Through our programme 'Exercising Women's Human Right', WOMANKIND has been
supporting five women's organisations: CEPROSI, Fundacion La Paz, RED ADA,
Tahipamu, and Coordinadora de la Mujer.
The programme is working to reduce poverty, inequality and exclusion by ensuring that indigenous, peasant and migrant women can be 'agents of change' in their country.
WOMANKIND supports our Bolivian partners to:
- empower excluded women by teaching them their rights and giving them the 'tools' to participate in community decision-making
- work with local governments to improve health services
- increase public awareness around violence against women and women's rights
- train journalists so that coverage of gender-related issues is balanced and accurate
These poor and excluded women live in La Paz and El Alto. By the end of the three years of the project (2006-9), we hope to have reached over 3,000 women.
Specific activities
WOMANKIND and its Bolivan partners are creating and strengthening women's organisations - Mothers' Centres and Women's Associations - whose 'members' become key participants within their communities. In these 'safe spaces' women gradually become able to fully participate in, and influence decision-making about how money is spent on local health and education; on the quality of the services provided; and around violence against women.
Some of the activities include leadership training, advice services, support to the centres, and meetings and collaboration with local health authorities.
WOMANKIND's partners also train
Law, Social Work and Psychology students at the main university in La Paz
in the issues around violence against women. These future decision-makers
will be part of key institutions implementing important legislation.
The media plays an important part in the programme; by training journalists
and raising issues in print and on air, our partners can challenge prevalent,
discriminatory attitudes and behaviour. It also increases people's commitment
to end all forms of violence against women.
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