Reference: WHOLIVESSWP2023
Application deadline: 27 January 2022 @ 12:00
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The AIDS Foundation of South Africa (AFSA) is a Durban-based NGO that acts as an interface between Donors and Community Based Organisations (CBO’s). The AIDS Foundation of South Africa (AFSA) is a Durban-based NGO that acts as an interface between Donors and Community Based Organisations (CBO’s). AFSA is one of four Principal Recipients (PRs) currently implementing Global Fund (GF) supported programmes in South Africa for the April 2022 to March 2025 grant period. By placing donor funds with strategically selected CBO’s, AFSA currently provides ongoing, technical support & capacity building to CBO’s implementing programmes across South Africa.
Amongst these programmes is the Covid-19 Response Management Programme which seeks to equip communities with the necessary tools they need to protect themselves against COVID-19. Response Management Programme. Gender-based violence (GBV) is known to be pervasive is all settings. Women and girls face increased risks of GBV than that compared to their male counterparts. This increased risk is exacerbated during times of crisis. The covid-19 pandemic has disrupted existing protective structures and created multiple circumstances that leads to various forms of GBV.
Strategies to reduce the spread of covid-19 implemented during the first National Lockdown such as physical distancing and restrictions in movement that were placed across South Africa have placed women and girls at an increased risk at experiencing GBV at the hands of intimate partners, family members, or others in the home. The risk of experiencing GBV is further aggravated by factors such as economic strain, emotional stress, and changes in family dynamics resulting from economic and social disruptions as a result of covid-19.
It is upon this background that AFSA seeks to appoint a consultant who will develop training content around GBV Who Lives.
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