Summary of publication

This plan provides details on the Vanuatu Women's Centre (VWC) plan for year 2, July 2017 to June 2018. It also provided a brief update on program progress from July 2016 to November 2016.

Key outcomes VWC plans to achieve over year 2 include:

1. VWC Counselling, Legal Assistance and Support Service – including
   1. Effective and confidential crisis counselling and support services provided by VWC;
   2. Legal information, assistance and representation for clients throughout the country;
   3. Enhanced counselling and advocacy skills delivered through counsellor training.
2. Branches and CAVAWs – including
   1. Accessible counselling and prevention services provided by the branches;
   2. Increased branch capacity to deliver effective prevention and response services;
   3. Community awareness/prevention and counselling services provided by CAVAWs in remote island communities;
   4. Strengthened capacity of CAVAWs to undertake community awareness/prevention, counselling and local networking.
3. VWC Community Education and Awareness/Prevention – including
   1. Greater awareness of the dynamics and impact of violence against women and children;
   2. Comprehensive information on and analysis of violence against women and children.
4. Human and Legal Rights Lobbying and Training and Male Advocacy – including
   1. Increased awareness of gender equality and human rights in key agencies, delivered through training provided to other agencies by VWC;
   2. Increased participation and support of men in efforts to eliminate violence against women and children (VAWC) delivered through male advocacy training.
5. Management and Institutional Strengthening – including
   1. Organisational and personnel management and capacity building; and
   2. Program planning, management, monitoring and risk management.

Full publication

• Phase 7 annual plan for year 2 (July 2017 to June 2018) [PDF 3 MB]