Documentation of the event: WenDo Workshop (GIZ Egypt) – 12 female colleagues from GIZ Egypt participated in a basic WenDo training workshop organized in the framework of the GIZ Gender Week 2016. WenDo is a holistic self-defence approach that teaches participants…
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GIZ Benin: Interne Reflexion über Möglichkeiten von Frauenförderung im Programm PDDC/ Réflexion à l’interne du PDDC sur les perspectives de promotion du personnel (hommes/femmes)
Documentation de la manifestation: L’activité a permis d’échanger à l’interne du programme par rapport à l’un des trois objectifs genre 2016 de la GIZ Benin et objectif 4 de la « Stratégie de mise en œuvre « Genre » du département…
Kenya: International Women’s day celebration
When: March 8th Where: Kenyatta International Convention Center With: The Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs This event is held to commemorate the international women’s day, in attendance will be, H.E the First Lady Margret Kenyatta, Director the…
Kenya: The first lady half marathon
When: March 6th Where: Kenya; Nyayo Stadium With: The first lady of Kenya What: Marathon seeks to raise funds to increase access to better health so as to improve the health of mothers and children. Organized and coordinated by the…
GIZ Kenya: Gender mainstreaming in programmes and projects
When: March 22nd Where: GIZ Kenya, Nairobi With GIZ: Kenya Gender Focal Persons and Gender Focal Points from partner organisations What: Gender Training: Gender Focal Persons serve as resource persons within their respective programmes and their partner’s organisations. They are…
GIZ Tunisia: Narcisse
Event Documentation: Around 50 GIZ staff watched the Tunisian movie “Narcisse” followed by a debate with director Sonia Chamkhi and several actors. The movie tells the story of Hind, a 30-year-old actress, who has the lead role in a play…
GIZ Tunisia: Women and (local) politics
Documentation of the Event: Framed by a thought-provoking and informative input by Salwa Kennou, president of the NGO AFTURD and expert on participation of women in (local) politics, around 15 GIZ staff met with several participants in the project “La…
GIZ Benin: « Ensemble pour l’égalité entre les sexes! » « Zusammen für die Geschlechtergleichstellung! » «Together for the gender equality! »
Documentation de la manifestation: « Genre » en tant que thème transversal et l’égalité entre les sexes comme modèle sont partout, aussi là où à première vue on ne le dirait pas. A travers de courtes vidéos les programmes ont…
GIZ Mozambique: Gender Week Events in Maputo and Provinces
Events in Maputo, Mozambique Capital: GIZ’ efforts for gender equality will be celebrated on Thursday, 10 of March in Mozambique’s capital Maputo. During the afternoon, GIZ colleagues will meet in the CaféKULTUR, a small familiar restaurant linked with the Mozambican-German…
GIZ Algeria: Gender-based violence in Algeria in light of new law
When: 6 march, 14-16.00h Where: Algiers Office of GIZ Algeria With: Retired Judge and Assistant Professor at the Algerian School of Magistrates What: Presentation of a new Algerian law incriminating violence against women for the first time in history
GIZ Chad: Workshop on “Gender” and its importance for the GIZ
Gender Activity in N’Djamena, Tchad When: Wednesday, 16th March 2016, 9-11h Where: N’Djamena With: A Gender Focal Point from Cameroon will lead the workshop. (tbd) What: An interactive workshop on “Gender” as a sociological concept and its importance for the…
GIZ Cameroon: « Le Genre en Action / Gender in Action »
Documentation de la manifestation: La 9ème édition de la série d’évènements «Semaine Genre» de la coopération allemande s’est déroulée du 2 au 4 mars 2016. La coopération allemande – à travers la Friedrich Ebert-Stiftung, le Goethe-Institut, la KfW, le DAAD…
GIZ Rwanda and GIZ Burundi: Five Questions to Gender Equality
When: 8 March 2016 Where: Kigali, Rwanda With: all colleagues of GIZ Rwanda and colleagues of GIZ Burundi currently residing in Kigali What: The event „Five Questions to Gender Equality“ creates space for reflection, discussion and exchange of ideas on…
GIZ DRC: Agissons pour l’égalité des sexes en montrant la force des femmes du Congo! Let us take action for sexual equality highlighting the force of women in Congo!
When: 8.3. 15:30-17:30 (reception); exhibition until the beginning of August Where: GIZ Office Kinshasa With: All GIZ employees, German embassy, KfW, political foundations, Goethe Institute What: A la journée mondiale de la femme, il y aura une réception à l’occasion…
GIZ Mali: Renforcement de l’institutionnalisation de la Politique Nationale Genre (PNG) au secteur de de l’Eau et de l’Assainissement au Mali
Renforcement de l’institutionnalisation de la Politique Nationale Genre (PNG) au secteur de de l’Eau et de l’Assainissement au Mali When: 08/03/2016 Where: Ministère de l’Environnement, de l’Eau et de l’Assainissement, Bamako, Mali With: Coalition Nationale de la Campagne Internationale de…
Niger: Les Points Focaux genre communaux au Niger: moteurs de changement au niveau local
LES POINTS FOCAUX GENRE COMMUNAUX AU NIGER: Moteurs de changement au niveau local Pays sahélien, le Niger couvre une superficie de 1 267 000 km2 avec une population estimée à 17 129 076 habitants, une densité moyenne de 13 habitants…
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Marocco: Succes Story d’un projet de femmes appuyé par la GIZ depuis plus d’une décennie
UNION DES COOPERATIVES DES FEMMES DE L’ARGANERAIE TISSALIWINE Participation au concours au concours genre avec la présentation d’une Succes Story d’un projet de femmes appuyé par la GIZ depuis plus d’une décennie : L’UCFA est le fruit du Projet Conservation…
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Zimbabwe: Addressing gender specific needs vs creating space and opportunity to challenge gender roles and promote gender equality
GIZ Zimbabwe –Urban Water and Sanitation Programme –Submission to the Gender Week competition 2016 Addressing gender specific needs vs creating space and opportunity to challenge gender roles and promote gender equality Stephan Lidsba, AV UWSP; Rahel Hermann, Advisor UWSP; Leon…
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Tunisia: Promotion des groupements féminins pour la sécurité alimentaire et la génération de revenus en Tunisie (PFR)
Contexte de la mesure En Tunisie, les femmes assument une part très importante des tâches dans l’agriculture, l’élevage ainsi que dans la transformation des produits agricoles, en dépit de cela, elles restent désavantagées par rapport aux hommes notamment en ce…
Tagged with: Food security
Africa Regional: Farmer Business School: rural women fit for business
Overview Cocoa is one of the main agricultural products and exports of Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Togo and Cameroon. More than three million smallholdings produce 70% of world cocoa supply. Additional agricultural income is derived mainly from food production. The…
Algeria: Projet H’lib Dzair
Projet H’lib Dzair Ensemble pour renforcer et professionnaliser le métier de l’élevage en Algérie Background du projet Avant de présenter l’apport du projet H’lib Dzair dans le cadre de l’égalité des chances entre les femmes et les hommes, nous avons…
Tagged with: Climate Change
Kenya: Energizing Development Kenya Country Programme
ENERGISING DEVELOPMENT KENYA COUNTRY PROGRAMME BY JULIA MAKOKHA AND ANNA INGWE Energising Development (EnDev) is an energy access partnership currently financed by six donor countries – the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Australia, the United Kingdom and Switzerland. The Deutsche Gesellschaft für…
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Senegal: Egalité des genres : Valorisation des activités des femmes rurales au Sénégal: Exemple du projet pilote à Félane
L’accès aux énergies renouvelables : une opportunité pour l’autonomisation économique des femmes rurales Le Sénégal a fait de grandes avancées dans la prise en compte du genre dans les différents secteurs du développement, mais un long chemin reste encore à…
DRC: Engagement du Programme du maintien de la Biodiversité et de la gestion Durable des Forêts en faveur de l’égalité entre les sexes dans la province du Maniema
Engagement du Programme du maintien de la Biodiversité et de la gestion Durable des Forêts (PBF en sigle) en faveur de l’égalité entre les sexes dans la province du Maniema, en République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) 1. Contexte ; La…
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Nigeria: “Watanni Biyu mai Kashe Talauchi” (Hausa for: two months that kill poverty) – Pro-Poor Growth and Promotion Employment in Nigeria
According to the DFID Country Gender Report 2012, Nigeria has one of the lowest rates of female entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa. As micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are an important source of employment and income, especially in rural areas,…
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Cameroon: L’integration du genre dans la gestion et la maintenance des points d’eau comme gage de perennisation et modele de gouvernance locale
Eu égard au rôle prépondérant des femmes dans la tâche quotidienne d’approvisionnement des ménages en eau potable, mais, presque pas impliquées dans le processus décisionnel sur les questions relatives à l’eau, le Programme d’Appui à la Décentralisation et au Développement…
SADC/Botswana: Gender Mainstreaming im grenzüberschreitenden Wassermanagement in der SADC Region
Gender Mainstreaming im grenzüberschreitenden Wassermanagement in der SADC Region Hintergrund Das Management von Wasserressourcen in einer der wasserärmsten Regionen Afrikas ist noch immer vorrangig eine Männerdomäne. Allerdings gibt es große Unterschiede zwischen Frauen und Männern in der Art der Nutzung…
Egypt: Participation through Education: Empowering Egyptian Women Farmers to Gain a Seat at the Table
Country Context: Gender Equality in Egypt From a global and comparative perspective, Egypt does not fare well in regards to gender equality: In the 2014 Human Development Report’s Gender Equality Index, which measures gender disparity in the realm of empowerment…
Burundi: Pour l’égalité des genres et la gouvernance foncière
Le projet foncier de GIZ Burundi : pour l’égalité des genres et la gouvernance foncière Natacha Kashirahamwe est la première femme à prendre le volant des véhicules de la GIZ Burundi, au sein du Projet foncier. Sereine, souriante, elle ne…
Zambia: Reaching the population with information on gender-based violence
The competition entry ”Reaching the population with information on gender-based violence ” from GIZ Zambia can be downloaded here:
Tagged with: Violence against women
Madagascar: Résilience par Chaînes de Valeur
1. Promotion de l’égalité entre les sexes • Contexte : Le Grand Sud, une région où les femmes sont marginalisées Le « Grand Sud » de Madagascar, notamment les régions Androy, Anosy et Atsimo Atsinanana, est la zone…
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Sierra Leone: Gender Commitment of the Small Ruminant Value Chain
The competition entry ”Gender Commitment of the Small Ruminant Value Chain” from GIZ Sierra Leone can be downloaded here:
Tagged with: Economic Empowerment
Uganda: Gender Equality in Uganda
By Victor Ndyabagye & Joseph Oketcho Omalla, GIZ Uganda “Wherever women are deprived of their rights and freedoms, wherever they are humiliated and abused, development is invariably limited,” Angela Merkel, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, at global leaders’ meeting on gender…
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Madagascar: L’egalite, ca marche! Au sein du programme d’appui a la gestion de l’environnement
1. Promotion de l’égalité entre les sexes Contexte A Madagascar, les femmes subissent les effets des pesanteurs socioculturelles et des préjugés sexistes qui entravent le plus souvent leur contribution au développement, elles sont les premières victimes des crises et des…
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Chad: Gestion des eaux de ruissellement dans le Tchad sahélien
Financé par la DDC (Direction de Développement et de la Coopération Suisse) et mis en oeuvre par la GIZ- International Services, il a pour objectif global d’améliorer la sécurité ali-mentaire des populations vivant autour des périmètres des seuils et d’inverser…
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Burkina Faso: 1ère femme chauffeur de la coopération allemande au Burkina
GIZ – Concours genre 2016 Expérience de Mlle Nakoulma 1ère femme chauffeur de la Coopération Allemande au Burkina !!! En réponse à l’appel de la Chancelière Allemande, Angela Merkel, lors de son discours à la réunion des dirigeantes et dirigeants…
Benin: Zusammen gegen sexuelle Belästigung in Familien und Schulen
«A mon retour, mes camarades étaient déjà partis. Le professeur me demanda si j’avais un ami. Il me dit que je lui plais, qu’il a envie de sortir avec moi…» Benin hat alle internationalen Resolutionen und Verträge…
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Benin: Présentation du film “sens inverse” du PDDC « Un film qui agit sur les mentalités »
1. Présentation sommaire du Programme d’appui à la décentralisation et au Dévelop-pement Communal de la GIZ Le Programme bénino-allemand d’appui à la décentralisation et au Développement Communal (PDDC) est un programme soutenu par le ministère fédéral allemand (BMZ) et mis…
Burkina Faso: Renforcement du Leadership féminin: Une approche pour promouvoir la représentation et la visibilité des femmes dans les instances de décision des Collectivités Territoriales
Le « Programme Décentralisation et Développement Communal (PDDC) » est un programme de la coopération allemande, exécuté par la GIZ, qui travaille avec des partenaires étatiques et de la société civile au Burkina Faso. L’approche présentée relève de la…
Egypt: CEYP – Spaces for Civic Engagement and Youth Participation
CEYP started in 2012 as a youth project and by slowly adopting gender sensitive approaches as well as incorporating an additional component on combating sexual harassment in 2014. CEYP has adapted a full fledge gender approach, trying to incorporate our…
Africa Regional: Competitive African Cotton Initiative (COMPACI)
CONTEXT AND INITIATIVE In total 15.4 million people in SSA live directly from cotton production. Against this background, the Competitive African Cotton Initiative (COMPACI) aims at enabling 680,000 small-scale farmers in twelve countries of SSA (Zambia/ Malawi/Mozambique/ Benin/Burkina Faso/Cameroon/Ivory Coast/Ethiopia/Ghana/Tanzania/…
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Senegal: L’intégration du genre dans les documents de la programmation budgétaire au Sénégal
Résumé Le Projet d’Appui à la Planification au Développement et Budget (PAPDEV) est un projet d’appui conseil-technique rattaché au cabinet du Ministère de l’Economie, des Finances et du Plan au Sénégal. Son objectif principal est d’appuyer une meilleure prise en…
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Africa Regional: Access to Finance for African Women – Policy Dialogue
Promoting gender equality The objective of our programmes is to raise awareness among policymakers and relevant stakeholders of women’s distinct financial needs. We promote gender sensitive national financial inclusion processes by building capacity of policymakers and private sector actors to…
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Cameroon: L’implication des hommes, l’accès géographique, financier et socio culturel des femmes et des filles: des atouts pour la planification familiale
Contexte et justification Dans le cadre de l’amélioration de la situation sanitaire des femmes et des enfants et dans le but d’accorder plus d’importance au droit à la santé de la reproduction, le Ministère de la santé publique a adopté…
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Mozambique: Resource Governance Program
1. Förderung der Gleichberechtigung der Geschlechter 1.1 Regionaler Kontext Die aktive Teilnahme von Frauen am öffentlichen Leben ist in weiten Teilen Mosamiks eher die Ausnahme. Im patrilinear geprägten Süden sind Frauen häufig finanziell abhängig von ihrem Partner und verfügen über…
Zambia: Comic of GIZ Zambia Gender Strategy
Background: GIZ Zambia, namely the country director Mr. Thomas Schaef and the Gender working group1 are helping to contribute towards the company wide and Africa Department gender strategies, by promoting gender at country as well as program level and making…
DRC: L’eau potable – Un quotidien au féminin
Au début du projet, les femmes n’étaient pas représentées dans les réflexions concernant le secteur. Mainte-nant, elles jouent un rôle déterminant. (Gertrude Biaya, Point focal Genre au Cadre de Concertation du Secteur de l’Eau, l’Hygiène et l’Assainissement, CSEHA) Dans la…
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South Sudan: Special Initiative Refugees Program (SIR) Gender Equality and Female Empowerment Policy
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY GIZ – SIR Gender Equality and Female Empowerment Policy (2015) identifies gender equality and female empowerment as universally recognized ‘core development objectives, fundamental for the realization of human rights, and key to effective and sustainable development outcomes. Gender…
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Africa Regional: Gender Mainstreaming within the African Peace and Security Architecture
The GIZ Support Project to the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) has supported the KAIPTC in developing a Gender Policy, which was officially launched in September 2014 and is being implemented by the KAIPTC since September. Gender has…
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Ghana: Female Professionals in Electronics – Boosting the number of women in technical professions
Context and Initiative Girls Vocational Training Institutes in Ghana typically offer education and training in female dominated trades only, such as catering, tailoring or cosmetology. The project instead promotes future female professionals in sales, installation and servicing of electronic appliances…
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Madagascar (Antananarivo) – Madagaskar ruft zur Genderstunde
Während der diesjährigen Genderwoche wurden in Madagaskar vom 4 bis 6 März die Gender-Kapazitäten der GIZ Mitarbeiter und Mitarbeiterinnen gestärkt. Ziel der dreitägigen Fortbildung war die Auffrischung des Genderwissens der GIZ-BeraterInnen insbesondere in Bezug auf die GIZ-Genderstrategie. Die vorgestellten Werkzeuge…
Benin (Cotonou) – Celebration of International Women’s Day: Filmscreening “The Other Way Round”
In celebration of International Women’s Day, the GIZ office in Benin screened the film “L’égalité des sexes au Bénin: « sens inverse »,“ to incite discussion about gender roles in Benin. The film, created by the Decentralization Programme in Benin, showed a…
Benin (Cotonou) – Celebration of International Women’s Day by the Programme for Water, Hygiene, and Sanitation (ProSEHA)
The dinner-discussion brought together local authorities in charge of water and health and partners of the Sectorial Programme for Water, Hygiene, and Sanitation (ProSEHA/GIZ). When? 6th of March 2015, 19h30 – 21h30 IMPRESSIONS OF THE EVENT: Highlights of the event…
Benin (Cotonou) – Celebration of the International Women’s Day by the Programme for Decentralization (PDDC)
The main aim of the event is to encourage interest in the theme and reinforce plans for gender advocacy to be executed with partners of the Programme for Decentralization (PDDC). Therefore a questionnaire with ten questions was sent to the…
Zambia (Lusaka) – Breakfast Meeting: Being a professional woman in GIZ Zambia
The Gender Working Group organized a breakfast meeting to commemorate the Gender Week and International Women’s Day by inviting staff members to discuss about being a professional woman in GIZ Zambia. To listen to women’s experiences, they had the opportunity…
Benin (Cotonou) – “Pause détente Genre” – Internal Gender Week celebration of the Programme Promotion of Agriculture (ProAgri)
While ProAgri’s main event for the Gender Week took place in the North of Benin in the form of a workshop to promote female entrepreneurship in the rural area, the office in Cotonou organized an internal celebration. All ProAgri employees…
Uganda (Kampala) – Empowerment of Women and Girls is Progress for All: Three Decades of Gains for Ugandan Women and Girls
IMPRESSIONS OF THE EVENT: Ministry of Energy in Uganda Holds First Gender Day On Friday 6th March, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD), supported by GIZ PREEEP held its very first Gender Day. The event aimed at not…
Egypt (Cairo) – Training of Trainers for Sexual Harassment Activities in Youth Centers
With the support of civil society organsiations, the Ministry of Youth and Sports organized a training of trainers on the topic of sexual harassment. The training aimed at providing the trainers the knowledge on the highly sensitive topic as well…
Tunisia (Tunis) – Spreading the Word about Social Issues Related to Gender Equality
GIZ Tunisia’s gender working group takes the 2015 gender week as an opportunity to spread the word about social issues related to gender equality, such as the so called “gender pay gap”, “sharing domestic tasks”, “gender related violence in daily…
Morocco (Rabat) – Forestry: A Sector also for Women
The High Commissioner of Water and Forest and Combating Desertification, Dr. Abdeladim Lhafi, will open the celebration. Afterwards, the word is given to six young and experienced women working in the forest sector: Some of them at the beginning of…
Tunisia (Tunis) – SEX SELLS – Surtout à Hollywood
Movie evening and debate All GIZ staff in Tunisia is invited to watch a movie that has been part of pop culture in recent years. At the beginning of the evening a vote on the film will be held: “Crazy,…
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Egypt (Cairo) – Interactive Workshop: Women and Water – Role of Women in Cairo’s Informal Area
In the frame of an ongoing empowerment process, the BMZ-financed Water and Wastewater Manangement Programme invites NGO representatives, both men and women, to participate in a one day interactive Workshop to raise awareness on gender related roles and responsibilities in…
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Egypt (Cairo) – Awareness Raising and Promotion of Gender Equality on the Campus of the American University
Exhibition of many international organizations, institutions and donors etc. in the Greek Campus in Cairo on the occasion of International Womens’ day initiated by UN Women. GIZ will have a booth and present gender related activities, short movies, material etc.…
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Egypt (Cairo) – Gender Fair
The BMZ-financed Participatory Development Programme in Urban Areas (PDP) of GIZ Egypt is implementing a gender fair to celebrate international women’s day together with the public in general and the residents of the targeted informal areas in particular. The NGOs…
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Egypt (Cairo) – Where the National Employment Pact (NEP) stands on Gender and the Way Forward
The National Employment Pact (NEP), supported by the BMZ-financed GIZ Labour Market Access Programme (LMAP) is Egypt’s know-how platform for placing job seekers into fair blue collar jobs. After four successful years of offering employment solutions, LMAP is supporting the…
Cameroon (Yaoundé) – Femmes et Filles Fortes 2015: Peace March
The event “Femmes et Filles Fortes” (FFF) contributes towards raising gender awareness in Cameroun for already eight years. The GIZ together with other institutions of the German Cooperation in Cameroun organise a series of activities around the International Women’s Day.…
Cameroon (Yaoundé) – Femmes et Filles Fortes 2015: “Conflicts and Peace Processes”
The 4-day-event “Femmes et Filles Fortes” (FFF) contributes towards raising gender awareness in Cameroun for already eight years. The GIZ together with other institutions of the German Cooperation in Cameroun organise a series of activities around the International Women’s Day.…
Cameroon (Yaoundé) – Femmes et Filles Fortes 2015: “Soil”
The 4-day-event “Femmes et Filles Fortes” (FFF) contributes towards raising gender awareness in Cameroun for already eight years. The GIZ together with other institutions of the German Cooperation in Cameroun organise a series of activities around the International Women’s Day.…
Cameroon (Yaoundé) – Femmes et Filles Fortes 2015: Opening Event and Exposition
The 4-day-event “Femmes et Filles Fortes” (FFF) contributes towards raising gender awareness in Cameroun for already eight years. The GIZ together with other institutions of the German Cooperation in Cameroun organise a series of activities around the International Women’s Day.…
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Mozambique (Beira) – The Impact of Climate Change on Women
In support of the International Women’s Day (8 March), the Adaptation to Climate Change Project in Mozambique (AMC-Moz) organized a public debate about the role of women in climate change, reflecting on how climate change affects women and about their…
Mozambique (Maputo) – Public Debate on Gender Equality
What will happen? a program’s gender focal point -Aurora Foguette- will provide an overview of the GIZ Gender Strategy with regard to southern Africa; a Mozambican sociologist will talk about “what Mozambican men can do for gender equality”; and the leading…
Mozambique (Maputo) – Imagine Gender: Photo Contest on Gender Equality
The GIZ gender week will be the occasion to gain an overview of the integration of gender equality aspects into the programs of GIZ Mozambique and for awareness-raising: The gender focal points of each program will be asked to choose…
Tanzania (Dar-es-Salam) – Power Walk and Introduction to Gender
The gender group will conduct a power walk with new GIZ national and international staff. The idea is to raise awareness of structural differences between men and women in Tanzania. Afterwards, there will be a short time for reflection and a…
Malawi (Lilongwe) – Musical Workshop: Raise Your Voice for Gender Equality!
GIZ Malawi will commemorate the GIZ Gender Week with a musical workshop for young people provided in collaboration with Positivo. Under the banner ‘Raise your voice for gender equality’ (Working Title), the event will enable 30 young people (20 from…
South Africa (Johannesburg) – Roundtable on Women and Agricultural Finance
Unlocking funding and business opportunities for women throughout the agricultural value chain By bringing together gender, agriculture and financing experts, the roundtable discussion aims to unlock funding and business opportunities for women throughout the agricultural value chain. Through this initiative,…
Zimbabwe (Harare) – Positive Masculinities and HIV Prevention
As part of the HIV/AIDS Workplace Programme, the HIV/AIDS mainstreaming officer at the GIZ Zimbabwe country office regularly organizes Staff Sensitization Talks, usually on the last Friday every month. To commemorate the International Women’s Day, the March Staff Talk will…
Rwanda (Kigali) – The Role of Men in Realizing Gender Equality
Awareness raising activities on the role of men in achieving gender equality as a follow-up of the campaign “Proud of Her” initiated in 2014: Warm up questions Film/dokumentary projection Working in groups & discussing the following questions: According to CEDAW,…
Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) – Awarding Improved Cooking and Baking Stoves (ICS) and pico PV systems
EnDev Ethiopia will display its energy-efficient fuel saving stoves and solar devices. Partnering with the responsible Ministry, EnDev Ethiopia will award Tikikil stoves for female officers distinguished as “role models” at the Federal Ministry. When? Friday, 5th of March 2015,…
Burundi (Bujumbura) – Challenging Gender Roles: Short film featuring GIZ colleges
GIZ Burundi is producing a short film starring colleagues from all projects who answer the same 5 questions. The short film will then be used as an introduction to a series of discussion rounds during the gender week. When? 3rd,…
Benin (Cotonou) – Girl’s Day
The decentralization program accompanies its partner ministry to organize a girl’s day.
Senegal (Dakar) – Engagement in Gender Mainstreaming
Turnip greens yarrow ricebean rutabaga endive cauliflower sea lettuce kohlrabi amaranth water spinach avocado daikon napa cabbage asparagus winter purslane kale. Celery potato scallion desert raisin horseradish spinach carrot soko. Lotus root water spinach fennel kombu maize bamboo shoot green…