[{"bbox": [82, 147, 1167, 553], "category": "Table", "text": "<table><tr><td>External factors</td><td>The current drought experienced in the region may affect partners and communities' priorities to implement interventions, outreach and community mobilization activities related to FGM.</td><td>Medium</td><td>Medium</td><td>commitments on the eradication of the FGM.<br/>The action will strategically align interventions with existing and ongoing mechanisms within the EU and other collaborating partners that are addressing humanitarian response, mitigation of climate change effects to women and girls and building resilience to effects of the drought among the target communities.</td></tr></table>"}, {"bbox": [93, 555, 253, 578], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### Lessons Learnt:"}, {"bbox": [131, 581, 1160, 688], "category": "List-item", "text": "- **Maximizing Impact and ensuring more complete geographical coverage:** This action will leverage and complement efforts by other GBV programmes funded by Finland, Sweden and Denmark, and other development partners. It will enhance ongoing actions of the UNFPA-UNICEF programme to maximize impact and ensure more complete geographical coverage."}, {"bbox": [131, 688, 1101, 741], "category": "List-item", "text": "- **The identification of the most appropriate beneficiaries and areas for technical assistance** is key for ensuring a positive impact, and alignment with EU priorities."}, {"bbox": [131, 742, 1160, 820], "category": "List-item", "text": "- **Involving communities and engaging with local leaders:** It is crucial to engage with community members and leaders to create awareness of the harmful effects of FGM and to advocate for its abandonment as this will ensure sustainability."}, {"bbox": [131, 821, 1160, 900], "category": "List-item", "text": "- **Working with healthcare providers:** Healthcare providers play a crucial role in preventing medicalization of FGM. Training healthcare providers to identify and report cases of FGM can help to reduce the prevalence of the practice."}, {"bbox": [131, 901, 1160, 980], "category": "List-item", "text": "- **Empowering girls and women:** Girls and women who have undergone FGM may require support to cope with the physical and psychological consequences of the practice. Empowering them through education and economic opportunities can help to improve their well-being and reduce the likelihood of FGM."}, {"bbox": [131, 981, 1160, 1140], "category": "List-item", "text": "- **Long-term commitment:** Ending FGM requires a sustained effort over a long period of time. It is important to remain committed to the cause and continue to engage with communities until the practice is completely eliminated. High level Political will and commitment remains a key impetus to sustain momentum on ending FGM in Kenya. Under this action, this will be maintained and strengthened through the office of the Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Public Service, Gender and Affirmative Action and the office of the President of Kenya through implementation of the ICPD25 and GEF National commitments."}, {"bbox": [131, 1141, 1160, 1193], "category": "List-item", "text": "- **Coordination and Collaboration:** Working and coordinating through the Gender Sector working groups at both national and county level including the Development Partners Gender Working Group."}, {"bbox": [131, 1194, 1160, 1246], "category": "List-item", "text": "- **Leave No One Behind:** Targeting those furthest behind including persons with disabilities, elders, IDPs, refugees is key in ensuring inclusion and that no one is left behind."}, {"bbox": [131, 1247, 1160, 1327], "category": "List-item", "text": "- **Movement Building:** Local organizations (women and youth led civil society organizations) play a critical role in building movement/social networks towards ending GBV/FGM in development and including in emergencies."}, {"bbox": [131, 1328, 1160, 1380], "category": "List-item", "text": "- **Innovative approaches:** are instrumental to address emerging challenges related to FGM programming. e.g. economic empowerment through IGAs, Male engagement and engaging cultural/religious leaders."}, {"bbox": [131, 1381, 1160, 1460], "category": "List-item", "text": "- **A robust Monitoring and Evaluation and Reporting mechanism:** is essential for effective monitoring of the interventions at both national and county levels. Project monitoring and evaluation will adopt a participatory approach. Establish a Project Steering Team (PST)."}, {"bbox": [85, 1507, 397, 1538], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.5 The Intervention Logic"}, {"bbox": [97, 1554, 605, 1580], "category": "Text", "text": "The underlying intervention logic for this action is that;"}, {"bbox": [97, 1581, 1121, 1634], "category": "Text", "text": "(1) The rigid deeply rooted social and gender norms that make it difficult to change attitudes and behaviour towards the practice of FGM, are perpetuated by a variety of social, cultural, religious and economic factors."}, {"bbox": [1026, 1681, 1142, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 12 of 22"}]