Gender-Based Violence: Other USAID Activities
Below is a list of activities on gender-based violence funded by USAID offices other than the Office of Women in Development (WID). Click here for a list of WID-funded activities.
Many South African communities have come to accept violence as a part of their
reality. More than 95 percent of rural abuse and rape cases
aren't even reported. When they are, forensic evidence must
be collected using rape kits that police often neglect to provide
to doctors. And if evidence is collected, it may be sent to
the country's only forensic laboratory which may take a year
to return results. Read
more...
As head of the Rape Survivors Unit of Umlazi Public Hospital,
Dr. Mohomed works in coordination with Childline South Africa,
an organization supported by USAID. Childline provides Dr.
Mohomed with social workers to interview victims, counsel
them and help them obtain short- and long-term care. Read
more....
Bogalech Alemu has mobilized organizations and established
groups to stop early marriages, contributing significantly
to halting more than 16,000 marriages over a two-year period.
Read
more....
Maryam Sheikh Abdi built upon her personal experiences to
help end the practice of female genital cutting/mutilation
in Kenya. Read
more....
USAID offers healthcare and counseling to thousands of rape
victims in DRC. Read
more....
President Bush announced approximately $55 million to support
women's justice and empowerment in Africa. This initiative
will work to assist the existing efforts in Benin, Kenya,
South Africa, and Zambia to combat sexual violence and abuse
against women, and empower them in society. As the programs
in these four nations develop, their successes will produce
a ripple effect through other countries in their regions.
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White House Press Release
USAID Remarks at theCommunity Court Handover-Mankweng, Limpopo Province, May 22, 2007
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