Fondation Panzi

Published purpose

This project aims to ensure the prevention and response to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) by setting up an integrated multi-sector service center (IMSC), and provide sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services and related community activities for the benefit of populations living in high-risk areas of the city - Kinshasa province. These services enable SGBV survivors to obtain medical, psychosocial, legal and socio-economic integration care, so that they can regain their dignity as full participants in Congolese society in the critical context of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, where SGBV is exacerbated. Project activities include: (1) constructing/renovating and supplying an IMSC and other health structures supported by the project for the holistic care of SGBV survivors; (2) mobilizing and sensitizing activities in the community in favor of gender equality and positive masculinity; and (3) providing training to community leaders, religious leaders and members of civil society associations in the health zones targeted for SRH and prevention and SGBV response.