Gender, Women & Girls

FACT planned to engage 80 Adolescent Girls and Young Women in 4 girls clubs to discuss what they know about sexual reproductive health, what the clubs are doing to reduce unintended pregnancies, early marriages and unsafe abortions.

A total number of 87 Adolescent Girls and Young Women from the 4 girls clubs were engaged during these meetings.  Through a questionnaire that was administered to inform us on the knowledge gap, it was observed that 16 out of the 87 AGYW we engaged had gone through SRHR training. It was also observed that sexual activities starts as early as 12 years and 90% of the group do not access family planning methods because they feel family planning is for married people. 

Facilitators of Community Transformation (FACT), with funding from UN women under UN Trust Fund (UNTF) is implementing a project on strengthening implementation of community programs on SGBV against women and Girls affected by civil and political conflicts. In light of the prevailing challenges faced by refugee women and girls, FACT would like to engage government and stakeholders in reaching out to those refugee women and girls who are not reached to ensure wide coverage, whilst also filling the gaps that victims attain the highest level of legal support in cases of violations. It is a 3 year project running from December 2019 to December 2022 targeting 5500 women and girls and surrounding communities around Dzaleka.

The overall goal of the project is to significantly reduce sexual and gender based violence cases targeted at women and girl refugees within Lilongwe, Dowa districts through effective implementation of legal and policy guidelines by the end of the project.

Today was a memorable Day for FACT to be awarded a technical Assistance provider agreement with Disabled Women in Africa to roll out and support the implementation of a comprehensive media engagement strategy on disability rights and accountability on International Disability protocols that Malawi ratified. Congratulations to #teamfact and our sincere gratitude to our partners Disabled Women in Africa #diwa

We are saddened by the recent increase in abductions and killings of People living with Albinism. We condemn these acts in the strongest terms and wish to call upon the government, politicians, and civic groups to intervene immediately to stop these barbaric acts. This is a violation of human rights. No life is better than the other. As FACT we stand on our principles of non-violation of rights and we demand that this has to be dealt with in the most urgent way. It is the responsibility of the State to protect its citizens and we demand action now!!!!Join FACT in this campaign by writing #albinolivesmatter