{"id":100374,"date":"2024-02-22T13:18:08","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T18:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adra.ca\/?p=100374"},"modified":"2024-02-26T13:06:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T18:06:17","slug":"together-betty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adra.ca\/fr\/stories\/together-betty\/","title":{"rendered":"Je suis content qu'il ait pris ma place \u2013 Projet TOGETHER"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The role of gender equality in <\/span>ending sexual and gender-based violence<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Betty Lado loves her f<\/span>amily of six children. Like every good mother, she does all in her power to ensure her c<\/span>hildren have what they need.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Betty also loves her community<\/span> in Uganda<\/span>. As a member of the Village Health Team<\/span> (VHT)<\/span>, she endeavours to make her community a place where all can enjoy good health and well-being.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>But until recently, Betty had a major obstacle in pursuing her family and community <\/span>aspirations<\/span>. That obstacle was her own husband.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>Betty shared, <\/span>\u201cMy husband was absent from the lives of his children. He would wake up <\/span>very early<\/span> to [work as a taxi driver]. He would use the small earnings to get himself drunk and return <\/span>very late<\/span> in the night, shouting and using vulgar language which scared the children and made them run to the <\/span>neighbo<\/span>u<\/span>rs<\/span> in fear of what could happen to them. Alcohol had affected his health because all he could do was <\/span>get<\/span> drunk<\/span>,<\/span> without eating well<\/span>,<\/span> which made his skin so pale and his body weak.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>Betty\u2019s husband also never approved of her involvement with the Village Health Team. The V<\/span>HT<\/span> is part of a strategy from the Ministry of Health in Uganda to help individuals and households achieve better health. V<\/span>HT<\/span> members <\/span>assist<\/span> with health data collection, sharing health information and education, and encouraging community members to seek <\/span>appropriate treatment<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>\u201cMy husband was the biggest challenge. Whenever I returned from the Village Health Team meetings, he would quarrel so much and tear my book, destroying all the work and data I collected. He complained about my commitment to community activities.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>Nevertheless, Betty continued with her involvement in the community, tenaciously pursuing what was essential to her. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n


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Gender Equality Empowers Transformation<\/span><\/b>
ADRA Canada believes in the inherent rights and values of each person. <\/span>We\u2019re<\/span> passionate about empowering people to overcome obstacles <\/span>to<\/span> unlock<\/span> their potential.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>Gender equality is a profound way to ensure that all can pursue the life they choose. Achieving gender equality requires a multi-faceted approach.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>Through the TOGETHER project, <\/span>ADRA Canada is helping women and men, <\/span>girls<\/span> and boys, to think differently about <\/span>harmful <\/span>gender norms, expectations, and practices. Through training, discussions, and data collection, ADRA Canada works closely with leadership<\/span>, existing structures like the Village Health Teams, and<\/span> communities to bring about a positive mindset change, one in which all are regarded as equal and valuable, with inherent<\/span> human<\/span> rights. With the mindset change comes <\/span>problem-solving<\/span> and <\/span>planning for the future<\/span> to ensure everyone can enjoy their rights. <\/span><\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>With generous funding from Global Affairs Canada, the TOGETHER project is working to ensure that over 100,000 of the most vulnerable in Cambodia, Kenya, the Philippines, and Uganda can exercise their health-related human rights. <\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>Harmful gender practices often bar girls and women from accessing the healthcare and information they need to live healthier, well-informed lives. Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) leads to crippling trauma, teenage pregnancies, and early marriages that can perpetuate the cycle<\/span> of violence and poverty.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>TOGETHER <\/span>seeks<\/span> to disrupt and break t<\/span>his cycle.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Betty\u2019s <\/span>Changed Life<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cThe<\/span> <\/span>time ADRA <\/span>c<\/span>ame to organize <\/span>CoLMEAL<\/span> committees<\/span> in my village I was selected by community members to represent health issues on the <\/span>CoLMEAL<\/span> Committee.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>CoLMEAL<\/span>, an initiative of the TOGETHER project, empowers individuals and communities to <\/span>identify<\/span> problems, especially those that perpetuate poverty and SGBV. <\/span>CoLMEAL<\/span> also trains participants to find sustainable solutions to the problems<\/span>, to gain community buy-in, and to lead the way to positive, lasting change.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>Unfortunately, when the time came for the first <\/span>CoLMEAL<\/span> meeting, Betty was away, tending to the family\u2019s farming plot. However, her husband chose to attend the meeting in her place.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>\u201c<\/span>This was his turning point because he never stopped coming to this meeting<\/span>,<\/span> which created amazing changes in his life. I am so glad he took my place.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>When Betty returned from <\/span>working<\/span> the farm, she was astonished by the unexpected.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>\u201c<\/span>I was surprised to find my husband at home<\/span>,<\/span> relating peacefully with the children. He was having a fatherly talk and relating so well with all of them. He started sharing what the<\/span> [<\/span>CoLMEAL<\/span>]<\/span> training was all about and <\/span>that\u2019s<\/span> when I realized that he had changed because of this training<\/span>.<\/span> T<\/span>hey<\/span> had<\/span> discussed community problems<\/span>,<\/span> especially <\/span>g<\/span>ender<\/span>–<\/span>based violence<\/span>, its<\/span> causes<\/span>,<\/span> effects<\/span>,<\/span> and solutions.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Gender equality <\/span>isn\u2019t<\/span><\/b> just for women.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Gender equality is about unlocking the potential in <\/span>each individual<\/span>, helping them to overcome beliefs, attitudes, and <\/span>behaviours<\/span> that hold them in harmful, unhealthy circumstances. Betty\u2019s husband is an example of how efforts toward gender equality empower men to become their best selves. And in the process, their families benefit.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>Betty confidently affirms, <\/span>\u201cMy husband has changed. His alcohol consumption has <\/span>reduced<\/span> and his health is recovering.\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>The positive changes <\/span>haven\u2019t<\/span> been for her husband alone. Betty and the children are also enjoying the benefits of his transformation.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>\u201cHe allowed me to attend the SGBV and the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights trainings by ADRA and [their partner] <\/span>Mildmay<\/span> for the Volunteer Health Teams. I can now carry out my duties peacefully as a VHT member and he returns home early to have more time with the children. Despite his negative attitude toward girls\u2019 education, I have hope that through <\/span>CoLMEAL<\/span> he will change his <\/span>mindset<\/span> and realize the importance of education for all children since it was <\/span>identified<\/span> [by the community as one of the ways to reduce SGBV.]\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Breaking the Cycle\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Betty\u2019s family is breaking their own cycle of SGBV. <\/span>A better understanding of gender equality and the value of each person helped them to abandon the harmful mindsets and practices that kept them locked in the cycle. <\/span>Many of the families who actively partner with the TOGETHER project are also stepping outside the cycle and into a transformed life.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0
<\/span>This kind of work is only possible with your support. We are so grateful for your partnership with us, and <\/span>ultimately with<\/span> the communities in which we work!<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
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Plus t\u00f4t cette ann\u00e9e, le tremblement de terre qui a secou\u00e9 la Syrie et la Turquie a laiss\u00e9 le monde sous le choc et secou\u00e9. D\u00e9j\u00e0 soumises \u00e0 des violences prolong\u00e9es depuis de nombreuses ann\u00e9es, les communaut\u00e9s syriennes ont vu leurs probl\u00e8mes s'aggraver \u00e0 mesure que les luttes existantes se heurtaient \u00e0 de nouvelles. Pour certaines familles, les fils souffrant de blessures graves et les probl\u00e8mes de sant\u00e9 subis pendant les combats ont compliqu\u00e9 le processus de fuite des maisons en ruine et de voyage \u00e0 travers la ville pour trouver un nouvel abri. Pour d\u2019autres, les cons\u00e9quences \u00e9conomiques de la longue guerre ont laiss\u00e9 des m\u00e9nages tr\u00e8s nombreux avec un seul soutien de famille.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":100390,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":19,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[172,159,176,115,164,149],"class_list":["post-100374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","tag-development","tag-emergency","tag-gender","tag-gender-equality","tag-international","tag-together"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adra.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}