[{"bbox": [97, 152, 1164, 231], "category": "Text", "text": "This Action builds on the achievements and lessons learned of the Spotlight Initiative in Mozambique, as well as on the recommendations of the end-of-programme assessment commissioned by the EU Delegation in Mozambique (see section 3.4)."}, {"bbox": [97, 244, 1164, 431], "category": "Text", "text": "With Tolerância Zero! the EU aims to reinforce its commitment to gender equality and to support women empowerment by engaging with the Government, CSOs and other key stakeholders to fight against SGBV. The Action will support the short and medium-term strategies of the Government of Mozambique³ in an integrated manner, encompassing a continuum of prevention and response to SGBV at provincial level in Manica (Chimoio, Gondola, Mossurize and Tambara districts) and Gaza (Xai-Xai, Chongoene and Chicoalacoala districts). At central level, the Action will provide technical assistance to the Ministry of Gender Children and Social Action (MGCAS), and will establish a collaboration with a University to conduct two behavioural surveillance surveys (BSS)."}, {"bbox": [97, 443, 578, 470], "category": "Text", "text": "The four specific objectives of Tolerância Zero! are:"}, {"bbox": [97, 481, 1164, 535], "category": "Text", "text": "**Prevention of SGBV** - Gender equitable social norms, attitudes, and behaviours are promoted and supported by domesticated/translated laws at the institutional, community and individual level."}, {"bbox": [97, 547, 1164, 600], "category": "Text", "text": "**Services** - Women and girls who experience violence and harmful practices use available, accessible, and quality essential SGBV services."}, {"bbox": [97, 612, 1164, 694], "category": "Text", "text": "**Women's movements and civil society** - Women's rights groups, social movements and relevant CSOs, including those representing youth and groups facing multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination/marginalization, more effectively influence and advance progress on ending SGBV."}, {"bbox": [97, 705, 1164, 784], "category": "Text", "text": "**Institutional capacities and data** - Strengthened institutional, technical and coordination capacities of MGCAS and other relevant stakeholders, towards a multidisciplinary and integrated/holistic response to SGBV, relying on quality data."}, {"bbox": [97, 796, 1164, 985], "category": "Text", "text": "Tolerância Zero! is aligned with the MIP priority area 3 ‘Governance, Peace and a Just Society’, and its result ‘Women, men, girls and boys in all their diversity are better protected from all forms of gender-based violence in the public and private spheres’. It is also aligned with GAP III Country Level Implementation Plan (CLIP) for Mozambique, the Human Rights and Democracy Action Plan 2021-2024, and the EU Roadmap for Engagement with Civil Society 2021-2027. It will contribute to the Team Europe Initiative e-Youth, and more specifically on its ‘empowerment’ pillar which seeks to ‘decrease gender-based violence amongst young people’ and ‘improve sexual and reproductive health and rights, especially for girls and young women’."}, {"bbox": [85, 1023, 324, 1057], "category": "Section-header", "text": "# 2 RATIONALE"}, {"bbox": [85, 1089, 235, 1118], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 2.1 Context"}, {"bbox": [97, 1135, 1136, 1323], "category": "Text", "text": "Mozambique remains among the least developed countries in the world, witnessing also increasing inequality, including significant gender differences. The country has a population of 33.9 million (2022 est.), of which around 67% live and work in rural areas, and 68% of the population is under 25 years. The well-being of Mozambican households has declined over the last five years. Moreover, the country has recently been dealing with a series of multidimensional shocks, including the hidden debt crisis, recurrent cyclones, the Covid-19 pandemic and armed violence in the northern provinces. These shocks pushed millions into poverty and compromised development and gender equality gains made."}, {"bbox": [85, 1579, 1144, 1647], "category": "Footnote", "text": "³ Five-Year Government Plan (Plano Quinquenal do Governo-PQG 2020-2025: The National Plan for Advancement of Women’s Agenda (IV Plano Nacional de Acção Para o Avanço da Mulher 2018-2024); The Multi-Sectoral and Integrated Mechanism to Support Women Victims of Violence (Mecanismo Multisectorial de Atendimento Integrado à Mulher Vítima de Violência 2012)"}, {"bbox": [1038, 1681, 1144, 1707], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 4 of 25"}]