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386-009
USAID MISSION: India
PROGRAM TITLE: Equity (Pillars: Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance; Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade)
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE AND NUMBER: Expanded Advocacy and Service Delivery Networks for Women and Girls, 386-009
STATUS: Continuing
PLANNED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $3,308,000 DA
PRIOR YEAR UNOBLIGATED FUNDS AND FUNDING SOURCE: $700,000 CSD
PROPOSED FY 2003 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $7,508,000 DA; $8,000,000 ESF
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 1996 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2005Summary: USAID’s current program to expand advocacy and service delivery networks has three components—
- expanding sustainable financial services for women;
- increasing informed advocacy for reducing violence against women; and
- reducing child labor through quality education.
Inputs, Outputs, and Activities: FY 2002 Program: USAID will use FY 2002 funds for the following—
- Technical assistance and training to prevent violence against women. These interventions will help change community norms on the acceptability of violence, and will sensitize local leaders on the social and economic costs of such violence. Target audiences will include the Indian corporate sector, government, and other donors. These interventions will also fund awareness campaigns to help eliminate domestic violence and services to assist victims. USAID financing will translate ‘advertorials’/public service announcements about the issue into regional languages. Working with local bodies and regional networks, USAID will help raise the awareness of advocates and judges regarding the new domestic violence legislation.
- Evaluation of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that work on anti-trafficking. The operations research activity on prevention of trafficking in women and children will be carried out in collaboration with the Population Council to evaluate the performance and impact of selected NGOs working on trafficking issues.
- Expanded bridge school efforts in selected cities to educate out-of-school children in the 6-14 age group. Illustrative activities include courses for out-of-school children, teacher training, and strengthening the management capacity of urban local bodies. USAID will finance an external comparative assessment of child labor elimination through educational models to explore scale-up options.
- An examination of formal and customary systems of justice to define options for improving access to justice for disadvantaged groups. Illustrative activities include legal aid, better case-flow management and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. Targeted vulnerable groups include the disabled, migrant workers, women, children, and senior citizens.
Planned FY 2003 Program: USAID plans to use FY 2003 resources for a proposed new strategic objective under the new India Country Strategic Plan for FY 2003-FY 2007. The proposed new objective will help improve access to other services, including education and social justice, for vulnerable groups. In addition to ongoing activities, new activities will be launched on issues such as quality education for out-of-school children, prevention of trafficking, and access to justice.
SUBMISSION OF THIS PROGRAM DATA SHEET CONSTITUTES FORMAL RENOTIFICATION OF USAID’S INTENT TO OBLIGATE FY 2002 RESOURCES FOR THE ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED ABOVE. Performance and Results: New legislation against domestic violence has been passed by the Government of India. Research studies, funded by USAID through the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), explores notions of masculinity in relation to violence and community-based responses, e.g., zero-violence zones, to stem domestic violence. These studies, carried out in seven Indian states, are nearing completion. Television spots aimed at creating public awareness will air in the first quarter of calendar year 2002 on the Indian national television network. ICRW has started to build a nationwide network of NGOs that can provide effective counseling, medical and legal support to victims of violence. USAID support to Catholic Relief Services and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) for pilot child labor elimination activities has been used to enroll out-of-school children into bridge school programs.
Additionally, in 2001, these programs enrolled and retained 500 dropouts; formed over 850 community-level committees/groups; and trained over 300 teachers. A new five-year micro-finance activity with Friends of World Women’s Banking/India (FWWB/India) has been initiated that will build on the success of earlier efforts.
In 2001, USAID partners helped to enroll over 10,000 out-of-school children into bridge school programs. Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: International Center for Research on Women (prime) for the violence against women activity; Friends of Women's World Banking/India (prime) for the micro-finance activity; United Nations Development Fund for Women (prime) and CEDPA for the anti-trafficking and violence against women activities; United Nations Development Program (prime), Catholic Relief Services (prime), United Nations Children’s Fund, and selected municipal authorities for education activities for out-of-school children.
US Financing in Thousands of Dollars
386-009 Expanded Advocacy and Service Delivery Networks for Women and Girls CSD DA ESF Through September 30, 2000 Obligations 400 3,497 0 Expenditures 400 3,497 0 Unliquidated 0 0 0 Fiscal Year 2001 Obligations 0 0 0 Expenditures 0 0 0 Through September 30, 2001 Obligations 400 3,497 0 Expenditures 400 3,497 0 Unliquidated 0 0 0 Prior Year Unobligated Funds Obligations 700 0 0 Planned Fiscal Year 2002 NOA Obligations 0 3,308 0 Total Planned Fiscal Year 2002 Obligations 700 3,308 0 Proposed Fiscal Year 2003 NOA Obligations 0 7,508 8,000 Future Obligations 0 1,195 42,000 Est. Total Cost 1,100 15,508 50,000
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