Rethinking Power Program – Partnership with Beyond Borders and SASA! Haiti project

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Key Information

In Haiti, GWI is supporting and assessing efforts to transform gender norms and contribute to a reduction of violence against women and girls (VAWG) and of sexual and reproductive health risk behaviors. The Rethinking Power program is a Haitian-based, phased community mobilization intervention that consists of two components: one that focuses on the whole community and one that focuses on girls. The program’s model was originally designed in Uganda by Raising Voices and is being adapted by Beyond Borders, a humanitarian organization based in Haiti. GWI will evaluate the implementation of the Rethinking Power program in the Southeast Department of Haiti using a mixed-methods approach, measuring the impact of the model on women and girls’ experiences of violence.


Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

Latin America & Caribbean

Haiti

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

2016 - 2021

Partner(s)

Beyond Borders

Ministry Affiliation

Unknown

Funder(s)

IBD

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Other skills

  • Rights/empowerment education

Quality

  • School-related gender-based violence

Cross-cutting areas

  • Social and gender norms and beliefs
  • Violence (at home, in relationships)

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Other community members - female, Other community members - male

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Some in school

School Level

  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization

  • Community mobilization

Social/gender norms change

  • Engaging parents/caregivers of students or school-age children/adolescents
  • Group activities with students or school-age children/adolescents
  • Media campaigns
  • Work with community leaders
  • Work with religious leaders

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

Not applicable or unknown

Cross-cutting goals

  • Changed social norms
  • More equal power in relationships
  • Reduced intimate partner violence
  • Reduced school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV)
  • Reduced violence against children in the home