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ECW Annual Report 2012
ECW Annual Report 2012
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I. II. III. IV. V. VI. Introduction Empowerment Center for Women (ECW) Background ECW Strategic Plan ECW in 2012 ECW Advocacy and Coordination Next Steps
I. Introduction
Empowerment Center for the Women (ECW) has introduced the annual reporting systems to ensure recording of the organizations activities, achievements as well as discussing its future plans. The ECW Annual Report is also an important means of sharing information with the organizations beneficiaries and stakeholders. Through the Annual Report, ECW tries to ensure the organization is accountable towards the donors, supporters and beneficiaries as well as the information sharing is transparent and up to date. Through the Annual Report 2012, ECW will highlight its key initiatives and achievements. For example, ECW went througha transition process in coordination with its Executive Board Members and core team members to bring a shift in ECWs work from service delivery to more right based approach. In this report, ECW will also highlight its key achievements by implementing number of strategic projects as per ECWs priority goals. ECW will also share its future plan and area of focus for the year 2013. ECW would like to thank the organizations donor agencies that financed the organization for implementation of very important projects. ECW would also like to thank the Executive Board Members who have supported ECWs work throughout the period since establishment as well as during the year 2012. ECW also appreciate the hard work and dedication of ECW staff members and look forward to their similar contribution in the coming years.
Bringing standard at work and practice 5. NON -DISCRIMINATION No one is excluded on the basis of disability, race, gender and other human diversities E. Area of Coverage Central Zone Northeast Zone North Zone East Zone Kabul, Panjsher, Parwan, Kapisa, Ghazni, Bamyan Kunduz, Takhar, Baghlan, Badakhshan Balkh, Faryab, Jawzjan, Samangan Nangarhar, Laghman, Kunar
Under each strategic goal, ECW has identified strategic objectives that will help the organization plan activities, raise funding, and design projects. The new ECW Strategic Plan enables ECWs focus in the areas of annual work planning, monitoring and evaluation and external audit. ECW will also use the mentioned tools in order to successfully implement its strategic plan.
Donor Agency
Implementation Places
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Internship, Computer USAID-RAMP Trainings and Sport UP East Programs for Youths Institutional Support Grant Counterpart International Womens Access to Justice Model Community Program
Parwan, Panjshir
Kapisa
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Kunduz, Takhar, Baghlan, Badakshan Asia Foundation Kunduz Center, Ali Abad, Khan Abad, Imam Sahib,Qala-e-Zal districts National Kunduz Center, 3716 Endowment for Khan Abad, Democracy Imam sahib (NED) Districts Takhar Center, GulfiganFarkha r Districts Baghlans Center, Dushi, Baghlanha Districts Afghan Kunduz City, 40 Education Imam Sahib, Program (AEP) Khan Abad, Ali Abad Districts Kabul Ariana Foundation
20 Districts of five provinces 5001
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7417
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9011 individuals have benefited and participated in ECW Projects during the 2012 including 5001 males and 4010 females. Around20 districts in five provinces of the country have been covered by ECWs projects during the year 2012. Nine trainings on basic report-writing, basic management, basic communication, leadership, planning, dispute resolution, CV writing and Interview were conducted for 18 internees including 9 males and 9 females in covered provinces by the project including Panjshir, Parwan and Kapisa within six months of the project Technical assistance in terms of writing project proposal, support in generating narrative reports, gender mainstreaming as well as technicalassistance in accounting and financial management has been provided for CSSCs and CSOs. ToTs trainings were conducted for trainers in terms of engagement and marriage, importance of marriage and birth registration, dowry (Mahr) maintenance, polygamy, wife and husbands relationship, and childs guardianship.
C. Projects Details 1. Gender Development Projects Title Projects Goal Projects Duration Covered Areas Donor Projects Aim: The projectWomens Access to Justice Model Community Program was an awareness-raising project focusing on womens rights and increasing their access to justice. This project was implemented in Kunduz province covering Kunduz Center, Ali Abad, Khan Abad, Imam Sahib and Qala-e-Zal districts. The project aim was increasing womens awareness about their rights organizing series of training sessions. Projects Achievements: Training of Trainers (TOT) trainings regarding relevant legal terms and topics such as engagement and marriage, importance of marriage and birth registration, dowry (Mahr) upholding, polygamy, wife and husbands relationship, childs guardianship. 9 Womens Access to Justice Model Community Program To improve access to justice for women in Kunduz province 25/11/2011-24/11/2012 Kunduz Center, Ali Abad, Khan Abad, Imam Sahib and Qala-e-Zal districts Asia Foundation
Most of the trainings targeted housewives and unemployed women to raise their awareness on their legal rights. Throughout the project meetings among CDGs members were held to discuss challenges faced by women and find way to tackle them. Projects Beneficiaries: The total number of projects beneficiaries was up to 200 women. 2. Access to Justice Public Awareness-Raising on EVAW Law To advocate protection of womens rights and struggle on violence against women within Afghan Law. 01/06/2012-30/12/2012 Kunduz Center, Khan Abad and Imam sahib Districts Takhar Center, Gulfigan and Farkhar Districts Baghlans Center, Dushi and Baghlanha Districts National Endowment for Democracy (NED)
Projects Title Projects Goal Projects Duration Covered Areas Donor Projects Aim:
The Project Public Awareness-Raising on EVAW Law was implemented by ECW in Northeastern zone of Afghanistan covering Kunduz, Takhar, Baghlan provinces. The project aimedwas public awareness and enlightening peoples minds on EVAW Law, ending violence against women, supporting women victims and raising voices over the cases of violence against women. The project objective was also to establish an advocacy group to advocate for EVAW law implementation in Kunduz, Takhar and Baghlan provinces, organize training workshops and conduct awareness raising sessions. Projects Achievements: Nine trainings for 3 established Advocacy-groups members on communication, generalities of management and leadership to improve their leadership and communicative skills in the covered provinces by the project were conducted during the project period. 11 Advocacy-groups internal meetings were organized in the mentioned provined to discuss ways advocating for ending violence against women, raising awareness and asking for EVAW law implementation. 12 Advocacy-groups external meetings with governmental local offices in the mentioned provinces.
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348 public awareness sessions on EVAW Law in three provinces throughout the project.
Projects Beneficiaries: Number of the total beneficiaries of the project reaches to 7417 people out of which 3716 people are males and 3701 are females. 3. Investing in People Internship, Computer Trainings and Sport Programs for Youths To create employment opportunity and initiate peace campaign for youths by providing a component of capacity-building through internship, computer trainings and sport tournaments during one year time period of project 01/01/2012-31/12/2012 Parwan, Kapisa and Panjshir provinces USAID-RAMP UP East
The project entitled as Internship, computer Trainings and Sport Programs for Youths was a capacity-development and recreational initiative. This was an attempt to improve employment opportunities through trainings on computer programs, internship and providing recreational and sport facilities for Afghan youths both males and females. The aim behind implementation of this project was improving youths skills and knowledge in computer programs and through providing internship opportunities as well as providing a recreational space through conduction of numerous sports tournaments in three provinces including Parwan, Kapisa and Panjshir provinces. Projects Achievements: Nine trainings on basic report-writing, basic management, basic communication, leadership, planning, dispute resolution, CV writing and Interview were conducted for 18 internees including 9 males and 9 females in covered provinces by the project including Panjshir, Parwan and Kapisa within six months of the project Five computer training courses were conducted for 120 youths including 60 males and 60 females surrounding Windows, MS Word, MS Excel, MS, PowerPoint, MS Access within six months of the project in the covered provinces stated as above. 14 sports tournaments were conducted for 1176 youths in three covered provinces of the project. 11
Good relationships were established with line departments in three provinces covered by the project Number of qualified workforce has increased in covered provinces through implementation of this project. Projects internship and computer trainings beneficiaries will be hired by governmental and non-governmental administrations as qualified workforce of the market in three covered provinces by the project who will economically help their families as active members of their households. Covered youths by the project tournaments in three provinces were Number of qualified female workforce was increased in the labor market of three provinces covered by the project
Projects Beneficiaries: The total number of the beneficiaries of this project reached to 1314 youths in three covered provinces by the project out of which 69 were females. 4. Good Governance Civic Education through Regional Radio and Theater performance To use radio programming in order to provide messaging and information on civic education issues in particular the duties of government and rights of citizens. May/2012-June/2014 Kunduz City, Imam Sahib, Khan Abad and Ali Abad Districts Afghan Education Program (AEP)
The project Civic Education through Regional Radio and Theater Performance is a civic education project. This project aims at peoples awareness raisingregarding good governance, civic rights, civic educations, rights of citizens and the role of the government. The areas which are covered by the project are consisted in; Kunduz City, Ali Abad, Khan Abad and Imam Sahib districts. Accomplished Tasks: Approximately 12 listening sessions were conducted for the projects beneficiaries within this phase of the project, out of which 4 listening sessions were conducted for males and 8 for females. Projects Beneficiaries:
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Totally, 80 people were benefitted from this phase of the project, out of which 40 were males and 40 were females. 5. Organizational Development Institutional Support Grant To Enable Afghan Citizens to more effectively participate in the political process, solve community problems, and demand good governance from their leaders. 01/10/2011-30/09/2012 Kunduz, Takhar, Baghlan and Badakshan Counterpart International
Projects Title Projects Goal Projects Duration Covered Areas Donor Projects Aims:
The Institutional Support Grant was a capacity-building project implemented in north zone of the country covering Kunduz, Takhar, Baghlan and Badakshan provincesaimedonECW capacity-building as well as CSSCs and CSOs partners considering their needs and requirements. Through this project ECW has launched a series of trainings and provided technical assistance as well as built networking among the partners and stakeholders for the purpose of developing skills and capacities of both ECW and the partner CSSCs and CSOs. Projects Achievements: Provision of technical assistance in terms of writing project proposal, support in generating narrative reports, gender mainstreaming as well as technical assistance in accounting and financial management has been provided for CSSCs and CSOs through this project. Capacity of CSSCs and CSOs were built by the project implementation through conducting series of training workshops in terms of budgetary process, citizen report card and social audits, civil society and community, need assessment of community, role and functions of gender focal-point, M&E, gender awareness and mainstreaming and so on. Through implementation of this project, number of targeted CSOs reached to 20 Civil Society organizations. Community was mobilized through conduction of dialogue sessions with the aim of engaging people in community problems identification, prioritization and policy reform. Functionality of Resource Center was strengthened for provision of better services for client CSO
Projects Beneficiaries: 13
ECW staff ECWs targeted CSSCs in Takhar and Badakshan provinces ECWs targeted CSOs in Kunduz province Community people including both males and females in Khan Abad, Ali Abad and Imam Sahib Districts for dialogue sessions.
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As per ECWs Strategic Goals: vi. Working towards designing programs as per strategic goals vii. Womens economical empowerment viii. Civic education ix. Media awareness, x. CSOs Capacity development xi. Access to Justice and Rule of Law xii. Peace Building
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IX. Acknowledgment
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