IC Individual Consultant (IC) Capacity Building for Dikgosi on Gender Based Violence... Tender

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Country : Botswana

Summary : IC Individual Consultant (IC) Capacity Building for Dikgosi on Gender Based Violence and the Effective Dispensation of Justice

Deadline : 19 Oct 2018

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 27576945

Document Ref. No. : 50581

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

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Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP)
Botswana
Botswana

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According to the Botswana Gender-Based Violence Indicators Study (2012), 67% of women in Botswana have experienced some form of Gender Based Violence (GBV) in their lifetime including intimate partner and non-partner violence. Women and girls continue to experience domestic violence, brutal murder, rape and unwanted sexual remarks and assault in public. The Nationallegal framework for GBV prevention in Botswana which includes the National Policy on Gender and Development (2016), the Domestic Violence Act (2008), and the National GBV Advocacy Strategy (2016-2020) has attempted to address these challenges through an intensive GBV campaign and targeted programming. National efforts have included community sensitization and mobilization, the development of standard operating procedures and guidelines and technical support for service providers. This response has been implemented in partnership with Civil Society Organizations(CSO) and Development Partners. Despite these efforts, there remain numerous challenges to GBV prevention, such as in adequate protection of GBV survivors, slow prosecutionandlimited data management on GBV. In order to augment these and to strengthen and accelerate GBV Prevention and response, the Government of Botswana in partnership with the United Nations, signed the United Nations Joint Gender Programme (UNJGP) 2018-2020 on the 11th July 2018.The UNJGP is anchored on Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development Botswana, the National Development Goals(NDP)11, Vision 2036, and will strive towards the prevention of GBV and SDG 5 on Gender Equality. The main objective of the Programme is to strengthen and accelerate GBV Prevention and response efforts in Botswana.UNJGP Output 1.1in particular, recognises the importance of advocating for Human Rights and GBV Prevention with Parliament, the Gender Commission and Ntlo ya Dikgosi (Traditional Leaders). Dikgosi have a firm role to play in influencing the development of cultural norms and practices in relati...

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