Fighting violence against women in Latin America - Stop the stream of violence against women (in English, German and Spanish)

Two-page factsheet, available in English, German and Spanish.

The "Federación Departamental de Cooperativas de Agua y Alcantarillado de Santa Cruz" (FEDECAAS; The
Departmental Federation of Cooperatives of Water and Sanitation Services of Santa Cruz) serves as an
umbrella organization for the cooperatives that provide water and sanitation services in Santa Cruz and
represents the interests of these cooperatives.

During the campaign FEDECAAS counted on the
support of the GIZ programs PROAPAC and
ComVoMujer, programs that shared the desire to
sensitize the cooperatives and their customers on
the topic of gender-based violence. The effort aimed
to make the employees of their companies into
caretakers to report the cases of violence
against women that occur in their surroundings.

Knowing about the success of the Peruvian campaign,
“Stop the flow of violence against women,”
FEDECAAS recognized the large potential to replicate
the program in Bolivia and thus decided to adapt it
to local conditions.
During the campaign FEDECAAS counted on the
support of the GIZ programs PROAPAC and
ComVoMujer, programs that shared the desire to
sensitize the cooperatives and their customers on
the topic of gender-based violence. The effort aimed
to make the employees of their companies into
caretakers to report the cases of violence
against women that occur in their surroundings.

Bibliographic information

GIZ (2012). Fighting violence against women in Latin America - Stop the stream of violence against women (in English, German and Spanish). Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Peru

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