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.
FXB International is a non-governmental organization (NGO) that has been fighting against extreme poverty for over 30 years. Children’s rights are at the heart of FXB’s actions, and each of its programs is a response to the concrete implementation – in the daily lives of children – of their rights as defined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted on November 20, 1989.
