PYCD – Platform for Youth Development
Gender activism
Young women and men are active against sexual exploitation, child marriage and for more equality. The Gender Office creates space for dialogue among women who critically question harmful practices in a culturally sensitive way. The Gender Office is part of our community of practitioners who use innovative methods to advocate for women’s rights and gender justice.
«FEPA’s support has helped a lot in changing womens’ lives in Chipinge through the awareness campaigns that empower women to stand their ground and challenge the harmful cultural practises that continue to hinder women’s development. Through the support, quite a number of women can now stand up and report cases of rape and sextortion freely.» – PYCD
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Advancing girls’ and women’s rights
The aim of this project is to create a more gender-equitable society in the Checheche and Chisumbanje region of Chipinge District, Zimbabwe. Young women should be able to play a central role in development efforts. To this end, the project gives them a voice, strengthens their position in the local community and supports them in removing obstacles that prevent them from taking on this role. Therefore, the project supports young women from the community who address gender-based injustices themselves and in a culturally sensitive way.
Directly, the project strengthens the right of girls and young women to dispose of their own bodies through concrete measures, because this is a basis for the empowerment process. Thanks to targeted networking and knowledge transfer in this rural region, the project makes available competencies from other organisations that were not previously active in the project region and anchors them in the local organisation with its gender activists.
The fepa project partner ‘Platform for Youth and Community Development’ (PYCD) is a committed and locally strongly rooted youth organisation. With its many members and 25 selected gender activists, PYCD is working to change attitudes and practices among members of rural communities in Chipinge, Zimbabwe. These communities are characterised by culturally based disadvantages of girls and (young) women as well as socio-economic dynamics that negatively affect the social rights of girls and young women.
| fepa partner organisation | Platform for Youth Development |
| Location | Chipinge, Zimbabwe |
| Target group | Girls and young women |
| fepa contribution 2017-2020 | CHF 140’000 |
| fepa contribution 2021 | CHF 31’000 |
| fepa contribution 2022 (budget) | CHF 35’000 |