Mid-Term Review of the AGIR Programme - Sida

2 F I N D I N G S
some public works and services, and it is claimed that this is having an impact
on service delivery.
On progress towards outcomes in sub-programme managed by Diakonia:
This sub-programme covers four impact areas distributed into three intervention areas:
participation and social accountability, legal accountability including human rights
and political accountability. The gap, resulting from the suspension of MEPT focusing
on the ‘right to education’, is envisaged to be covered by the recruitment of a
number of locally-based partners who are specialised in this field. This could add to
improved impact at the local level where Diakonia so far does not have any directly
recruited partners. The focus on local level partners for interventions in education will
require effective networks by these to the central level to channel local evidence into
national level advocacy.
Examples of progress towards outcomes under the sub-programme of Diakonia are:
As a result of ACAMOs activities, mechanisms have been established for regulations
regarding the exemption of tax and duties on all imports of academic
material for the disabled, and special systems have been created to guarantee
access to education and employment at the National Institute for Employment
and Vocational Training.
LDH is very strong in governance issues. As a result of LDH’s monitoring activities
of human rights victims of torture and trafficking of body parts in
Niassa, Sofala and Manica, the National Institute for Social Action has supported
identified victims and the issue, long denied, has been accepted by the
government. LDHs persistence in monitoring human rights in prisons has
been made complicated by denial of access of LDH to prisons. The government
shows increasing awareness of the need to acknowledge human rights
principles in its interventions. The Ministry of Justice has approached the Liga
and has acknowledged that its work is important. As a result of LDH’s endurance
and persistence, the government has accepted the need for monitoring
and a MoU has been signed with the state allowing LDH access to prisons to
monitor the extent to which prisoners’ rights are respected. This has contributed
to a considerable increase in monitoring and respect of human rights in
prisons.
Under legal responsibility and human rights, LDH has promoted many civic
education campaigns on various legislation about children’s rights and domestic
violence against women, and has reached out to 150 communities in 2011-
2012. The work of monitoring the prison system contributed to a considerable
increase in respect to human rights in the prisons and acknowledgement of
the role of LDH; and the government, through the Ministry of Justice, signed
a MoU with this organisation to work in the prison system.
AMMCJ has contributed to improve access to legal assistance by women in
rural areas.
MULEIDE is promoting campaigning on HIV/AIDS and violence against
women that contributes to raise awareness on this matters.
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