OFFLINE CAMPAIGN

Nalafem collaborated with four young advocates for offline engagement which collected 1,580 signatures and brought Generation Equality Forum closer to young people in the community. Nalafem provided financial support of $250 per youth advocate to mobilize, inform and collect signatures. For this collection method, the signature identifier was the participants mobile phone number.

Offline Signatures by Country

Offline Signatures by Gender

Offline Signatures by Age Range

496 Signatures - Sierra Leone

Hawa Yokie had organized town halls in the surroundings of Freetown, the capital city of Sierra Leone. The town halls aimed at informing young women and men about the Africa Young Women B+25 Manifesto, as well as the Generation Equality Forum and Action Coalitions processes. Participants were positively impressed by the Manifesto, and no major constraints or challenges were faced by Hawa. The engagement resulted in 496 signatures being collected.

Working with NalaFEM was a great experience. I love the transparency of the organization and how inclusive they were to work with young people from around Africa. It helped me a lot to understand young people in my country on their knowledge about the Beijing +25 and the importance of signing the Manifesto.

490 Signatures - DRC

Despite the volcano eruption in Goma (22 May 2021), which affected mobility and exacerbated the condition of young people with disabilities, Sylvain Obedi was able to mobilize and collect endorsements from different stakeholders in multiple ways. In fact, Sylvain managed to establish partnerships with some local organizations and the media, with the aim of disseminating the demands of the Manifesto and collecting broader endorsement from young people in Goma

Some want it to happen, some would like it to happen and Nala makes it happen, the 10 manifesto of young African women, is a legacy for present and future generations

486 Signatures - Tanzania

Abel Koka, from the Generation Equality Youth Task Force, engaged Samwel Maphie from Manyara, a small city located two hours from the region of Arusha, to bring young people of this small town closer to the Generation Equality Forum, while disseminating and presenting the Africa Young Women Beijing+25 Manifesto. Abel and Samwel provided training of volunteers to understand the Manifesto and GEF and managed door to door engagement for community sensitization

Challenges

Reluctancy of young women in providing their phone number
Men’s interference and disruption of the engagement, claiming that the Africa Young Women Beijing+25 Manifesto is an “anti-men” document
Sometimes volunteers were forced to interrupt their engagement for fear of repercussions

113 Signatures - Uganda

The most challenging engagement was the one led by Data Robert Festo and the volunteers of Refugee Active Peace Building Initiative, working in the Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement with refugees from South Sudan. RAPBI organized informative town halls with greater participation of both women and men of different ages.

Challenge: many of the young women do not own a cell phone, and often share one with their male relatives

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the management of NalaFEM in supporting our programs on advocating for women rights in Refugee settlement here in Uganda. Throughout this collective engagement it has changed our community perspective from traditional ways of thinking to understanding the involving women in decision making. Truly without your engagement with us we could not have reached to meet overcome 500 South Sudanese women in Refugee settlement