Peace Initiative Kenya My Action Counts in Ending Gender Based Violence
My Action Counts in Ending
Gender Based Violence
Peace Initiative Kenya (PIK) project aims at supporting prevention of Gender Based Violence (GBV) and improving the current GBV response frameworks at the national and local levels. The project is funded by United States Agency International Development (USAID) and implemented by the International Rescue Committee (IRC), together with local partners; Coalition on Violence against Women (COVAW), Rural Women’s Peace Link (RWPL), Sauti Ya Wanawake – Pwani, Health Care Assistance Kenya (HAK) through GBV hotline 1195, Africa Women’s Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP), Women’s Empowerment Link (WEL) and African Woman and Child Feature Service (AWC). The project covers 9 counties: Taita Taveta, Kwale, Mombasa, Kisumu, Migori, Kisii, Uasin Gishu, Nandi and Trans Nzoia to improve GBV prevention, as well as increase access and utilization of GBV services through community outreach and other awareness raising efforts. At the national level, the PIK project works closely with the National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC), Ministry of Devolution and Planning - Directorate of Gender, Anti-Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Board and other stakeholders to support the government in creating an enabling environment for coordination of GBV prevention and service provision. International Rescue Committee Peace Initiative Kenya Office Regent Court, along Argwings Kodhek Road, Hurlingham Phone: +254 733 540 016/+254 726 082 140 Email: PIK@rescue.org
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Rural Women Peace Link Phone: +254 716 974 125/ 053 293 378 Email: womenpeacelink@yahoo.com Coalition on Violence Against Women Phone: +254 722 594 794 / +254 20 804 000 Email: info@covaw.or.ke Sauti Ya Wanawake Pwani Phone: 020 610 287 Email: info@sautiyawanawakepwani.org Healthcare Assistance Kenya Phone: +254 722 570308 / +254 705 208068 Email: info@hakgbv1195.org Africa Woman and Child Feature Service Phone: +254 20 2720554 / +254 722 209 510 Email: info@awcfs.org Africa Women’s Entrepreneurship Program Phone: +254 718 262 928/+254 722 999 120 Email: info@awepkenya.org Women’s Empowerment Link Phone: +254 711 907 132 / +254 732 574 060 Email: info@wel.or.ke
website: www.gbvkenya.org