Take care Life is collective

The project led by the Fundación Bien Humano aims to contribute to the reduction of gender gaps by fostering the acknowledgement, reduction of time and redistribution of unpaid care work and the promotion of women's economic empowerment in the targeted territories of the department of Antioquia.

Descriptive

This project aims to raise awareness and acknowledgement of the sexual division of labor and its relationship with the violence that women have experienced, such as the control of their bodies and sexuality, the restrictions and dispossession of their patrimony, the social and economic devaluation of domestic work and the systematic restriction of access to material resources, which hinder their economic autonomy. Through a set of pedagogical and communication activities, opportunity-generating actions and a strategy of social and political advocacy, the project goal is to contribute to the closure of gender gaps in the targeted territories of Antioquia, by achieving redistribution of unpaid care work in the home and the promotion of women's economic empowerment.

NGO / Association

Based on current social challenges, the Bien Humano Foundation prioritizes the deployment of affirmative actions towards women heads of the family and victims of violence to contribute whit the reduction of gender gaps and to consolidate academic and methodological expertise to address gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive rights, care economy, economic autonomy and the development of life skills. The Foundation is recognized as a founding member of the Antioquia Care Economics Board, for its leadership in the formulation of local and departmental public policies for families, and for its defense actions at national level, of the rights for paid, unpaid domestic workers and workers of the popular economy. A pillar of Bien Humano Foundation is participating in networks and management of alliances based on trust and quality. In 2023 the Foundation worked with more than 50 entities with local recognition to give scope and sustainability to its initiatives.

Partners

Antioquia Governor´s Office, though its Secretariat for Women. A trust-based working relationship has been built with this public entity since 2021, around the design and implementation of a pilot test on Care Economy Plans. This background has made it possible the articulation to work in partnership and contribute to the implementation of the Departmental System of Care.
Antioquia Federation of NGOs (FAONG in Spanish). It is a social organization that brings together 90 social organizations of Antioquia. In this project it is a relevant player that convenes the federated organizations of Antioquia to participate in the project's offer of interest for them.
Comfenalco Antioquia. Private sector entity with whom we have planned to implement actions to strengthening the youth school for social and political leadership. It also seeks to influence the business sector, based on this organization's experience in labor inclusion processes with a gender perspective.
Telefónica Foundation. They will be responsible for guiding the training process to strengthen digital skills that favor access to employment or the development of undertakings by young women.

Aimed results

Improvement of public planning mechanisms to contribute to closing gender gaps in 9 municipalities of Antioquia. 1a. Improvement of sociocultural attitudes and practices that promote the acknowledgement, reduction of time and redistribution of unpaid care work;
Increase in the number of women developing livelihoods (employment or undertaking);
Increase in the number of young people participating in social, economic, and political scenarios that promote the closing of gender gaps.

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Gender Equality

Sectors

Antioquia

Location

440 000 Euros

Amount of AFD financing

494 354 Euros

Total amount of the project

NGO grants

Financing tool

June 2024