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    An evaluation of oxfam’s community protection committee gender equality Programme in Uvira District, South Kivu Dr-Congo
    (Kampala International University, College of Humanities and social sciences., 2019-03) Shukuru, Claude Kihama
    The purpose of this study was to evaluate Oxfam’s Community Protection Committee gender equality programme in Uvira district DR-Congo. The following objectives guided the study: i) to examine the effects of the gender equality activities implemented by CPC programme in Uvira district, DRC; ii) to examine the successes of the CPC programme in ensuring gender equality in Uvira district DRC; and iii) to explore the challenges of implementing the CPC programme in Uvira district. This study used case study research design. A survey of 75 beneficiaries was conducted using questionnaires as well as 10 key informant interviews. Data analysis was done using manual coding and transcribing recurrent themes in the text. The study found that CPC programmes promoted and formalized women’s participation by having an equal number of men and women on protection committees. The study further found that CPC programme recorded successes in areas such as: increased capacity building on protection, gender and social accountability; improved community members’ confidence and empowerment levels; and easier access to sexual and gender based violence-related services. In addition, the study found that a number of challenges impeded the activities of CPCs, among which included: governance and accountability, difficulty in involving the youths, financial mismanagement and fraud. In conflict areas, the CPCs faced high risks when raising awareness of sensitive issues. The study concludes that CPC programme is a reliable model for promoting and addressing gender equity in conflict affected areas such as Uvira district. The study recommends that there is a need for the Oxfam team, local leaders and members of the community to address issues that men face equally with those affecting women; community leaders, church leaders and the Oxfam staff should provide separate spaces where women can come together and talk about issues that affect them; and Oxfam management and the local leaders and members of the CPC programme should be trained on the code of conduct; and that CPCs and Oxfam staff should sensitize the locals of the activities of the CPCs and their relevance to the security of the area.