1. Warcati Project
ANNUAL WORK PLAN 2012

2. Background:
Building on the WRACTI initiative and insights gained during its implementation in the Arab region. The project will apply a comprehensive approach combining compilation and dissemination of information, capacity building of key stakeholders and the raising of awareness of women’s rights among them and the general public. The project will contribute to Kuwait’s effort to empower women to attain their rights and to enable them to effectively contribute to the country’s political, economic, and social development. The integration of the project into this regional framework will increase project impact through cross-fertilization.
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3. Warcati (UNDP) Regional Project :
Tunisia
Egypt
Morocco
Jordan
Palestine
Lebanon
Kuwait the
first in the gulf
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4. Project Objectives:
The key objective of the project is to enhance the legal knowledge of Kuwaiti women and to assist them in understanding and claiming their rights and entitlements.
It will focus on the challenges identified in the Arab Human Development Reports of 2005 and 2009 which highlights the need of addressing the shortfalls of women’s legal empowerment.
Project Specific Objectives:
Raising awareness of Kuwaiti women and the public at large on women's legal rights, duties and entitlements.
Build local capacities of the support mechanisms and stakeholders to ensure women’s empowerment in Kuwait
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5. Project Outputs: Output 1
Access to legal information for women is facilitated
Output 1
Knowledge and awareness of women’s rights among major groups enhanced, through national outreach, media campaigns, national, regional and international networking and expert sharing
Output 2
Capacity of key partners and stakeholders to provide and facilitate access to legal information for women enhanced
Output 3
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6. Implementing Partner; WCCS
Long history of activism and tireless work on advocacy for women’s rights and gender equality in Kuwait (1963)
Drawing on their successful experiences, to name some ;campaign for the political rights of the Kuwaiti women and their project on the Family Law with UNIFEM(UNWOME) and Freedom House.
Partnership with co -partners to ensure engagement of technical people who own the knowledge and the skills to support women’s legal rights.
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7. AWP 2012 First Q 2nd Q 3rd Q 4th Q Recruit project staff(one local )
Purchase Equipments
Project roll- out conference
Review and compile legal information by TC
Digitize legal information
Prepare and publish booklets, brochures and banners (company)
A company to produce CDs
Women and the law forum
Recruit IT consultant to establish the website
Need assessment and planning for the 2nd year
Disseminate legal materials widely to the public and the stakeholders
Media and public outreach through out the project life time
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8. Budget break-downs: Item Budget 1rst Q 2nd Q 3rd Q 4th Q
Project roll-out conference
2,000 $
Salaries
174,000 $
Transportation
6,000 $
Communications
Stationeries
Equipments
4,000 $
Local legal practitioners
20,000 $
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9. Budget break- downs(continue)
Item
Budget
1rst Q
2nd Q
3rd Q
4th Q
Women & the Law forum
2,000 $
IT consultant
20,000 $
Printing Company
14,000 $
Miscellaneous
Total Budget
250,000 $
GMS
7,500 $
Grand Total
257,500 $
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10. What’s Next; Project Sustainability:
Strategies for project sustainability include:
Building capacities of a pool of local staff, volunteers , practitioners and partners(learning by doing) to ensure long term commitment and lasting impact
Invest efforts in the first year of the project life time to document success stories and best practices that could be replicated in the subsequent women’s empowerment projects and interventions
Conduct a participatory planning process and resource mobilization strategy that will be ready for promotion by end of the third quarter.
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11. Thank You! Questions?
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