Together Against Violence – Women of Bolivia: Your Rights, Your Budget


Reporting Organization:Oxfam-Quebec
Total Budget ($CAD):$ 7,260,000
Timeframe: January 28, 2019 - October 30, 2023
Status: Implementation
Contact Information: Unspecified

Partner & Funder Profiles


Reporting Organization


Oxfam-Quebec

Participating Organizations


Funders (Total Budget Contribution)


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Location


Country - Total Budget Allocation


Bolivia - $ 7,260,000.00 (100.00%)

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Areas of Focus


Other - Total Budget Allocation


Law, Governance & Public Policy (36 %)

Financing for Development (27 %)

Sexual & Gender-based Violence (22 %)

Human Rights, Advocacy & Public Engagement (15 %)

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Description


This project aims to reduce and prevent violence against women in Bolivia and improve public services at the municipal level, in order for them to better respond to the needs of women. Violence against women is the main obstacle to women’s ability to exercise their rights, to gain autonomy at the economic, social and political level and to contribute to the country’s development. The project focuses on the transformation of social and cultural attitudes in order to reduce the social acceptability of violence against women and youth. It also strengthens the capacities of key stakeholders at the municipal level in budgeting techniques in order for these to integrate the needs of women and girls. The activities of the project include the development and implementation of: 1) awareness-raising campaigns on beliefs/attitudes targeting youth and teachers; 2) a training program on leadership organized for young women and strategic allies; 3) a program and tools to strengthen the competencies of civil society leaders and municipal decision-makers in gender-sensitive budgeting; 4) a digital platform on the budget and municipal services as a means for fostering greater interaction between civil society and the municipalities targeted by the project. The project is being implemented in seven municipalities of the metropolitan regions of La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz, which represent 40 % of Bolivia’s population, or about 4.2 million inhabitants (CENSO 2012). A total of 20,000 people, 60 % of whom are women, are directly benefitting from the project. Moreover, the project aims to strengthen the management and budgeting capacities of more than 350 municipal decision-makers, 80 % of whom are women.

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Target Population


Gender and age: Adult women Adult men Adolescent females Adolescent males
Total Direct Population: 29,000
Total Indirect Population: 80,750
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Outputs


Awareness raising campaigns held
1 Training program on leadership provided
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Results & Indicators


Expected Results


The expected results for this project include: 1) the fundamental rights of women and girls, especially the right to a life without violence, are better known and acknowledged by men and women, especially youth and decision-makers in targeted municipalities; 2) gender-sensitive budgeting processes and services focused on the needs of women are improved in seven municipalities in Bolivia, especially in the prevention of gender-based violence and in the support for victims of such violence.

Achieved Results


Unspecified

Indicators


SRHR-related Indicators
  • # of women’s rights organizations and networks (international and local) advancing SRHR
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Associated Projects (If applicable)


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