NICE Public Trust through Spotlight Initiative says it will launch campaigns and different interventions in an effort to end different atrocities that women and children face in their everyday life.

According to NICE Public Trust Executive Director Ollen Mwalubunju, the Trust`s role will be providing Civic Education to communities and giving a voice to the survivors of gender-based violence (GBV).

Mwalubunju, who was speaking at a press briefing in Lilongwe, said the Trust will directly be working with communities as to where they can source gender- based violence related issues.

“The likelihood is that a number of people will be coming out to seek redress so we will actually be educating people where they can seek redress once their rights have been violated.

Through this project working with others see that the environment in which women, girls, children live is a safe environment where they can also enjoy rights as any other member of the society,” said Mwalubunju.

The initiative which is receiving funding from UN Women will be implemented in Nkhata Bay, Mzimba, Ntchisi, Dowa, Machinga and Nsanje districts for a period of two years.

In Malawi, the Spotlight Initiative is built around six inter-connected and mutually-reinforcing pillars focusing on laws and policies, institutions, prevention and social norms, services, data, and the women’s rights movement – driving innovation and transformative programming to end violence in the targeted districts.

As a flagship programme under UN Reform, which promotes coherence of the UN System, the Spotlight Initiative Malawi Country Programme sees four UN agencies – UN Women, UNFPA, UNICEF and UNDP – working together towards a common goal, in partnership with the Malawi government, the EU and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs).