World Vision 2011 Gender Links Presentation Template_ajw_14030211

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SECOND ANNUAL SOUTHERN AFRICA LOCAL

GOVERNMENT AND GENDER JUSTICE

SUMMIT AND AWARDS

28 30 MARCH 2011

KOPANONG HOTEL, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH

AFRICA

365 DAYS OF LOCAL ACTION TO END GENDER

VIOLENCE: HALVE GENDER VIOLENCE BY 2015

WORLD VISION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EMPOWERMENT

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JECTS:WOMENEMPOWEREMENT


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HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT IDENTIFYINGTHIS PROBLEM?

Participatory rural appraisal methods-during the designing stage (Focusgroups, questionnaires, transect walks,

seasonal calendars, wealth ranking andKey Informant interviews)

Desk Literature reviews

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IS THIS ISSUE IMPORTANT?

No Reliable income for women to meet basicneeds

Lack of access to credit and information onhow to best meet local market demands

with their farm produce Limited access to formal banking and credit

systems. As a result most rely on informalmoney lenders who charge high interestrates, making it virtually impossible for themto improve their livelihoods.

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WHAT IS THE TIME-FRAME FOR THEPROJECT?

Continuous- The project started in 2005and it is continuous depending on availabilityof funding.

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WHO IS THE KEY TARGET? WHO ISINVOLVED? ARE WOMEN AND MEN EQUALLY

INVOLVED?KEY TARGET

Community Women whoare not in business andwho have businesses inthe 55 Tinkhundla(Constituencies, 303chiefdoms and 11municipalities in

Swaziland)22 ADPs ofWorld Vision Swaziland.

WHO ISINVOLVED?

World vision and ten

partners




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PARTNERSHIPS FORMED THROUGH THEPROJECT

NERCHA

UNICEF

ACAT

AMICAAL

CARITAS

COUNCIL OF

CHURCHES

CHURCH FORUM

HAND IN HAND

LDS

MTAD

RED CROSS

SAVE THE

CHILDRENPROJECTS:WOMENEMPOWEREMENT



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RESOURCEFULNESS: WHAT FINANCIAL,HUMAN AND OTHER RESOURCES WERE

MOBILISED?

WVS World Vision Swaziland startedoperating in 1992. WVS has grown from onlytwo CDPs in 1993 with a budget of

US$124,000 to 22 ADPs in 2011 with a totalbudget of US$ 30 million.

Has qualified young and professional staff




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MONITORING AND EVALUATION

WVS provide on-going support and collect monthly statisticsfrom the groups ledger books.

Conduct periodic visits

Follow WVS policies and standards to handle all financial andoperational activities

Best Practices compiled and disseminated Group consultations conducted

Day to day management using the plan of action taken fromthe logical framework

Monthly meetings

Conduct internal and external audits

Conduct reflection and learning eventsPROJECTS:WOMENEMPOWEREMENT



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WHAT RESULTS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED?

Increased Incomes

Improved livelihoods-Food security, access to treatment ,meeting basic needs

Improved market linkages for products

Reduced emotional problems such as stress-Improved selfesteem

Integration with the youth and people living with disabilities

A total of 1971 savings groups have been formed in the four

regions of Swaziland. 14602 females are beneficiaries and

1184 males are beneficiaries. A total of R2, 796,432.15 hasbeen saved as of December 2010.P

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IMPACT (BASED ON THE SADC PROTOCOLTARGETS)

This project is mainly impacting the lives of women economically as accordingto Article 15-19 on productive resources and employment

SME Forums (Small and Micro Enterprise) that we hold periodically in thecommunities the women are able to voice out their frustrations regarding policyrelated issues on economic development such as registration, taxation and theland tenure system. To a certain extent the registration period has finally been

reduced to three weeks.

The constitution of Swaziland now allows that women can access loanswithout husbands consent.

Women now can access land in the rural Swazi nation land without man.

According to Article 26, they can attend to effects of HIV/AIDS be gettingtreatment and taking care of the orphans and vulnerable children as according

to Article 27.PROJECTS:WOMENEMPOWEREMENT



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EFFECTIVENESS

Yes all other organizations including thegovernment of Swaziland and other WorldVision offices internationally are now

implementing the project. The beneficiariesof the project now have improvedlivelihoods. This project is continuing to runeven where World Vision has phased out

their funding.PROJECTS:WOMENEMPOWEREMENT



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SUSTAINABILITY AND REPLICATION This Practice is sustainable and

easier to replicate as it does notneed a lot of funds.

Training of trainers is done andthe trainers form groups on theirown with minimal supervisionfrom World Vision

Operations are simple andtransparent. Effective but verysimple systems of record-keeping

There is flexibility in determiningthe size and terms of savings and

loans. Associations incur very low

management costs,

Clear and formalised systems ofgovernance, enshrined in writtenconstitutions

Clear policies and proceduresrelated to savings, credit and theoperations of a social insurance

fund

Equitable distribution of assets ona regular basis

Effective security of records andcash




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LESSONS LEARNED

Once women have access to income and markets, theyimprove their self worth and move from being unbankable.

Women are good at paying their loans and meeting their familyand community obligations.

Advocacy becomes easier when the women has a self esteem,

they have shown interest in their welfare and are positively

projecting their ad vocative issues well. This project has

produced shy and weak women to be leaders in their

constituencies now and even participate in politics to improve

their standard of living.




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House before

House after



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Items she bought after sharing out




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DISPLAYING IN THE BOTSWANA EXPO



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ENEMPOWEREMENT

RECORDS KEEPING TRAINING


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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTIONANY QUESTIONS?

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ENEMPOWEREMENT


THANK YOU!!!

SIYABONGA!!!

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World Vision 2011 Gender Links Presentation Template_ajw_14030211