FLOW Women's rights program in Liberia

Oxfam IBIS’ FLOW program works towards a vision in which “Women, adolescents and girls in Guatemala, Liberia and Burundi live a life free from violence and with participation in democratic processes.” To eliminate violence against women, the program will work with national civil society organisations to mobilize, influence and capacity develop rights-holders and duty-bearers, in order to create the necessary change at both the level of the individual and collective rights-holders, as well as at the level of the local, national and regional/international duty-bearers. The program is implemented in a Consortium consisting of the Danish NGO, IBIS, and the Dutch NGO, Impunity Watch. It receives funding from the Dutch MFA’s Initiative “Funding Leadership Opportunities for Women (FLOW)”, and has a duration from 2016-2020. 1. Rights-holders: Women empowered as change agents 2. Duty-bearers: Local and national public insitutions protect the rights of women 3. Duty-bearers: National and regional authorities combats violation of women’s rights 4. Rights-holders: General public perception supports the rights of women. Impact: Women, adolescents and girls in Guatemala, Liberia and Burundi live a life free from violence and as active citizens; Outcome 1: Women as rights holders have become change agents in the prevention of gender-based violence and increased democratic participation; Outcome 2: Public institutions in their role as duty bearers have increased compliance with the principle of due diligence (detect, prevent, address, protect, punish and repair) in cases of violence against women and girls; Outcome 3: Gender based violence with focus on, human trafficking, sexual exploitation and forced marriages in Central America, Burundi and Liberia are more effectively combated at regional and national level; Outcome 4: Cultural perceptions of women’s right to a life free of violence and political participation have improved.