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Jeanne Bitsure, Burundi; Isabelle Geuskens, the Netherlands; Bandana Rana, Nepal; Akos,Ghana & Lindora Howard-Diawara, Liberia; Gladys Brima, Sierra Leone; Jeanne Nzuzi, DRC; and Kate McInturrf, Canada |
After two days of active listening to experts on various issues that must be considered when strategizing around the implementation of SCR 1820, the afternoon of Day 3 was a petri-dish of thoughts, ideas, conversations and collaborations. Set with the task of developing strategies for each of their countries, women hunkered down over paper and laptops trying to be SMART as they thought concretely about what they wanted…what they could realisitically achieve…what they could commit to…what they would be willing to take the responsibility for…
What would be different in your country if 1820 is fully implemented? They wrote in silence and then spoke their aspirations:
- Existence and enforcement of laws
- More confidence and assertive girls
- Gender focused bench marks for foreign affairs and development benchmarks
- Paradigm shift of who women are and what they ought to be in society
- Critical mass of multistate holders that are committed
- Recognition of all that sv=security threat
- Reduce sexual violence
- Increase credibility between organizations
- Stronger judiciary and in line with international law-national law will come into alignment with international law
- Confidence and assertiveness of girls to elevate to community development
Women mapped out strategies on giant post-its and we all became visitors to their impromptu galleries pasted up around the room as they us walked through their strategies, possible partners and funders, outcomes and indicators.
Parts of this post are excerpts from daily recap notes prepared by Mahima Achuthan. The country-specific strategies, developed by participants, will be available on this blog on Friday
