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Strengthening the Capacity of the Government of Costa Rica to Promote the Protection of Migrant Women, Adolescents and Girls (including those with diverse SOGIESC)
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Start Date
2023
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End Date
2025
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Project Status
Active
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Project Type
Protection and Assistance to Vulnerable Migrants
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Budget Amount (USD)
300000.00
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Coverage
National
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Year
2023
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IDF Region
Latin America and the Caribbean
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Prima ID
CR10P0548
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Projects ID
PX.0422
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Benefiting Member States
Costa Rica
Costa Rica is a key country of origin, destination and transit for migrants in the region. Depending on their diverse gender identities, migrants face unique challenges, vulnerabilities, needs and risks. Given the variety of protection risk factors experienced by different migrant populations in Costa Rica, especially women, adolescents and girls (including those with diverse SOGIESC), it is critical that any effort to comprehensively prevent, address and respond to gender-based violence (GBV) incorporates considerations and actively seeks to meet their needs. In October 2022, the Government of Costa Rica launched its National Strategy to Combat Sexual Harassment and Abuse against Women. Also referred to as the 'National Gender Plan', the strategy includes a communications strategy, a first response mechanism and a legal framework. In addition, Costa Rica's National Institute for Women (INAMU) is creating “Violet Point” resource centres in communities across Costa Rica to support women in crisis and help them report cases of abuse or harassment, as part of their broader efforts to increase access to their resources outside of the Greater Metropolitan Area of San Jose. Currently, this initiative does not incorporate considerations which address the needs of migrant women, including women with diverse SOGIESC. However, INAMU expressed their interest in ensuring that their services are suited to the needs of migrant populations.
To meet this need, the objective of this project is to contribute to the protection of migrant women, adolescents and girls (including those with diverse SOGIESC), particularly survivors of GBV, in Costa Rica. To achieve this objective, the National Gender Plan’s reporting and referral pathways will be adapted and strengthened (Output 1.1); a communications toolkit to promote positive community discourse and to increase migrants’ awareness of reporting and assistance tools accessible to them will be developed (Output 1.2); and capacity building in the form of ToTs and workshops on the strengthened referral pathways and on the protection of migrant women, adolescents and girls (including those with diverse SOGIESC), especially those who have been survivors of GBV, will be implemented (Output 1.3). As a result of these interventions, INAMU officials are expected to further prevent and respond to GBV against migrant women, adolescents and girls (including those with diverse SOGIESC).