Improving Secondary Education in Malawi (ISEM)

The overall objective of the Action is “to contribute towards increased enrollment, retention and completion rates at secondary school particularly for female and Other Vulnerable students.” The specific objective of the action is “Improved secondary education completion rates among girls and Other Vulnerable students especially in Community Day Secondary School in the target districts

Objectives

The overall objective of the Action is “to contribute towards increased enrollment, retention and completion rates at secondary school particularly for female and Other Vulnerable students.” The specific objective of the action is “Improved secondary education completion rates among girls and Other Vulnerable students especially in Community Day Secondary School in the target districts

Activities

• Engage with district council stakeholders on female and OV students' education
• Conduct district based advocacy on safe learning environments
• Conduct influencing for girl friendly facilities targeting DDF,LDF
• Strengthen district multi-stakeholders (DEN, DGBV forums)
• Conduct public enquires on SGBV cases in targeted CDSS
• Facilitate linkages of established SGBV reporting & case management structure
• Submission of an annual Donor report

Implementation Area
Lilongwe, Balaka and Phalombe In partnership with OXFAM and GENET; Mchinji, Lilongwe, Dowa, Kasungu

Achievements
CAVWOC trained students, mother groups and male champions on sexual gender based violence reporting and case management. Students were to feel supported and protected by these structures. For Less confident students, the happiness and sadness boxes were established. The students could secretly report their cases and/ or comments in the boxes. The number of reports made moved from 0 to 10 in the first fortnight the boxes were introduced. Furthermore, by end July 2018, more than six underage girls had been retrieved from their would be marital homes and brought back to school at Chisugulu community day secondary school in Phalombe by the male champions.