Curbing gender-based violence and strengthening women and children in informal districts

In the informal districts on the outskirts of the capital Windhoek (Namibia), the acceptance of violence, especially domestic violence, is a widespread phenomenon. These peri-urban neighborhoods are home to farming families from the north and south of the country who have migrated in search of a better income. Although there are many laws and initiatives against violence at the national level, they do not reach the people in these neighborhoods. The François Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) non-profit organization is conducting a project to address these gaps in knowledge and action in informal communities. Built in a holistic way, the project aims at strengthening the knowledge on gender-based violence of the populations of 3 informal settlements (2 in the North of the capital and 1 in the South), accompanying women victims of violence, and raising awareness in the communities and among men.