CESC brings together IGUAL Programme partners to reflect on implementation results

In the first week of September 2024, partners of the IGUAL Programme met in Maputo for the programme’s third learning event. The meeting was an opportunity for joint reflection on the results achieved, the challenges faced and the lessons learned during implementation.

The event took place at a time when some of the 18 partners had already completed, or were completing, the projects funded by CESC through the IGUAL Programme. The meeting therefore also served as a platform to discuss exit strategies.

Sharing results

On the first day, participants held group reflections and shared products and results achieved in the areas of human rights advocacy, democracy and governance.

GCR’s PEUP project

With support from CESC, through the IGUAL Programme, Girl Child Rights (GCR) implemented the PEUP Project, dedicated to the prevention and elimination of early unions in the districts of Tambara and Macossa, in Manica province.

Using a remote case management system, the project:

• strengthened the CCPCs;
• raised awareness in schools and communities;
• trained men, women and children on gender-based violence and ways to prevent it;
• encouraged the reporting of cases in the communities.

About the IGUAL Programme

Since July 2021, CESC has implemented the IGUAL Programme, focused on promoting human rights and democracy, with funding from the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Running for five years, the programme works in the provinces of Cabo Delgado, Manica, Sofala, Tete and Zambézia, and also promotes national-level actions to influence policies related to human rights, governance and democracy.

For GCR, the learning event was an occasion to share with the other partners the PEUP experience of working with the communities of Tambara and Macossa against early unions.

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