Final Evaluation: Equal opportunities and access to response mechanisms and institutions to combat violence against women for women and girls with disabilities

Author(s)/editor(s)

Mr Altanas Sully, Mr Mickens Mathieu and Mrs Rosemonde Hilaire

Location: Haiti

Grantee: Initiative pour un Développement Equitable en Haïti (IDEH)

Grant period: 1 December 2019 - 28 February 2023

Grant amount: USD 500,000

Authors/editors: Mr Altanas Sully, Mr Mickens Mathieu and Mrs Rosemonde Hilaire

Publication year: 2023

Initiative pour un Développement Equitable en Haïti (IDEH) implemented a three-year project, “Equal opportunities and access to response mechanisms and institutions to combat violence against women for women and girls with disabilities”, with the support of the UN Trust Fund. The project aimed to:

enable women and girls living with disabilities in the target areas of Hinche, Port-au-Prince and Gonaïves in Haiti to access institutional services in cases of violence against women and girls; and
reinforce their leadership capacities to respond to gender-based violence and inclusive public policies.

The final evaluation found that the project had left the communities of women and girls living with disabilities better aware of their rights and more mindful of the discrimination and violence they had faced.

Main findings of the evaluation:

98% of survey respondents said they had engaged in training and awareness-raising activities on violence against women and girls living with disabilities.
More than 80% of beneficiaries developed the ability to identify sexual violence.
98% of those who participated in training and awareness-raising activities learned what to do if they have been subjected to violence.
72% of survey respondents understood that if they are a survivor of violence, they should seek aid from specified institutions.