The 11th of October marked the world International Day of the Girl Child (IDGC) as declared by the United Nations in 2011. It is a key Global observance which is dedicated to the observation and recognition of the girls’ rights and the unique challenges they face. This 2020 IDCG was commemorated under the theme, “My […]
We held our celebrations of the #IDGC2020 International Day of the Girl Child on the 9th of October at Seke 2 High School. FAWEZI invited girls and boys from schools under – School Related Gender Based Violence -A Whole School Approach -Pilot Initiative project. Amid the COVID -19 pandemic, lock-down, prolonged school closure, current absence […]
From the 28th to the 30th of September 2020, FAWEZI in partnership with Action Aid Zimbabwe, Leonard Cheshire Disability Zimbabwe and Aids Counselling Trust conducted project exit meetings in Hopley, Chitungwiza and Shamva respectively. These meetings were held so as to officially close the Empowered Adolescent Girls for Improved Quality of Life Project with the […]
On the 19th and 20th of August 2020, FAWEZI in partnership with Action Aid Zimbabwe, Leonard Cheshire Disability Zimbabwe and Aids Counselling Trust held an Sexual and Reproductive Health outreach/ mobile clinic at the Sharon Cohen School in Chitungwiza. The main objective of the outreach was to give adolescent girls access to holistic services (SRHR, […]
FAWEZI conducted zoom dialogues on the 30th and 31st of July with adolescent girls in Chitungwiza and Shamva to schools to discuss topics around menstrual hygiene management, Violence Against Women Girls (VAWG) and Sexual Reproduction Health Reproductive (SRHR) issues in light of the current COVID 19 lockdown. The girls outlined challenges they were facing which […]
FAWEZI ,in partnership with Action Aid Zimbabwe, Aids Counselling Trust and Leonard Cheshire Disability Zimbabwe , handed over television sets and G and C room equipment to ten project schools in Shamva and Chitungwiza on the 18th and 26th of August 2020 respectively. The main aim was to support the vision of the Ministry of […]
FAWEZI held codes of conduct planning meetings on the 31st of August in Shamva with 5 project schools and on the 11 of September in Chitungwiza. The aim of the meetings was to equip the core teams with knowledge on how to develop school level Codes of Conduct in line with existing national and International […]
On the 25th and 31st of August ,FAWEZI facilitated School Related Gender Based Violence (SRGBV) referral pathway meetings between school heads from project schools and the CSO’s working in the Shamva and Chitungwiza Districts. The meetings were to connect the schools to the service providers and also establish the existing referral pathways in relation […]
On the 21st of September FAWEZI successfully held a Stakeholder meeting in the Muzarabani District to introduce the Project – “Prevention and Social Norms to End Violence against Women and Girls – Spotlight Initiative. FAWEZI signed a MoU with the Muzarabani Rural Council to kick start the implementation of the project . FAWEZI will be […]
From the 28th of September to the 2nd of October FAWEZI rolled out the Tuseme/Speak out Girls Empowerment model to the five project schools in the Rushinga District. We used theater performances to help the girls and boys to identify challenges that hinder their academic performance and also come up with solutions to them. We […]