Project Update
PROJECT STATUS Completed
PROJECT DELIVERABLES
- Capacity support and training:
-Workshop to identify current challenges in SGBV investigation and prosecution
-Training on existing domestic laws on offences related to SGBV
- Technical support and product:
– Overview of capacity development options submitted to the Ministry of Justice
PROJECT RESULTS
- Improved capacity of the SGBV Unit to prevent, investigate and prosecute SGBV crimes
LESSONS LEARNED
- Strong local partner engagement and accessible diplomatic support are essential for project success.
TOTAL PROJECT REACH
- 53 participants (directly) reached through activities conducted and project deliverables
- 49 Canadians reached through public engagement activities
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
- Anju Fujioka participated in TAP-EDM Outreach and Knowledge Harvesting Event in Edmonton
- Anju Fujioka’s experience on TAP was covered by Global Affairs Canada corporate communication team via a web article and video on all social media platforms
- Anju Fujioka was also a guest speaker at the « Policy Matters » session of the Ontario Council for International Cooperation (OCIC) with the Youth Policy Makers Hub (YPH) on the FIAP.
Project Profile
The Technical Assistance Partnership (TAP) initiative with one of Canada’s leading experts in civil litigation for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence, Anju Fujioka, is working collaboratively with Gambia’s Ministry of Justice to support the newly formed Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Unit (SGBV). The Unit documents and prosecutes sexual offenses involving assault, rape, and other forms of sexual abuse and exploitation, particularly against women and children.
The work will involve capacity development of how to investigate and prosecute SGBV crimes through training of Gambian police investigators, Ministry of Justice prosecutors, and magistrates in the judiciary and to operationalize that training through mentorship of investigators and prosecutors on live cases.
Anju will work alongside prosecutors, police officers, and judges to improve the criminal legal system’s ability to respond to crimes of sexual violence, enabling them to achieve better SGBV crime convictions and conviction rates in the long run.
