[{"bbox": [145, 151, 1104, 210], "category": "Text", "text": "**Public Prosecutor** (for investigation and prosecution), the Ministry of Education and Science (MEC) and the Ministry of Finance."}, {"bbox": [145, 222, 313, 250], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## Non-state actors"}, {"bbox": [145, 262, 1104, 322], "category": "Text", "text": "This category is composed of two groups: a) Women's, feminist, and gender/women empowerment organisations (GEWE); and b) Non-traditional sectors."}, {"bbox": [145, 333, 1106, 595], "category": "Text", "text": "**Women's, feminist, and GEWE organisations** have been working on GBV in Paraguay for a long time, generating knowledge, providing prevention actions and assistance, and engaging in advocacy with the public authorities. In the area of prevention, the role of these organisations is key for training and for awareness raising on gender-based violence issues. As for attention and response, several organisations provide direct assistance, with telephone hotlines to help with shelter and legal and psychological services. Sustainability is a challenge for these organisations. It is hard for the smaller ones to obtain legal recognition, get stable and manage resources, while those that are legally recognised and can manage resources typically for short-term projects that do not fully ensure their sustainability"}, {"bbox": [145, 606, 1106, 695], "category": "Text", "text": "**Non-traditional actors** include business, religious, co-operative, athletic, artistic and other private actors. Some of them, such as some business organisations, have taken actions in fighting against GBV."}, {"bbox": [145, 706, 1106, 823], "category": "Text", "text": "There is great diversity in the **media**. Local and community media have the potential to disseminate relevant messages to help developing an enabling environment to fight against VAWG. The journalists in the Network of Communicators and Journalists and the Union of Journalists of Paraguay are also key actors."}, {"bbox": [145, 879, 575, 911], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 3. DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION"}, {"bbox": [145, 924, 578, 955], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.1 Objectives and Expected Outputs"}, {"bbox": [145, 966, 1104, 1022], "category": "Text", "text": "**The Overall Objective** of the Action is to ensure that women and girls in Paraguay live a life free of violence."}, {"bbox": [145, 1036, 576, 1067], "category": "Text", "text": "**The Specific Objectives** of this action are:"}, {"bbox": [145, 1078, 1104, 1166], "category": "Text", "text": "SO1. To increase the engagement of public institutions, the private sector and citizens in the fight against all types of gender-based violence and the stereotypes that perpetuate violence against women and girls."}, {"bbox": [145, 1177, 1104, 1237], "category": "Text", "text": "SO2. To improve services for women and girls who are victims of violence, with particular emphasis on the most vulnerable groups."}, {"bbox": [145, 1248, 986, 1278], "category": "Text", "text": "The Outputs to be delivered by this action contributing to Specific Objectives 1 are:"}, {"bbox": [145, 1289, 1106, 1378], "category": "Text", "text": "1.1 Strengthened and/or create public-private cooperation mechanisms (i.e signature of covenants/pacts) at national and departmental level for a Paraguay free of all types of violence against women and girls."}, {"bbox": [145, 1389, 1104, 1448], "category": "Text", "text": "1.2 Increased awareness among citizens and other public-private actors of the inequalities, risks and situations of all types of violence faced by women and girls."}, {"bbox": [145, 1459, 1104, 1518], "category": "Text", "text": "1.3 Increased availability of quality information for citizens and public-private actors on the perception and situation of victims and survivors of VAWG."}, {"bbox": [145, 1529, 1104, 1589], "category": "Text", "text": "1.4 Increased capacities of Civil Society Organisations and other relevant organisations addressing VAWG to effectively support public authorities and victims of violence."}, {"bbox": [616, 1636, 631, 1658], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "9"}]