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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Local News - By Ken Simiyu - 17.03.2014 - IRC EMPOWERS WOMEN AGAINST VIOLENCE



The International Rescue Committee ( I. R. C] has started one week  training  of the community health workers  on Women Empowerment Program  at a guest House in Lodwar Town. During the training the HIV and AIDs counseling officer Gladys Muiga said that following the research that was done with the I R C in collaboration with AMREF which shows that women undergoes many challenges in the community without exposing it out  so they came up with W E P Program to help and protect women against Violent. The officer however added that the NGO came up with methodology with acronyms with the name Agro name SASA which means Start Awareness, Support Action (SASA) that shows the behavior change and development of skills towards Human relationship and Power balance in the Community. The participants were drawn from Kawalase, Napetet, Nakwamekwi, kawalase villages within Lodwar Township.

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