Inerela+

On the 15th–16th of May 2025, at least four Country Networks implementing the HandsOff project participated in a two-day capacity-strengthening workshop facilitated by the INERELA+ Secretariat Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor. The workshop was part of HandsOff activities to be implemented in 2025, and the workshop intended to train and share knowledge with Country Networks on

INERELA+ Secretariat received an emergency grant from Aidsfonds to address access to healthcare gaps created by the withdrawal of health sector PEPFAR-funded programmes in Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Mozambique. The fund covered primary care that benefited vulnerable groups like women/girls, young people, children, LGBTQI, the disabled, the elderly and the underserved population, etc upon

The session explored the lived realities of technology-facilitated gender-based violence among children, adolescents, and young adults. It unpacked issues of online harm, help-seeking, and innovative tools for prevention. Technology-facilitated gender-based violence is a form of gendered harm that is enabled or carried out through digital platforms. It is an evolving form of violence that has

From the SVRI Forum held in 2024 it was shared that there is a climate – violence nexus. Climate change increases the risk of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in countries like Lesotho, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Namibia. In Lesotho in particular there is 11% additional HIV risk for teenage girls post drought. When crops fail due

The environmental and climate crisis is a children’s rights crisis and children have a human right to be heard in decision-making processes that affect their lives, families, and communities. However, despite their crucial role as stakeholders, children and young people are often underrepresented in discussions about environmental degradation, disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.