DAWEO has signed an agreement with UN-Women for running the FRC project in Bamyan province and provides services (Islamic and health education, legal awareness, vocational trainings) under a new structure called Family Resource Center (FRC). The mentioned areas have been added and suggested by the governor of Bamyan from the de facto authorities in March 2022.
For this project, we plan to build on DAWEO’s past experiences where the required potential and knowledge are already in place. We see that there especially need to provide such awareness and services specially for women addressing GBV through provision of legal awareness, psychosocial support, and trainings on role of women in Islam for both men and women, however, the focus will be more on community & religious leaders and women & girls.
More than 300 women have received training from DAWEO in a variety of subjects, including literacy, Mathematic, English, Islamic education, health awareness, Tailoring, and legal counsel at the Family Resource Center.
Considering Afghanistan’s delicate political situation as well as cultural restrictions, luring women to the regions is not a simple endeavor. but DAWEO was able to resolve this issue by comprehending the relevant institutions and organizations. local councils, Municipal representatives (Wakil-Gozar) were among those who helped us determine which women were at risk, in need, as well as who needed psychosocial treatment and legal counsel. DAWEO is doing its best to provide capacity building and professional training for women in the current situation, where the political regime has completely changed.
One of the tactics that helped us successfully administer this program was fostering trust among the locals and DAWEO. Nevertheless, despite the numerous challenges we faced, our achievement was largely due to our tenacity, experience, and in-depth knowledge of the subject.
From June to December 2022 student registration is still going well, and DAWEO plans to offer educational, awareness, and psychological programs to more than 1,300 women in the Bamyan province by June 2023.
Many women have been able to support themselves financially by enrolling in vocational programs at the Family Resource Center like food processing and sewing.
One of the educational items used by families was financial literacy training, which was taught to women by DAWEO trainers. The training rounds of FRC were as below:
- Totally 101 students benefited from English class from June to Dec 2022
- The 65 students in literacy classes
- The 47 students in Mathematic classes
- A total of 115 persons received Islamic studies and legal advice
- 90 women graduated from sewing class
- 50 women benefited from financial literacy
- 112 women benefited from health programs and consultations
- And 100 people learned to recite the holy Quran.
