“Understanding and acting on the logics of gender inequalities” The objective of this action is to provide technical, methodological and accompaniment to the programme  entitled  “Understanding and acting on the logic's of gender inequalities” which envisages that women have knowledge to access their rights, to participate in social life and to Increase their development opportunities and confidence in decision making.
The programme will be implemented by WLSA Mozambique and CAPAZ both compromised with he following outcomes:
• Church leadership is sensitized on the problems of gender inequality, and supports the use of gender sensitive approaches in church social action;
• Church development organizations have the knowledge and skills to better mainstream gender into their actions;
• Church development organizations have capacity to provide assistance to communities accessing their rights;
• Women are empowered to make informed and independent decisions as a result of confidence building.
The main actions of the project were proposed considering CAFOD commitments with UK aid Match Fund, and as such, are intended to contribute to generate the expected results regarding women's empowerment and gender mainstreaming.
For this purpose, we will rely on the capacities, skills and experience of WLSA-Mozambique and CAPAZ (two important protagonists in the struggle for the promotion and protection of women’s rights in Mozambique), to which material and financial support will be channelled so that they can carry out their core business successfully, seeking the full achievement of the objective and results set out in the framework of the project.
It will be their responsibility to conduct formative and informative actions to raise awareness and understanding of the target group on the problematic of gender inequality in its different dimensions.
We also trust partner’s capacity to transmit the basic knowledge and information in respect to gender to the targeted church leadership and social commissions and to build up their capacity to adopt and implement gender sensitive approaches in their daily work.
This last expectation will be achieved through the introduction of innovative methodologies in target organizations to offer specific conditions and opportunities for women's empowerment in their projects.
Special trust is given to the model of "good neighbours" developed by CAPAZ, which provides the necessary skills to empower communities to be able to identify and treat problems affecting women (including violence).
The implementation of this model will be combined with training sessions addressed to the staff of the beneficiary organizations in to develop their knowledge on content and methods to support the introduction of a gender perspective and approach in their work (being, doing and relating).
Capaz and WLSA will also provide regular technical support to the beneficiary organizations, through systematic accompaniment (monitoring and mentoring), as a way to ensure the quality and impact of their work.
The program will be implemented in a total of 25 communities in which the six beneficiary organizations operate. It is hoped that through the implementation of project activities at least 12150  women will have the opportunity to increase their knowledge about relevant laws that protect their rights, as well as about existing institutions and mechanisms for accessing basic services so that they will be able to take informed and independent decisions in what affects their lives.