WOMANKIND Worldwide works with groups around the world to help women achieve their political and civil rights and to end violence against women. You can find details of where and how we work on the main country pages of our website.
The information included on the following pages has been written with the specific intention of helping you extend the Challenging Violence Changing Lives work to include a global dimension, particularly when campaigning around the White Ribbon.
In addition to the longer term partner-led work we undertake, WOMANKIND also makes a number of small grants each year to enable groups to campaign around violence against women during the ’16 Days of Activism’ – the period between the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (25th November) and International Human Rights Day (10th December).
When your students campaign using the white ribbon emblem, they are part of a campaigning community that stretches beyond the White Ribbon campaigners, and beyond the 25th November - they are part of a global campaign to end violence against women.
Campaigning to stop Violence Against WomenLuwero Women Development Association (LUWODA), Uganda.
LUWODA was formed in 1997 by a group of women leaders to address violence and human abuses within the community and to improve women’s status.
To mark the 16 Days of Activism, a one day meeting was convened that centred on the impact of domestic violence in the community on women’s health . The ideas from the meeting were used to write a play script titled 'Gwali Muggo'. They identified a number of issues which were incorporated into the play:
- Violence against women often leads to miscarriage
- Unfaithful husbands can infect their wives with HIV/AIDS
- Husbands who marry second (younger) wives often drive their first wife away from her home
- Widows are often refused the right to inherit their dead husband’s property
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