Malawi Irish Consortium on Gender Based Violence

Established in 2014, the Malawi Irish Consortium on Gender Based Violence (MICGBV) includes diverse members representing humanitarian, development, human rights, advocacy, and gender focused organizations. The Consortium comprises of six member organizations: ActionAid Malawi, Concern Worldwide, Irish Rule of Law, and Oxfam in Malawi, Self-Help Africa-United Purpose and Trocaire. The Consortium also receives support from and is in close collaboration with the Embassy of Ireland in Malawi. Currently Concern Worldwide holds the seat of Consortium Chair.

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Objective

The MICGBV aims to promote evidence-based programming on gender equality and Gender Based Violence (GBV) and support the relevant work of the Government of Malawi through the Ministry of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare and other key stakeholders.

Specific Objective

The MICGBV strives to achieve its objectives through:
i. Sharing learning and best practices grounded in evidence among the members and externally with relevant stakeholders.
ii. Identifying and exploring opportunities to work collaboratively to conduct research, to develop programme approaches and implement initiatives to promote gender equality and respond to gender-based violence.
iii. Joint advocacy: becoming a credible voice with a significant influence on policy and practice in relation to GBV and other gender issues, based on high‐quality evidence / research and learning from the work of its members at field level.
Further strengthen the Consortiums advocacy capabilities to complement the work of existing national gender coordinating groups (and local CSOs.
iv. Coordination and linkages: establishing linkages with other GBV/gender platforms for joint advocacy purposes and local capacity building, as relevant, of the same.
Overall, the Secretariat strategically positions the Consortium to be a stronger Malawi actor on GBV prevention and response, influencing policy and legislation and better advocating for change, while also linking up and strengthening local actors on ending GBV.

Advocacy

Mobilising and Education

Learning