IEC materials
Indonesia – Papua
Local groups have made it clear they need more support for educating the community on the themes of the GDP in an integrated fashion. In Papua, Foker and MDM have taken the lead in developing a manual/toolkit that groups can use with their beneficiaries. The challenge is going to be how to ensure the manual is sensitive enough to the different cultures of Papua to be useful. Once the manual is developed, it is our hope that we will be able to adapt it to use in Java and in Kenya. In January 2009 Diarni Rupang was hired as a consultant for this project.
Kenya
In the past few months, African Women and Child Feature Service (AWC) has coordinated the production of experience- and evidence-based IEC materials for the GDP. AWC has developed t-shirts and posters, which have been distributed to all partner organisations. On this page you will find some examples of the materials.
The GDP in the news
The GDP coalition in Papua frequently published articles in the local newspaper 'Tabloid Jubi' about GDP activities and relevant developments in the areas of HIV/AIDS, gender and human rights in Papua. Read more...
Intermediate Effectiveness Study
Partners of the Gender Development Project in both Kenya and Indonesia have been participating in GDP review workshops last summer in which we focused on the needs of the organisations and the impact the GDP having so far. Furthermore, all participating organisations filled in questionnaires about the lessons learned in the GDP so far. The survey gave an insight in the key concerns and perceptions of various aspects of the GDP, from its strategy to its management.
With the workshops and the survey, we wanted to analyze how effective the GDP has been in the last year. Effectiveness, in this context, refers to the extent the strategies, structures, methods, and activities of the GDP contributed towards the achievement of the main goal of the Project. Download the review report here!
Proposal Process 2009-2010
Twenty organisations are participating in the GDP in Kenya in 2009-2010, 15 in Java and 12 in Papua. This second phase of the GDP should be building from what has already been accomplished and learned in 2006-2008. Proposals should focus on specific activities that strengthen good approaches or address problems, gaps or questions that emerged in the first phase of the GDP.
Research
Kenya
STOP AIDS NOW! has integrated a research initiative to help determine the impact of the Project on the women and girls benefiting from the local activities the Project supports. You can download the baseline report here. Impact Research and Development Organisation, a research-oriented non-governmental organisation from Western Kenya, who we commissioned to carry out the research, has finished the endline data collection. The end line report is expected by August 2009.
Indonesia
Endah Triwijati, is leading the research initiative for the GDP in Java. The baseline report for Indonesia is completed and will be posted here. The endline data collection which has taken place and the final report is due at the end of July 2009.
Workshops on Human Rights, Lobby & Advocacy
During the workshops groups were trained on lobby and advocacy. The groups in Kenya and Indonesia faced similar challenges when it comes to working directly with beneficiaries on human rights issues in a friendly and accessible manner. Download the report from the workshops in Kenya and Papua here.
Strategic plan for Java Coalition
The counterparts in the GDP-Java came together May 27-29 to hold a strategic planning meeting for the coalition. They completed their logical framework until end 2010, and have committed to keeping the coalition for five years to focus on putting and keeping the issue of women and girls on the HIV agenda. This is an extremely satisfying outcome as it paves the way for the sustainability of the GDP collaboration beyond the life of the Project.
