Breaking the cycle of gender violence

Summary

The project equips local leaders with adequate information to enable them collaborate with marginalized peasant women in opening up discussion on gender violence and offering abused women safe haven. progress report read updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

In Kenya, over 48% of women have experienced some form of violence in their lifetime, 25% of 12-24 year olds lost their virginity by force while over 60% of victims did not report to anyone. The project will strengthen gender violence victims' resolve to break the silence, offer medicolegal care and trauma counseling. It will tap talents, resources and skills of community gatekeepers and increase their collective power in dismantling cultural attitudes that subject women to violence.

Activities

We will offer medicolegal and counseling care to victims, rebuild their self-esteem and build their individual capacity to intervene in identifying workable solutions. Creating space for discussion will ensure men are involved in abolishing the norm

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: £4,783
Remaining Goal to be Funded: £18,124
Total Funding Goal: £22,907

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The project will incorporate the support of community gatekeepers in addressing the denial surrounding violence by creating access points within the community that enhance members' ability to find help and connect to social networks.

Project Message

"Dad said it was OK to beat a girl. My peers sided with him. I changed my mind when my baby sister was gang raped and left for dead. She is now HIV+. I believe this project will change how men think."
- Sebastian Okere, Beneficiary of a "Man2Man Empowerment" training

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Stella Amojong,
Program Coordinator
Cherangany Road, Opp. NCPB, Moi's Bridge
P.O BOX 1439
ELDORET, RIFT VALLEY, 30100
Kenya
+254-720-846605
Email:

Project Sponsor

Ashoka Innovators for the Public (nominal)

Organisation

Grassroots Empowerment Initiative (GEMINI)
Cherangany Road, Opp.NCPB, Moi's Bridge
P.O Box 1439
ELDORET, RIFT VALLEY PROVINCE 30100
Kenya
+254-720-8446605

Learn more about Grassroots Empowerment Initiative (GEMINI) and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Kenya and can also be found under Human Rights.

For more information about Kenya, read the Human Development Report on Kenya or the Wikipedia entry for Kenya.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on October 26, 2011.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on January 16, 2007.

Latest Update from the Field

Broken hearts

By Stella - Director, October 26, 2011 11:13 PM

Hey friends,

This month marked a rather sad turning for our fight against domestic violence. One of our activists, Chelimo, was brutally attacked by her husband. She lost two teeth and is currently admitted in hospital.

Her active participation has seen us organize several outreach campaigns in her rural village, Kapkoi, where violence had been on the increase.

With the support of a local religious organization, GEMINI was able to organize a two-day home visit for project beneficiaries, provide counseling and trauma support for women victims.

"We are happy that natural networks like churches are joining the fight against this vice," says Fr Koech of St Monica parish. "This is not only a social issue but also a spiritual one that could help us strengthen our relationships with God."

The campaign, slated to be officially kicked off next month, targets to reach 25 local churches. Religious leaders will be trained and equipped with the requisite skills to enable them tackle domestic violence from the puplit.

GEMINI will be instrumental in providing logistical support and linking the leaders to resources and other information necessary to make the campaign successful.

We continue to thank each one of you for your continued efforts in supporting us, even in times of calamity, like Chelimo's case. She has promised to be stronger and more focussed in her quest to seek social justice.

Again, our sincere gratitude to each one of you...please keep up the great work..

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