
Sonia Martins
Role: Head of Africa Programme Management
Team: Programmes and Policy team
Profile:
I provide strategic support to CARE country offices and manage a portfolio of projects mainly on gender-based violence and governance themes. I have also been supporting gender mainstreaming across CARE since 2011 and I currently co-chair the CARE gender network.
I hold a Masters degree in development and governance from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and have over 10 years' experience in programme management, particularly in Latin America and Africa.
Blog posts
How Rwanda reduced violence against women by half
Monday, 07 October 2019 11:43“He always came home late and drunk and he often kicked the door open while hurling insults at me and the children. I became such a miserable person.... After a number of curriculum sessions, I started to notice a change of heart in my husband,
Working with couples to address intimate partner violence: Lessons from Rwanda
Thursday, 07 December 2017 16:20Research shows that addressing intimate partner violence (IPV) requires working at society, community, household and individual levels to promote relationships built on respect, equality and peace. This blog shares the emerging learnings of
4 lessons for adapting evidence-based programmes: An example from a social norm change project in Rwanda
Thursday, 08 June 2017 10:35Preventing intimate partner violence (IPV) won’t happen overnight. It requires a lengthy process of social change, and achieving that requires both time and funding
How savings groups promote gender equality and good governance
Thursday, 10 September 2015 09:41Women’s rights are human rights: Marking 20 years of struggle to reduce Violence Against Women and Girls
Wednesday, 02 September 2015 15:4820 years after the Beijing conference the incidence of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) remains outrageously high with one in three women in the world condemned to experience physical or sexual violence in her lifetime. Nevertheless we
Fighting violence against women: how women’s organisations in Ecuador are pushing government to take action
Wednesday, 14 May 2014 16:08“Violence against women is accepted and some people even forget that it is a crime. It’s so common that it’s no longer considered as a serious matter.” These words from a woman activist in northern Ecuador, on the border with Colombia,