Gender and Human Rights Projects
United Nations Agency, Consultative Planning and Visioning Workshop on Gender-Based Violence
EnCompass provided technical assistance to the UN Working Group on Gender-Based Violence and the Government of Vietnam to implement recommendations featured in two recent studies on violence against women in Vietnam. EnCompass conducted research on global best practices related to the recommendations of both studies, and planned and facilitated a strategic visioning workshop with government, UN, civil society, donors, and other stakeholders in Vietnam.
U.S. Agency for International Development, AIDS Support and Technical Resources Project, Task Order I (2008-2013
EnCompass is part of two Indefinite Quantity Contracts for the AIDS Support and Technical Resources (AIDSTAR) Program, a mechanism to implement the U.S. Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. EnCompass is a subcontractor to John Snow, Inc. for Sector 1, which is focused on the prevention, care, and treatment of HIV/AIDS. EnCompass provides expertise in quality improvement, cost-effectiveness, policy, and gender. EnCompass is now developing costing studies to support cost-based decision making in counseling, testing, and treatment, and provides advisors on policy and quality improvement to the program. EnCompass has developed several knowledge products, including technical briefs on mental health and gender-based violence, case studies on combination HIV prevention and food by prescription, and Web pages on gender for the AIDSTAR-One website.
United Nations Agency, Gender Awareness Workshop (2009)
EnCompass designed and delivered a workshop on gender awareness for 30 staff members of a United Nations agency. The workshop focused on increasing awareness of the individual mental models and cultural norms that affect beliefs and attitudes regarding gender. Workshop participants explored how workplace culture is affected by the bringing together of these myriad beliefs and experiences into one agency. The participants discussed strategies and opportunities for developing a more gender-competent workplace. To design the workshop, EnCompass reviewed literature, conducted assessments, developed a macro design, and then developed a trainer script.
U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs, Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking (2009-2011)
EnCompass provides organizational, logistics, facilitation, and reporting services on behalf of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor of Affairs, Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking. The office holds conferences, meetings, and symposia for researchers, field practitioners, and the general public on a variety of child-labor related topics and opportunities for sharing common knowledge, lessons learned, and good practices.