Addressing gender based violence and sexuality issues through sports in Zimbabwe
This project's parent organization is Family-In-Need Trust of Zimbabwe
It operates in Zimbabwe
It uses Football (Soccer), Netball, Baseball
Entered the Sport for Equality Award
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Rural and urban Slums girls are exposed to gender based risks. They grow up without having basic information on how vulnerable they are in terms of gender and inequality within communities such as early marriages, sexual assaults and rape that undermine their human rights. They face the risks of unintended / unplanned pregnancies often leading to the sequel of early child bearing, unsafe abortions and the resultant maternal mortality and mobility as well as adverse gender inequality, social and economic consequences and sexual transmission infection including HIV/AIDS. The project is aimed at equipping adolescent girls and young women exercise their gender rights through sport and using social gathering channels and community activities advocating for their rights. FIN introduces products that give access to knowledge, effective strategies and models to promote curricula, workshops, training and other innovative tools based on proven grassroots approaches. FIN’s activities directly and indirectly enable girls and young women to develop their full potential so they are empowered to improve their position in society and exercise their rights through sports programs