By Katherine Zavala | Coordinator of Programs, IDEX
In the past year, GCN’s Community Development and Empowerment Program organized several activities for its HIV-prevention campaigns that included sensitization of traditional and church leaders on gender, HIV/AIDS and sexual abuse.
GCN organized a workshop with 44 traditional and church leaders in Chiredzi to impart knowledge on girl child abuse, gender and HIV/AIDS. Participants were encouraged to participate in a dialogue about the above-mentioned topics and their relation to the patriarchy that exists in their communities. As a result of this workshop, there was an increased commitment of traditional and religious leaders to reduce girl child abuse.
GCN Award Update
Betty Makoni, founder of Girl Child Network (GCN) in Zimbabwe was awarded the 2008 Ginetta-Sagan Award for Women's and Children's Rights.
“We are transforming victims into survivors, survivors into leaders. We help girls stand on their own feet and fight back against violence and exploitation.” Betty Makoni.
This prestigious award, overseen by Amnesty International, comes at a time of even greater uncertainty in Zimbabwe. The results of the Zimbabwe Presidential election is now heading off to a run-off on June 27, in the midst of growing violence in the country.
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