials Development 2010 2011: Regional and Local Training, Advocacy
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Involvement of men:
Men were engaged as traditional leaders, teachers, pastors, husbands, members of regional and local councils as well as relevant state agencies and NGOs
EMPOWERING RURAL WOMEN AND GIRLS TO CHALLENGE HARMFUL CULTURAL PRACTICES
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Village level: Traditional leaders / courts Schools and Clinics Civil society Regional level: Caprivi Regional Council Katima Mulilo Town Council NGOs and state agencies Media
Funds from donors Leadership and activism by local facilitators Local volunteers mobilised through womens groups Public support and organisational assistance from the Regional Office Support from regional NGOs with advocacy amongst their constituencies Support from state agencies with distribution of advocacy materials
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LESSONS LEARNT
The importance of participatory research that builds local knowledge and empowers rural and marginalised women to examine and critique their own culture as a first step towards personal and socio-cultural change
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The importance of going beyond a human rights/womens rights framework and engaging in feminist analysis and critique of patriarchal discourses, practices and institutions as they relate to the issue of culture
The need to engage men, including traditional leaders, in processes of cultural change Womens empowerment, voice, creative expression and activism must lie at the heart of the transformation process. Socio-cultural transformation is a long-term process requiring sustained engagement as all levels.
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