Commitment title:

ZERO GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN GUINEA-BISSAU

Commitment description:

5.1. Strengthen national capacity to deliver high quality and appropriate multisectoral (health, psychological, socioeconomic and legal) prevention and response interventions for at least 5,000 survivors of GBV and harmful practices (FGM, child marriage etc.), through men’s clubs, civil society, and various networks (former practitioners of female genital mutilation, former women parliamentarians, youth, journalists, religious and traditional leaders) 5.2. Scale up the implementation of the national gender equality policy, including the preparation of its plan of action, with a special focus on young people, by 2024. 5.3. Support collection, analysis and dissemination of GBV/FGM data, including research studies, especially those related to young people, by 2024.

Mode of engagement:
  • Programmatic action
    ELIMINATE GBV AND HARMFUL PRACTICES IN GUINEA-BISSAU ELIMINAR GBV E PRÁTICAS PREJUDICIAIS NA GUINÉ-BISSAU
Commitment to be actioned in: Guinea-Bissau
Submitted from: Guinea-Bissau
Submitted by
MINISTRY OF WOMAN, FAMILY AND SOCIAL PROTECTION
Thematic area
Address gender-based violence and the harmful practices of child, early and forced marriages and female genital mutilation
Commitment category

(5) (a) Zero sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices, including zero child, early and forced marriage, as well as zero female genital mutilation; and (b) Elimination of all forms of discrimination against all women and girls, in order to realize all individuals’ full socio-economic potential.