[{"bbox": [85, 153, 605, 187], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 3 DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION"}, {"bbox": [85, 219, 509, 252], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.1 Objectives and Expected Outputs"}, {"bbox": [96, 277, 1134, 359], "category": "Text", "text": "The Overall Objective (Impact) of this action is: **All women and girls in Sierra Leone, particularly the most vulnerable, live a life free of violence and harmful practices, collectively described as violence against women and girls (VAWG).**"}, {"bbox": [96, 384, 587, 412], "category": "Text", "text": "The four Specific Objectives and related Outputs are:"}, {"bbox": [96, 411, 1134, 518], "category": "Text", "text": "**A) Legislative and policy frameworks, based on evidence, informed by quality, disaggregated and globally comparable data and in line with international human rights standards, on all forms of violence against women and girls and harmful practices are in place, translated into costed multi-sectoral plans and implemented by National and sub-national systems and institutions**"}, {"bbox": [96, 530, 179, 557], "category": "Text", "text": "Outputs:"}, {"bbox": [130, 568, 1134, 756], "category": "List-item", "text": "A.1 National and regional partners¹² have strengthened evidence-based knowledge and capacities to assess gaps and draft new and/or strengthen existing legislations on ending VAWG and/or gender equality and non-discrimination that respond to the rights of the most groups facing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination and are in line with international HR standards and treaty bodies' recommendations. Notably the action will promote impact assessment and legislative review of the Sexual Offences Act and Domestic Violence Act. Criminalisation of FGM and effective implementation of the legal ban will be critical outputs pursued by the action."}, {"bbox": [130, 766, 1134, 901], "category": "List-item", "text": "A.2 National and/or sub-national partners¹³ are better able to develop evidence-based national and/or sub-national action plans on ending VAWG in line with international HR standards with M&E frameworks, increase financing and allocate appropriate budgets for their implementation, including for those groups facing intersecting and multiple forms of discrimination. Notably the action will promote the review and budgetisation of the National Action Plan on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence."}, {"bbox": [130, 910, 1134, 993], "category": "List-item", "text": "A.3 Key officials at national and/or sub-national levels in all relevant institutions¹⁴ are better able to develop and deliver evidence-based programmes that prevent and respond to VAWG, especially for those groups of women and girls facing intersecting and multiple forms of discrimination, including in other sectors"}, {"bbox": [130, 1004, 1134, 1137], "category": "List-item", "text": "A.4 Key partners, including relevant statistical officers, service providers in the different branches of government¹⁵ and women's rights advocates have strengthened capacities to regularly collect data related to VAWG in line with international and regional standards to inform laws, policies and programmes. The action will support the establishment of a sexual offenders' register and the strengthening of the GBV data collection system."}, {"bbox": [96, 1149, 1134, 1230], "category": "Text", "text": "**B) Gender equitable social norms, attitudes and behaviours change at community and individual levels to prevent violence against women and girls and harmful practices, including as a result of women's economic empowerment interventions**"}, {"bbox": [96, 1242, 179, 1270], "category": "Text", "text": "Outputs:"}, {"bbox": [130, 1280, 1134, 1361], "category": "List-item", "text": "B.1 National and/or sub-national evidence-based programmes are developed to promote gender-equitable norms, attitudes and behaviours, including on Comprehensive Sexuality Education in line with international standards, for in and out of school settings"}, {"bbox": [130, 1371, 1134, 1453], "category": "List-item", "text": "B.2 Community advocacy platforms are established/strengthened to develop strategies and programmes,¹⁶ including community dialogues, public information and advocacy campaigns, to promote gender-equitable norms, attitudes and behaviours, including in relation to women and girls' sexuality and reproduction, self-"}, {"bbox": [85, 1501, 709, 1526], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹² Parliamentarians, human rights institutions and women's right advocates"}, {"bbox": [85, 1525, 1143, 1574], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹³ Key government/national decision makers (Heads of State, Finance Ministers, Ministries of Justice and Police, Security Ministers and relevant planning institutions) including women's rights advocates"}, {"bbox": [85, 1573, 599, 1599], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁴ E.g. justice, statistics, police, health, community based, etc."}, {"bbox": [85, 1598, 530, 1622], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁵ Statistics offices, justice, security and health sector"}, {"bbox": [85, 1622, 1065, 1647], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁶ Including informing parenting skills around gender socialization through early childhood development programmes"}, {"bbox": [1027, 1681, 1144, 1706], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 11 of 35"}]