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and produces materials in media that rural women can use easily. Information on each thematic area is recorded on tape and also burned onto compact discs for wider use and readership. Some information also is repackaged into radio scripts for local radio stations. Engendering Equality works to improve gender equity by conducting open forums for vulnerable women and girls to advocate against cultural and religious ideologies and practices that enhance the spread of HIV. These include outreach activities such as public gatherings, church meetings, women’s group meetings, workshops and seminars. Women and girls learn about such forums through public announcements, during weekly meetings of Nutritional Field Schools (NFS), and through home visits conducted by community care givers and project volunteers. The meetings are participatory and facilitated by project staff and volunteers. In these forums, people living with and affected by HIV learn about their rights, and women learn about safe and affordable female-controlled prevention methodologies, such as the female condom. Participants are encouraged to learn their HIV status and discuss the role of gender in HIV transmission and prevention. The sessions also equip women with skills in leadership, group formation and information gathering and analysis. Engendering Equality helps increase women’s access to income and productive resources by initiating and managing sustainable incomegenerating activities at the household level. The project helps women understand how poverty increases their risk of being infected by HIV, and vice versa. For instance, poor women are more vulnerable to men’s sexual demands (for example, through financial inducements), which increases their HIV risk. On the other hand, an HIV-positive woman may not be able to engage in productive work, which can lead to financial hardship. The project educates women on these interrelationships and helps them start small businesses and microenterprises. KAIPPG provides direct financial assistance and also links women to microfinance banks/institutions. Engendering Equality addresses food and nutrition security by establishing food gardens in HIV/AIDS-affected households. These gardens help to improve the household’s nutritional status and overall food security, and provide income-generating opportunities for whole families. The project also establishes community-based nonformal learning centers, called Nutritional Field Schools (NFS), in selected sites to teach a variety of skills. Vulnerable women, including older orphans and girls, are selected out of the larger project groups to participate in the NFS through a process jointly developed by KAIPPG and group representatives. Demonstration training gardens are centrally established at each NFS. The participants are taught relevant skills and techniques, including nutrition and patient care skills and how to maximize crop harvests. Small group meetings are held to share experiences, strengthen teams, maintain motivation and relieve stress. When group members harvest their crops, they donate 5 percent of their produce to established cereal banks. Groups are also provided with simple food-processing equipment, such as chippers and oil pressers, to process food products for their own consumption and for sale to improve household income. Finally, the project involves a smaller number of men to encourage women’s participation and enhance joint ownership of the project. In addressing male norms with male beneficiaries, the project sought the buy-in of men to support women’s access to information, participation in project activities, and involvement in income generating activities. Project 48
activities also address male norms around gender equity in wealth distribution, attitudes about monogamy, and knowledge and use of HIVrelated services. Target Audience Primarily women, but also youth and a smaller number of men Level of Intervention • District • Community Geographic Location • Teso • Busia • Bungoma • Kakamega • Mumias Timeframe • Phase 1: 2003–2006 • Phase 2: 2007–2009 (The scale-up of phase 1. Project scope and geographic coverage has been increased in this phase.) Funders • Gender, Agriculture and Rural Development in the Information Society (GenARDIS) Small Grants Fund • National AIDS Control Council (NACC) • Stephen Lewis Foundation Partner Organizations Implementation partners: • Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology • Kenya Agricultural Research Institute • Ministry of Health • Ministry of Agriculture • K-Rep Bank Evaluation partners: • The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) • The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) IMPLEMENTATION AND RESULTS Start-up and Implementation Process The project began with stakeholder mobilization and community mapping through sensitization workshops. Baseline surveys determined current community needs and set baseline indicators. Then, survey findings were disseminated, and KAIPPG and the communities determined project priorities and objectives. The curriculum was then designed with participation of the local community resource persons and project partners. The next step was to establish community learning centers (field schools). Each site serves about 30 beneficiaries using demonstration gardens, microenterprises initiatives and on-site training. Gardens and other microenterprises were later established for individual households. Community members contribute plots both for establishment of family gardens and the field schools. They also contributed their labor in tilling the gardens and their time to participate in the training workshops. 49
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INTEGRATING MULTIPLE GENDER STRATEG
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CONTENTS Acronyms..................
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ACRONYMS AED AEMCI AIDS AMREF AOSCI
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Page 15 and 16: INTRODUCTION The public health and
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collaboration with relevant governm
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involvement in protecting the right
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assertiveness, puberty and gender-b
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traditional practices, and knowledg
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POLYCLINIC OF HOPE CARE AND TREATME
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Partner Organizations Implementatio
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international workshop was convened
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After the session, 100 percent beli
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Gender and HIV component (Sisters-f
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Evaluation Results • Cluster rand
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Rural South Africa: A Cluster Rando
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Program Refe
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character, Matlakala, is in an abus
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society stakeholders. • While eve
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4. Contraception, conception and me
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IMPLEMENTATION AND RESULTS Start-up
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Challenges and Unforeseen Outcomes
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WOMEN’S HEALTH COOP, PRETORIA LEA
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• Periodic household surveys: A b
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Resources Promises an Exciting Year
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stressed families in their home env
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generating activities and home visi
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LESSONS LEARNED AND CHALLENGES Key
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HIV & AIDS COUNSELING AND SERVICES
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Timeframe 1987-ongoing; the current
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multisectoral approach and that res
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Peer educators also aim to increase
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Challenges and Unforeseen Outcomes
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In collaboration with legal organiz
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Replication and Scale-up Activities
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THE SASA! ACTIVIST KIT FOR PREVENTI
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Timeframe 2008-ongoing Funders •
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• Engaging a cross-section of act
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CORRIDORS OF HOPE II LEAD ORGANIZAT
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Geographic Location Seven towns: Ka
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APPENDIX 1: ONLINE SEARCH PROCESS T
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1.10 Does the project address incre
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