The programme ensured that women and girls facing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination played a key role in the development, design and implementation of all aspects of the Spotlight Initiative.
Total cost: $40,050,057 | Direct beneficiaries: 280,470 | Indirect beneficiaries: 3,633,775
Innovations
Interactive engagement: Include development of animations and mobile-friendly social video content to increase public awareness on gender and violence-related laws and policies, support the live streaming and podcasting of public litigation cases
Big data: Collect Comprehensive data on youth knowledge and attitudes on gender via U-Report, an SMS-based mobile platform designed for young people to have their voices heard on issues that affect them
Reaching the ‘furthest behind first’ for services: Integrate mobile courts as part of the essential services package to improve access to formal justice, particularly for victims in hard-to-reach areas, and utilise local village mediators to facilitate more victims reporting their cases
Mentorship and safe spaces for young women: Ensure that responses and prevention measures for VAWG are tailored to address their specific needs and train mentors to discuss issues such as sexual reproductive health and rights, life skills, negotiation, leadership, and confidence-building
Improving access and connectivity to the Internet for marginalized rural women and girls: Organize digital literacy training courses and put in place tailored content and peer networks to increase marginalized groups’ internet use. The digital literacy course will follow a model where women work with their peers to help them get connected
Shared Operations: Increase efficiencies and value for money through harmonized operations embedded in the delivery mechanism. A hybrid Joint Programme will host five staff members drawn from the UN and government.
UN agencies
UN Women, UNDP, UNFPA and UNICEF
National Focal Point: Francesca Lange francesca.lange@one.un.org
National reference group
List of members
