{"id":7712,"date":"2025-04-03T10:58:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pathfinder.org\/?post_type=projects&#038;p=7712"},"modified":"2025-04-03T10:58:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:58:57","slug":"pro-femmes-ituri","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/www.pathfinder.org\/projects\/pro-femmes-ituri\/","title":{"rendered":"Strengthening the Protective Environment for Women in Ituri Province (Pro-Femmes Ituri)\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Pro-Femmes Ituri project strengthens prevention of and response to gender-based violence (GBV) to create a protective environment for women in Ituri province, contributing to the eradication of GBV in the DRC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project proposes a dynamic intervention model that reinforces existing achievements and consolidates existing partnerships with communities, government bodies, and bi- and multilateral cooperation agencies. Guided by the principles of Person-Centered Design, the project works toward improving the wellbeing of individuals and communities in all their diversities. Pro-Femmes Ituri strengthens the capacities of care centers in the Bunia health zone by supporting the holistic management of GBV cases through an integrated, multi-sectoral &#8220;services center&#8221; approach. This enables survivors to access services (medical, psychosocial, legal, and socio-economic) at a single location for effective care.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Project Activities<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignfull has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Encourage communities to adopt attitudes and socio-cultural norms that support gender equality and the fight against GBV<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Build stakeholders&#8217; knowledge and capacities in gender, male engagement, positive masculinity, the fight against GBV, advocacy, and community dialogue.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support local organizations in conducting awareness-raising campaigns on gender, combatting GBV, and organizing the digital beneficiary satisfaction survey.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Implement an approach that strengthens the commitment of men and boys.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sensitize communities to promote the green line and the mapping of available GBV services to strengthen the networking of care facilities and local organizations.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong>Ensure community mechanisms for early warning, prevention of, and response to gender-based violence are mobilized and functional in the project area<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Identify, assess, and strengthen existing community-based GBV early warning and monitoring mechanisms.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set up local community surveillance advisors and multi-sectoral committees in Bunia&#8217;s 12 neighborhoods and integrate GBV monitoring into community outreach committees for Bunia&#8217;s 22 health zones.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strengthen referral mechanisms by retraining green line operators, providing psychosocial assistance, facilitating networks among call centers and care facilities, and accompanying survivors of GBV in emergency transport.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong>Increase access to holistic care (medical, psychosocial, legal and protective, and socioeconomic reintegration)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> for GBV survivors<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Strengthen the capacities of clinical providers in medical and psychosocial management of GBV and data management.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strengthen the capacities of public social assistance agents in psychosocial assistance, reintegration and referral through the relaunch of the GBV trainers&#8217; framework, and supervision for quality assurance.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create a network of focal points in each health area to counsel and support GBV survivors.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support the integration of GBV management services in the nine health areas that are not covered, and revitalize the Integrated Multisectoral Services Centers at the Bunia General Reference Hospital.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong>Increase access to holistic care (medical, psychosocial, legal and protective, and socioeconomic reintegration)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> for GBV survivors<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Support the Provincial Division for Gender, Family and Children (DiviGenre), the Provincial Division for Social Affairs (DIVAS) and the Provincial Health Division (DPS) to strengthen support for field workers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monitor interventions by improving the use of GBV data through consolidation of the national GBV database and supporting regular data validation.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Update the map of stakeholders working to combat GBV in Bunia and the surrounding area (local, national, and international).\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":7714,"template":"","class_list":["post-7712","projects","type-projects","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pathfinder.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects\/7712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pathfinder.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pathfinder.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/projects"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pathfinder.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pathfinder.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}