Wish for Women

What is your wish for women? We want to know.

Doris, Ghana

This International Women’s Day Womankind Worldwide celebrates the achievements of women in the past 100 years. But we have a long way to go until women’s rights are realised across the world. So we will also be looking ahead and thinking about what we would like to see achieved for women in this next centenary.

1. Join our Wish for Women Campaign. If you tweet, please tweet your wish for women - #wish4women. If not, please send us your wish for women.
2. See other people’s inspiring wishes below including some of Womankind’s amazing partners
3. Stay connected – send us a message on twitter and facebook – tell us what you think of our campaign or which are your favourite wishes - just use #wish4women
4. Tell friends, family and your contacts about our campaign and encourage them to join. The more people, the louder our collective voice.

Together we can speak up for millions of women who face violence and discrimination.

Women have the power to make change happen. As individuals we have nurtured generations, as a collective we have transformed societies. Our resilience, will, zeal and desires should be translated into actions that influence decisions at the family, community, national and international levels. Together, we can! Bernice Sam, WiLDAF Ghana (Womankind partner).

We will not need to celebrate another 100 year anniversary and long before that we must have established women’s equality across the world. Joan Ruddock MP

I wish that all women in the world will work together to free themselves from gender discrimination by men and women while remaining free of prejudice themselves. Jenny Habib.

We wish we will build a society in which women can exercise their rights free from discrimination. A society that offers opportunities to all kind of women: indigenous, white or mixed race, disabled, sexual workers, single and engaged, divorced and married, widows, lesbians, transsexuals, transvestite, quiet and rebellious, wives and lovers. RED ADA, Bolivia (Womankind partner).

My wish would be that women could live without fear of violence. Fiona Hodgson, Candidate for Vice President of the National Conservative Convention.

Nothing for women without women. Fanny Chirisa,WIPSU, Zimbabwe (Womankind partner).

Our wish is to make the most of half the world’s talent and potential by achieving true equality. Jan Grasty, President, UK National Committee for UN Women.

The Rape Crisis Cape Town Trust wishes for women to be free from all forms of violence in South Africa, to know their rights to access services and to be empowered in all of their dealings with systems through which they access justice. Rape Crisis Cape Town, South Africa (Womankind partner).

“I wish we could create a world where discrimination on the basis of marital status will be eliminated. I wish the widows are given the equal and equitable treatment as all women and I strongly request all of you to defy the silence and stand out for their justice.” Happy International Women’s Day Lily Thapa, Women for Human Rights, Nepal (Womankind partner).

I wish all women, wherever they are located or their background, are free from discrimination and can live to their full potential as human beings. I wish women can be genuinely happy, feel good about themselves and always wear a smile. Tsitsi, Womankind.

“My wish for women worldwide is that we, and our daughters, and their daughters – and daughters’ daughters – may live the lives we dream: free from violence, hatred, discrimination, hunger and poverty. That they are happy, healthy and fulfilled. And that they have the power to shape their lives and their world into whatever they may wish”. Rachel, Womankind

Safety, freedom, equality, opportunity and love. Jo Todd, Respect.

The world is desperately in need of a vision for the future; one magic bullet which has been proved the world over is the education of girls. If we can act together to build this vision into a reality we can be assured of real development in the shape of economic, social and democratic growth. Baroness D’Souza.

We wish that women will have the rights and opportunity to decide about their body, future and country, DEMUS, Peru. (Womankind partner).

My wish for women and girls in this centenary year is self-belief and self-respect; that we continue to strive and support each other in taking our place in the world, locally and globally, and celebrate all of our achievements. Roxanne Clark.

My wish for women is that they will be independent, able to control their own lives rather than be dictated to by fathers, brothers and husbands. Chris Taylor, Womankind.