Transcript Anjum Rizvi, Family Planning Association of Pakistan

Best practices in reducing vulnerability
of survivors of Gender Based Violence
in flood affected districts of Pakistan.
Dr Anjum Rizvi
Director Program
Rahnuma-Family Planning Association of Pakistan)
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Background
• According to the Global Gender Gap Index Report 2011, Pakistan is ranked
at number133 out of total 135 countries.
• Woman Rights are exploited using religious and cultural norms.
• Every hour two women are beaten in Pakistan. Beatings/abuse from a male
family member is by and large acceptable - a private matter.
• On average 1000 women are murdered in a year, in the name of honor
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
• Early/Child marriages, Acid burning and Sexual assaults are quite common
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MMR 276/100,000 live births, unmet need 34%, TFR 4.1, 34 % literacy
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61% of the deliveries are conducted by unskilled birth attendants.
Source :PDHS 2011-12
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• Independence, Empowerment and divorce for a woman are taboos.
• The GBV survivors are trapped in socio-cultural norms and
practices
• As a survivor she is abused twice – once by the spouse and other
to whom she turns for help – including persons from law
enforcement agencies, judiciary, community etc.
• Lack of integration of GBV services in healthcare programs, Weak
legal support system and unreliable shelters are some of the
serious challenges faced by survivors as well as by the service
providers in their efforts to assist these survivors.
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Project Goal
Addressing vulnerability of young girls and women to GBV
through strengthened services and improved capacity of
health care providers and stakeholders in flood affected areas
of Pakistan.
Geographical Spread
10 Flood affected districts across Pakistan.
• Punjab: Muzaffaragarh, DG Khan, Laiyah, Rajanpur
• Sindh: Badin , Dadu, and Thatta.
• AJK: Neelam, Bagh & Muzaffarabad.
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Expected Results
• Increased access to GBV related services in the
flood affected areas.
• Increased awareness on GBV related issues among
men, women, young people, service providers and
communities at large.
• Improved capacity of local, public and private, health
care service providers to respond to GBV survivors
• Improved understanding of the on ground situation
regarding GBV service provision and impact of the
intervention in the flood affected areas.
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Findings of Best Practices
• Effective and confidential GBV counseling,
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consultation and screening incorporated in home visits
thru involvement of local volunteers
Provision of specialized SRH services through female
doctors and psychologists
Development of strong referral mechanism for legal
support and shelter protection with other partners
follow ups.
Coordination and Collaboration with public sector, with
involvement of LHWs
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• Incident Reporting Format translated in local
language and used for reporting with full
confidentiality .
• Effective community mobilization through
involvement of village health committee
members/elders
• Extensive capacity building on SGBV of staff and
public and private partners and service providers
• Effective communication though customized radio
programs aired from local FM stations.
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Sessions with LHWs
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Awareness session in Nursing school
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Rural Community support
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Psychosocial support
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Medical Camp in rural setting
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Services at Static Clinic
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Support from local TBAs
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Support from Community leaders
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Sessions with Stakeholders
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Rescue 1122 Training
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Lessons learnt
 Sexual violence is a complex and culturally sensitive
issue and needs country specific multi-sectoral
response
 Trained female service providers (public & private) are
critical for the effective services to GBV survivors
 Involvement of local volunteers as well as networking
with partners makes intervention smooth
 Referral & Follow up mechanism needs focused
attention from Public Health Sector
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Way Forward
 Enormous joint Advocacy and appropriate service
delivery efforts by different state and non-state actors
are required to manage the complexity of addressing the
issues of GBV especially in disaster situation.
 Inclusion of MISP in the SOPs of PDMAs plan.
 Training/Refreshers on MISP for the staff, volunteers
and public sector
 Feeding field realities into policy bodies, working groups
and other forums / conferences
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14th Annual IAWG Meeting
Friday 31May-Saturday, 01June 2013
KLCC
MISP ACHEIVEMENTS IN PAKISTAN
Sarfraz Hussain Kazmi
(Regional Director)
Rahnuma-Family Planning Association of Pakistan
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MISP
Achievements in Pakistan
• Conducted consultative
meetings with Govt Officials,
press, media, PDMs and
stakeholders,
• Highlighted MISP
implementation in disaster
management.
• Conducted MISP trainings for
Govt health Officials, health
Managers, stakeholders,
INGOs, PDMA.
• Advocacy meetings with
PDMA/NDMA
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04-PDMAs included MIPS in their Protocols
Letters of PDMs
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Thanks
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THANK YOU
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