Research and Case Studies

ACET Uganda

ACET Uganda is a Christian AIDS charitable service organisation. It is committed to facilitating local community institutions and groups in Uganda and internationally in an endeavour to reduce/curb the HIV infection and to enable the HIV/AIDS infected and affected to cope better with the effects and impact of HIV/AIDS.

Vision:
The overall aim of the existence of the organisation and hence the reason for all that it does is the reduction of HIV infection, and the care of people living with AIDS and the empowerment of individuals and communities to mitigate the impact of HIV AIDS.

ACET’s Mission is to:
ACET desires to see a community that is able to take care of its own people, through individual and collective efforts. ACET believes in the intrinsic capacity of individuals to bring about this change. This stems from the fact that human beings are made in the image of God and hence have a capacity to tap into resources outside of their individual physical limitations.

In so doing ACET shall seek to realisation this through the emphasis of the following as the cardinal facets:

• Support the development of appropriate responses to HIV/AIDS initiatives and community development programmes
  Increase societal and institutional capacities in handling psycho-social problems associated with HIV/AIDS and adolescent health development;
• Empowering communities to manage HIV and AIDS related complexities

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PAG Honduras

Honduran women, especially those in rural areas, face harsh living conditions, including poverty, gender inequality and high rates of domestic violence. This project serves women experiencing domestic violence by providing legal and counseling assistance, and vocational skills and microcredit solutions training. It also works with women and men to improve their knowledge of domestic violence issues and help them reach reconciliation and non-aggression agreements.

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Making faster progress to gender equality

1. What is this action plan for?
1.1 This Gender Equality Action Plan (GEAP) explains how the Department for International Development (DFID) will help developing countries to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment.
1.2 In 2006, DFID published a White Paper, called ‘Eliminating World Poverty: making governance work for the poor’ which committed us to making our work on gender equality and women’s rights more of a priority.
1.3 The Plan explains what action we will now take. It sets out how DFID can better use its partnerships, its money, and the way we manage our staff to make a lasting difference to gender equality and women’s empowerment.

 
2. Why does gender equality matter?
2.1 Gender equality is a goal in its own right, and has a vital role to play in achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Progress on gender equality is a critical factor in achieving all the Goals. MDG3 specifically commits the international community to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women.

‘It is impossible to realize our goals while discriminating against half the human race.’  (Kofi Annan, 2006)