Conflict Response Fund in Burkina Faso

We are working with the Association pour la Promotion Féminine de Gaoua (Association for the Promotion of Women of Gaoua). to address food scarcity and promote women’s rights. Their initiative to create nutritious gardens will not only improve agricultural production but also provide better access to nutritional food for women. They will receive training in mixed farming and organic manuring to provide them with valuable, income-generating skills.  

We are also working to raise awareness about VAW, including issues like forced marriage, witchcraft allegations and domestic violence. Through educational talks and forum theatres, we are organising to promote change in behaviors and advocating for protecting the rights of women and girls in Africa. Our aim is to further contribute to peace, social cohesion, and the need for internally displaced persons and vulnerable women to have access to land after forced displacement.  

Through our work with the Association Munyu des Femmes (Munyu Women’s Association), we are providing holistic care through a listening centre already established by the association to train displaced women to become advocates for change. We are creating “community dialogue groups” comprised of 3 men and 2 women, which will receive training, coaching, and financial support to design and implement action plans to promote women’s rights and positive masculinity in their communities in concrete ways that lead to improved gender relations and positive behaviors.

The project also aims to strengthen the referral network of GBV service providers, improve the management of GBV cases, and provide holistic support for survivors of GBV. Separately, through this partnership, vulnerable women, including IDPs, receive training in life skills and community engagement to improve their self-esteem, self-confidence, and ability to act as agents of positive change in their communities.