Mozambique: Youth group aids 500 families of victims in post election violence
South Korea disburses $6 million to support displaced women in Cabo Delgado
6:37 CAT | 10 Jul 2024
From left to right: UN Women Representative in Mozambique Marie Laetitia Kayisire, Secretary of State for Cabo Delgado province Antonio Supeia, Chairman of the Northern Integrated Development Agency-ADIN Jacinto Loureiro and deputy director of KOICA in Mozambique Gyeong-Jin Noh. [Photo: ADIN]
South Korea, through the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), is providing US$6 million (€5.5 million) to support women displaced by armed violence in Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique.
“The project we launch today constitutes a necessary action, as it aims to respond to the unique needs of internally displaced and repatriated women and girls,” said Gyeong-Jin Noh, deputy director of KOICA in Mozambique, during the launch of the project.
The two-year initiative aims to underwrite technical training and the construction of resilient housing, as well as providing psycho-social and livelihood support for more than 90,000 displaced women and girls.
The project “Promoting Socio-Economic Reconstruction and Resilience of Displaced Women and Girls in Northern Mozambique” will benefit residents in Nangade, Macomia, Muidumbe, Quissanga, Palma and Mocímboa da Praia districts, all affected by armed attacks in the province.
“Due to the heightened risk of violence against women and girls, we can contribute to ending impunity and strengthening the response capacity of seven departments serving families and women who are victims of violence,” said Marie Laetitia Kayisire, UN Women representative in Mozambique, one of the project implementation partners.
António Supeia, Secretary of State for Cabo Delgado, said that the decision to support displaced women was the right one, considering that the group faces multiple humanitarian challenges.
“Women also play a fundamental role in ensuring that the project meets the needs of the beneficiary communities and promotes gender equality,” Supeia also noted.
Since October 2017, Cabo Delgado has faced an armed rebellion with attacks claimed by movements associated with the extremist Islamic State group.
The last major attack took place on May 10 and 11, on the district headquarters of Macomia, with around a hundred insurgents looting the town, causing several deaths and prompting heavy fighting with the Mozambique Defence and Security Forces.
The population of other districts of the province have also reported the movement of groups of insurgents, who cause panic as they pass in the forests, but without any record of clashes, which happens at a time when small farmers are trying to harvest their cultivation plots.
President Nyusi of Mozambique stated on June 16 that the action of the various defence forces had eliminated “practically all” the bases of terrorist groups operating in Cabo Delgado, now limiting them to “walking around in the bush”.
The social and economic reintegration project for Women Internally Displaced in Cabo Delgado, implemented by UN WOMEN and ADIN , was launched today by the Secretary of State, HE Njaje Taino Supeia. Funded by KOICA (6 MUSD) pic.twitter.com/HpAFlFmUZp
— Dr. Marie Laetitia KAYISIRE (@KayisireMarie) July 8, 2024
UN Women and ADIN pleased to launch the Steering Committee of the Socio-Economic Reintegration Project for Women IDPs from 6 Districts of Cabo Delgado. 🙏#ADIN, # KOICA, # Administrators of Palma, Mocimboa da Praia, Macomia, Quissanga, Muidumbe and Nangade. @Nexus HDP in action. pic.twitter.com/jnz3qEjMhC
— Dr. Marie Laetitia KAYISIRE (@KayisireMarie) July 9, 2024
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