HAOUA
Alliances and Sisterhood of defenders of women’s rights in Mali and Algeria
Project's duration
Start date
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Countries
- Algeria
- Mali
Beneficiaries
- Women
- Youth
Donor
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Main Theme
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SDGs
SDG 16: Peace, justice and strong institution
Attachments
Partners
- Association Malienne des Droits de l’Homme – AMDH (Mali)
- Women In Law and Development in Africa – WILDAF (Mali)
- SOS Femme en Détresse – SOSFeD (Algeria)
- Femmes algériennes revendiquant leurs droits – FARD (Algeria)
Description
The project is part of the promotion and protection of human rights and more specifically of human rights defenders of women’s rights in Algeria and Mali.
Built on a participatory and network modality, the project contributes to actively support an effective and efficient protection and defence of women’s rights in order to promote the recognition of the status of human rights defenders and to promote women’s rights.
In cooperation with local multi-sectoral actors, the project supports a gender equality approach by preventing discriminatory behaviour.
Goals
To support the protection of women human rights defenders and organisations working for women’s rights in Algeria and Mali, and more specifically to strengthen women’s rights in the two countries by increasing the knowledge and skills of human rights defenders and developing the membership of new women’s rights actors within civil society.
Activities
- Support for the protection of human rights defenders
- Training for care and treatment professionals in cooperation with civil society organisations in therapeutic networking
- Self-defence of women’s collectives
- Strengthening of CSOs on gender issues
- Gender media training
- Advocacy for the recognition of the status of human rights defenders
- Awareness-raising within civil society organisations and universities
- Organisation and broadcasting of radio programmes on community and national radio stations
- Organisation of cascade grants
- Organisation and management of round tables on Islam/modernity
Output and results
Mechanisms and tools for the protection of women’s rights defenders implemented and made operational
- Approximately 200 women in distress received shelter as well as legal and psychological assistance services
Skills of human rights defenders and civil society actors strengthened in terms of women’s rights
- More than 75 persons trained on women’s rights issues
- At least 5 advocacy tools produced, published and distributed (over 5,000 copies)
Multi-sectoral actors sensitized on issues of discrimination against women, supporting human rights defenders in their advocacy for women’s rights
- More than 50 awareness-raising events on gender issues (2,000,000 people reached)
- 16 micro awareness-raising projects on women’s rights in Mali implemented by women’s associations and women’s groups
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