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The Capable Woman Project, Zambia 2008
The World Advocacy Foundation is currently developing a new program in Zambia with youth advocates Tamara and Clara. These young women are strong voices for the voiceless… the ignored and discarded women of their society…single mothers, sexual abuse victims, divorcees, widows and the rejected. They bring a message of hope and belief in successful futures. Both women have powerful stories of overcoming sexual abuse and teenage single motherhood, and were similarly downtrodden, until they began to believe in themselves, build their faith in God, and change their lives. Now they seek to help others do the same.
The Capable Woman Project will target women in rural areas, villages and shanty compounds. Through their unique communication style, Tamara and Clara bring a powerful spoken message, drama and small group discussions to groups of women where they live. Our goal is to help them launch the program, first taking their message and teams out to rural women, and then begin production of a series of dvd segments where they interview women “survivors” who tell their powerful stories of hope and inspiration.
Already skilled in public speaking, dynamic small group leadership, and caring for the broken, the team plans to train in journalism skills, camera work and video production.
The Capable Woman Project is currently under proposal development, and has not received any outside funding. Please contact us at info@wafafrica.org if you want to know more.
Empowerment Workshops, Lusaka, Zambia
In 2007, World Advocacy Foundation launched a series of empowerment workshops, starting with the Child Defilement Conference and Workshop in August. Based on feedback from the pilot program in 2006, WAF hosted the first in a series of workshops to address the most difficult, unaddressed needs of the communities our staff was working in throughout Lusaka. When we took on the child defilement issue, we addressed it from the legal, social, economical, psychological and spiritual perspectives, with a team of professionals from Zambia and the United States. Our meeting room at the U.S. Embassy in Lusaka was full, drawing village leaders, youth workers, teachers, pastors and NGO staff. Post-conference feedback was hugely positive, leading us to consider a second workshop on child defilement in 2008.
Next on the agenda, we will put together a multi-cultural panel of professionals to effectively address the following:
Tribal Customs: Throughout Zambia, there are villages that practice generations-old tribal customs which are at direct odds with women’s empowerment and girl-child education, and often involve child sexual abuse. We hope to develop strategies to enable our advocates to take a stand against these practices.
Man-Child Training: Often gender inequalities are addressed through female empowerment, and effectively so. WAF is looking at the other side of that issue, and is currently developing programming and curriculum to enable our advocates to address the man-child in the African culture. We are adding a faith-based component, which asks, “what does God say about being a man?” and helps young boys and men to grow in the character qualities that make them men who won’t allow their sisters, mothers, wives and daughters to suffer abuse.
Please stay tuned. All of these upcoming projects are exciting endeavors. It is an honor to be able to address these issues. If you would like more information, please contact us at info@wafafrica.org.
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