On October 25, the public presentation ceremony for the ADOS program was attended by the Canadian ambassador, the director of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and a representative of the Ministry of Health and Social Action.
After a presentation of the program and all its stakeholders by Ms Ramata Ba, three projects were presented: the video clip “Dotoko Defati” produced by the Genji Hip Hop association, the Réseau jeunesse, population et développement (RESOPOPDEV) from Senegal, which is working on the project, and “Djoubeunti santé de la reproduction des personnes”.
In collaboration with Global Affairs Canada (GAC), the Canadian government has implemented the five-year ADOS program “Improving adolescent reproductive health in Senegal”. Announced in February 2020 by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during his state visit to Senegal, the ADOS program officially kicked off on March 30, 2020.
It aims to support the generation of evidence on the links between adolescent reproductive health and gender-based violence (GBV) in Senegal. It also seeks to support the development and implementation of innovative tools and approaches that could help inform policies and practices aimed at improving adolescent reproductive health in Senegal.
To this end, Genji hip hop is supporting the HIRA project, run by the Laboratoire d’analyse des sociétés et pouvoirs/Afrique-Diaspora (LASPAD) at the Université Gaston Berger (UGB) in Saint Louis, in the communication and popularization of research results.
Hira stands for Informer, accueillir, héberger et (re)socialiser, and addresses the social and political challenges of caring for the health of adolescent victims of gender-based violence in Senegal. The name of the project, HIRA, is made up of the initials of the words in the motto, in no particular order.
Raising young people’s awareness of reproductive health and gender-based violence (SAJS / VBG) is the name of Gënji Hip Hop’s project.
“Dotoko Defati” (it won’t happen again) is a clip that denounces paedophilia, incest, rape and molestation of teenagers, and encourages victims to denounce their rapists. It also raises awareness of the urgent need to set up holistic care centers for victims of gender-based violence.
The ADOS public presentation ceremony follows on from the mid-term workshop, the overall aim of which was to collectively review the progress of ADOS program activities in relation to objectives and expected results. The workshop provided an opportunity to share and discuss the results, constraints and challenges in the process of implementing the ADOS program. It helped identify synergies and mutual learning opportunities between teams, and to develop and establish the conditions for the effective implementation of collaborative activities.