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The project implores to consolidate and deepen the previous project achieved outcomes on marginalized women as right holders. This project therefore will be hinged on three intervention areas: 1. Transformative skills trainings in Gender equity and Diversity (GED), leadership and civic values, life skills.eg resilience and positive coping, peace <(>&<)> conflict management, advocacy processes. PACHEDO will facilitate 18 women’s rights advocacy groups (WRAGs) of 25- 30 members. The trainings will build self-esteem, developskills and attitudes to appreciate gender equality and engage men and other stakeholders to realize zero tolerance to male dominance, violence against women access to productive resources, health and education services. The civic values willempower right holders to competently interface with policy makers, enforcers at the sub-county to open space for women rights fulfilment and participationin governance. 2. The women’s rights awareness and activism (local, community and institutional activism through role model men methodology). The 18 women Rights Advocacy pressure groups (WRAGs) will be trained on women basic human rights and legal instruments asprovided in CEDAW, constitution of Uganda, land policies and resolutions that protect women’s rights especially the social economicrights, access to productive resources. The various government systems are mandated as duty bearers and community support structures such as cultural, religious leaders as safety nets in protecting and respondingto women right protracted abuses, exploitation and violence. Efforts to intensify on community engagements and action based advocacy for social change and inclusion through civic education and public awareness campaigns will be facilitated on women set rights agendas, identified policy gaps, abuse and violations that will influence policies and decisions to improve enforcement of the legal instruments. The role model men will reach out to fellow men to challenge the violent actions of men and promote Gender equity and Diversity for peaceful co-existence. 3. The social economic empowerment. PACHEDO will train 18 self-help groups on VSLA methodology, business and entrepreneurship skills encourage women to save, borrow to self finance their innovative micro enterprises. Specialized trainings, mentorship in selected market led micro enterprises such as soap making, bakery, piggery including VSLA Kits that will be provided. These will strengthen marginalized women economically, provide employment, increase their personal and household incomes, boost negotiation power, promote social and family cohesion, recognition, inclusion for peaceful co-existence. The overall objective will be to strengthen resilience of marginalized women (rights holders 19-60yrs) in promoting Gender equality and inclusion for improved access to productive resources, social services and civic participation in Bungatira Sub County. By the end of the project, the following changes will be expected to be achieved: At least 85% of marginalized women are aware of their rights and actively participate in voicing and demanding for fulfillment of deprived rights to access productive resources and social services as provided in CEDAW, Uganda constitution, and in government service delivery guidelines such as health, education. Women should not only participate, but proactively engage in civic education and public awareness that impact-fully change attitudes of men, families and communities to zero tolerance to negative and discriminatory cultural, religious practices for improved social relationships, that permit women to gain political space and engage in inclusiveleadership and development programmes. At least 80% of the marginalized women in the 18 self help groups are engaged in social economic activities for dignified employment and demonstrate increased earnings and incomes at individual and household level that should stabilize social relationships and improve their social economic status, promote bargaining power to voice their needs and human rights demands.

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The objective of the covenant is described in Chapter 1: The covenant focuses on the conduct of responsible investment policy by Insurers because of the international nature of this activity. This involves preventing, limiting and, if necessary, remedying as far as possible any negative impact on people, animals and the environment. This project supports the efforts of NGOs in realising concrete, implementing activities arising from their participation in the various working groups; for details see section 1.4. NB: Participation in the working groups by NGOs is already funded from the already approved Pillar 2 funding of RFO. Working Group 1: Thematicframeworks have been jointly developed by the Parties. These five thematic frameworks will be rolled outby means of joint activities (e.g. the active promotion and explanation of) for the purpose of implementation by the insurers. The activities of this working group contribute to preventing, mitigating and remedying negative impacts on specific themes explicitly included in the aforementioned article of the Covenant, namely: animal welfare, children's rights, land rights, climate change and controversial weapons and controversial arms trade. Working Group 2: Each year the parties will select a theme for further cooperation in the context of 'do good'. For the year 2020, the covenant parties have chosen the theme of 'access to medicine'. Access to medicine is a direct part of the 'right to health' (International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; Article 12) is in line with SDG 3: ensuring good health and well-being for everyone at all ages. It is of great importance that pharmaceutical companies worldwide, including explicitly in developing countries and emerging economies, corporate socialresponsibility, in line with the OECD guidelines and the UNGPs, with regard to this right to health. Workgroup 4: On the basis of fictitious and existing cases, the parties investigate how insurers can contribute to recovery and redress and how they can organise their commitment as optimally as possible in order to achieve a real positive impact 'on the ground'. Working with existing cases, among others, provides a clearer picture of possible negative impacts of specific investments and best practice on how these negative impacts can be prevented and limited. In 2020, this working group will, among other things, organise a case session on 'Recovery and Story'. The proceeds of this case session (in the form of lessons learned) will be published. Working Group 5: In the coming year, the parties will start investigating the possibilities for improving transparency and reporting by insurers. Transparency is important for compliance with the OECD guidelines and UNGPs and the dialogue with internal and external stakeholders. In order to collaborate effectively with others, it is also important to provide insight into results achieved and challenges in the area of ESG due diligence. Finally, public disclosure of results and ambitions can serve as a good stimulus to continue to improve ESG due diligence structurally. The independent monitoring committee, which monitors the progress of the agreements made in the Covenant, endorsed transparency as an important part of the Covenant. - Save the Childrencontributesknowledge about children's rights in a broad sense, including child labour, nutrition and health care. Because of this expertise, they contribute to working group 1, 2 and 4. - Oxfam Novib contributes knowledge on gender equality, land rights, access to medicines, climate change, fair taxation and the fight against corruption. Because of this expertise they contribute to all working groups. - Pax for Peace contributes knowledge about controversial weapons and arms trade, protection of civilians in war situations, advocacy for victims of human rights violations and natural resources in relation to conflict and human rights. Because of this expertise, they contribute to working groups 1, 4 and 5. - Natuur en Milieu contributes knowledge about climate change, sustainable energy sources, sustainable food and sustainable use of raw materials. Because of this expertise they contribute to working group 1....- World Animal Protection contributes knowledge on animal welfare, also in relation to nature conservation, biodiversity, the protein transition, sustainable food production and climate change. Because of this expertise they contribute to workgroups 1, 4 and 5.

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The Land Right Mechanism is an initiative of the indigenous peoples# platform in Africa to lobby for pro-indigenous and human rightbased policies in Africa. Indigenous Peoples in Africa suffer wide discrimination and exclusion. Their voice # particularly the voice of whom is speaking out - is being silenced. Securing land rights is the fundamental (first) step to ensure Indigenous Peoples# voice to be heard, and their individual and collective rights to be respected, including the right to citizenship. Indigenous Peoples# who traditionally protect vast tracts of land # are often at the frontline against (increasing) illegal commercial pressures overtheir lands. The partners engaged in this proposal all come from countries that make no exception to this context, as evidenced bythe recent report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples at the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/42/37; See here). This includes lack of recognition of the existence of indigenous peoples in national constitutions and legislation (including lack of ratification of international laws), denial of justice, lack of secured territorial rights, criminalization, open threats andviolence against defenders. Detailed background information for each country can be found in IWGIA, 2019. The UN Special Rapporteuron the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is planning a visit in DRC in October 2019. Partners engaged in this proposal # in various degrees # have all experienced criminalization or harassment because their peaceful action to promote Indigenous Peoples# rights. Underthe International Lands Coalition (ILC) commitment on securing territorial rights for indigenous peoples in Africa, the platform istargeting high level decision makings at the regional level to push for African governments adopt better policies to address the plight of the indigenous peoples in concerning land and natural resources. One of such bodies we target is the African Commission on Human and Peoples# Rights (ACHPR/The African Commission). The African Commission is a fundamental African Human Right body of the African Union that also has mandate for indigenous populations to secure territories of indigenous peoples in Africa. The African Charter which is the foundation for the African Commission also sets up a working group on indigenous populations /communities and mandated it to gather information on violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples, formulate recommendations and proposals on appropriate measures and activities to prevent and remedy violations on human rights. It is this mechanism that the platform will seek to engage with and utilize opportunities with it to hold government to account, launch complaint as well as seek support for adoption and implementation of pro indigenous communities. From a civic space perspective the mechanism is importantbecause it supports at regional level a space that traditionally excluded communities can use and leverage to open civic space nationally, as proven by the landmark judgement on Ogiek in Kenya (See here) in 2017, which saw the restoration of the Ogiek ancestral lands/forest. [The judgment was the result of a case submitted by Ogiek people against the Government of Kenya, for violations of Ogiek#s rights to life, property, natural resources, development, religion, culture and non-discrimination. Between the first provisional measure order in 2013, and the final judgment in 2017, despite the case, 1000 Ogiek has been evicted, and several cases ofpolicyintimidation has been recorded] Since then however full implementation has not been done despite government efforts to form task forces on its implementation. It is these scenarios that require the attention of the African commission to speed up the realization of rights as granted by court decisions. Other indigenous communities like the Kwhe in Botswana, the Mbororo in Cameroun and the Batwa of Burundi faces human and land rights violations, and widespread criminalization (See here as an example). They are being disposed. Their situation should as well be understood by the African Commission for exerting of pressure on their governments to uphold respect of human rights and collective rights of such groups of people # replicating the same strategy developed and realized in the case of the Ogiek#s case. At the country level, we plan to hold a media advocacy activity to fast track and push for the full implementation of the regional court decisions especially the Ogiek case ruling (Arusha ruling)of 2017. The Arusha ruling is case for theindigenous peoples in Africa however there has been delays given about two years have lapsed since the ruling was issue without tangible rights realized by the Indigenous Ogiek community. We shall therefore invite and hold a national media briefing (media breakfast) in Nairobi targeting both national and international media to pressure for the ruling implementation and respect for the dignity of indigenous peoples in the country. In sum, the activitiesproposed will contribute to civic space objectives by: - Gaining space as it aims to #take up# untapped influencing arenas at the regional level, which will contribute to open up spaces for indigenous people#s organizations to speak up/be heard in theirown countries. - Strengthening CSO#s and their alliances by bringing together marginalized and criminalized indigenous and land rights defenders movements around a common influencing agenda. - Strengthening CSO#sby showing indigenous movements can be effective in mobilizing pressure for the implementation of the historical decision on the land restauration case.