Alinea International Ltd

Published purpose

This project aims to improve equality, enjoyment of human rights, and freedom from sexual and gender-based violence for women and girls in Kiribati, Solomon Islands and Tonga. The Project seeks to increase inclusive and gender-responsive promotion and protection of women and girls’ right to live free from sexual and gender-based violence. The project targets approximately 441,000 Indigenous women and girls, especially during frequent and climate-induced extreme weather events. It aims to increase accountability and transparency of governments through training and mentoring (132 representatives from key government ministries and agencies) and capacity building of intermediaries (285 representatives from civil society organizations, women’s rights organizations and local community and religious leaders) to delivery more inclusive and gender-responsive sexual and gender-based violence-related public services for women and girls, particularly sexual and gender-based violence survivors, including during and after extreme weather events. Project activities include: (1) supporting community-based capacity building and advocacy events for women and girls; (2) providing capacity building training to community leaders and civil society organizations, especially women’s rights organizations, on developing community-based sexual and gender-based violence and rights awareness strategies; (3) providing training to community, traditional and religious leaders on gender sensitivity, positive behavior change and challenging harmful social norms; (4) conducting sexual and gender-based violence awareness raising campaigns and activities for men and boys to promote positive social and behavior change; (5) providing training to parliamentarians, local and national government authorities on survivor-centered, trauma-informed, rights-based sexual and gender-based violence prevention and response measures that are informed for climate-induced extreme weather events; and (6) providing training and mentoring to local and national authorities to implement adapted and new guidelines, tools and processes that reflect the region’s environmental vulnerabilities.