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Completed Community Mapping of the Bujovu Neighborhood in Goma, DRC 

Core to changing existing gender discrimination and violence is understanding how it is perpetuated and developing strategies to address it. Unequal access to community resources and exposure to risks and threats plays a big role. Over 120 resources and risks have been identified by us and our partner in this mapping exercise in Bujovu, home to our future program Girl Awakening. This is the first community resource scan of its kind to be done in the DRC.  In our next program steps we will utilize this map, working with our partners les Etoiles Messagères and community stakeholders to identify ways to increase access for girls to resources and services that they are not getting equal access to, and to reduce girls’ exposure to the risks. 

Among the resources identified are:  

25 schools (just 2 of these offer secondary level education and the rest are primary which is an extremely low number for the total neighborhood population of 48,000).  

9 health centers, though none are hospitals, so are only able to treat minor health issues.  

An office of the community chef appointed by the local government who hold weekly meetings with leaders at the sub-neighborhood level.  

7 factories:  there are several big companies that have factories in the neighborhood producing things such as cement, coffee, cigarettes, and corn flour.    

12 churches and 1 mosque

1 cultural center - not yet providing any programming to youth or specifically girls in the neighborhood.  

Among risks identified are: 

The most prevalent are brothels. 23 have been identified - meaning there are just as many (and likely more) brothels than primary schools in the neighborhood.  Most (14) are located in a section of Bujovu called the Cellule Tyazo, where we will be recruiting girls from.   

5 military camps, that while being responsable for security can be a threat to girls for transactional sex or other forms of extortion.  

1 police station that similar to the military camps can be a threat to girls for transactional sex or other forms of extortion.  

We’re looking forward to strategizing with community leaders, girls and staff on how to shift existing access to resources and services, reforming systems to increase equal access, and protect girls from risks and threats. 

A special thanks to the Population Council’s technical support and the les Étoiles Messagères team members and community stakeholders who walked all over the neighborhood to locate the GPS points.   

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Such an honor and privilege to be a part of the #GirlsAspire campaign for @thehungerprojectindia, along with my dear soul connects @banerjee.anurag and @sur103 ! Watch the film at the link in the bio. Posted @withregram • @thehungerprojectindia On the occasion of #internationalyouthday our campaign, #GirlsAspire, brings you a short film where girls articulate the possibilities of a future. They don't know how things will turn out, but they hope and dream of better futures, bright and full. There is a real sense of urgency, a sense of longing for something that takes them beyond the defined lines of what they can do and achieve. As we approach the 75th year of India's independence we take a pause and listen to adolescent girls' voices - how free are they to pursue their dreams, their freedoms (of speech and expression), to hold opinions, to make decisions about their life, to choose, to live with respect and dignity? Watch the full film at the link in the bio👆🏽 #futuresimagined #girlschangetracks #girlsaspire #grampanchayats #internationalyouthday #SayNOToChildMarriage #choice #girlsrightsarehumanrights https://www.instagram.com/p/ChMwut6INko/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Credit to @anna.silk : #Repost @plancanada Our #FeministFriday is Carmela from #Philippines. Carmela is a child trafficking survivor who has turned her life around and is now fighting for the rights of girls and women in her community. She is also an active advocate of Plan International’s #NotForSale campaign which fights against the commercial exploitation of children!\n.\n.\n#girlsrights #womensrights #equalrights #girlsrightsarehumanrights #DefyNormal #ChildrensRights #Education #empoweredgirls #girlseducation #knowledgeispower #femaleempowerment #genderequality (at Baltimore, Maryland) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsgejLqgU06/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=13faiefplepj0