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Women to Women HIV Affected Women Reach Out and Act on PIR. WELCOME TWAMUPANDULA WILKOMMEN. The side panel shows trained community paralegals at work Scenes from Ntengwe’s 2007 docudrama WHEN THE COWS COME HOME. Women to Women HIV Affected Women Reach Out and Act on PIR. Actions
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Women to Women HIV Affected Women Reach Out and Act on PIR WELCOME TWAMUPANDULA WILKOMMEN The side panel shows trained community paralegals at work Scenes from Ntengwe’s 2007 docudrama WHEN THE COWS COME HOME
Women to Women HIV Affected Women Reach Out and Act on PIR • Actions • Local-to-local dialoguesraise joint awareness among stakeholders at all levels • Resolution of property grabbing conflicts at grassroots level • Knock-on autonomous community-initiated meetings and activities • CPOL assistance to trained women – referrals to the Chief and Magistrates court; home-based support and counselling • Monthly watchdog group meetings – rights advocacy and counselling • Trained paralegal in community casework – home visits and family-to-family dialogue
Women to Women HIV Affected Women Reach Out and Act on PIR • Outputs • Within the new outreach areas and through • community dialogue… • 249 women had their property returned, including stands for housing • 148 wrote wills • 103 women obtained birth certificates for their children • 100 women obtained national IDs • > 600 women learned about their constitutional rights • 60 women were trained as community paralegals
Women to Women HIV Affected Women Reach Out and Act on PIR Social Change… • Now • Expansion of awareness • Community skills and ownership • Community safety nets • Coordination between local leaders and community • Discussion and dialogue • Women’s joint labour efforts • ZRP and Magistrate involvement • Long Term • Gain support from government ministries • Leadership in PIR issues • Women in leadership positions • Equal rights for children • Women accessing land • Women exercising their PIR
Women to Women HIV Affected Women Reach Out and Act on PIR THANK YOU TWALUMBA DANKESCHÖN