Women’s rights advocacy toolkit

New resources for women’s rights activists

Our Women’s Rights Advocacy Toolkit and Training Pack supports women’s organisations and activists to advocate for change.

At Womankind we believe that the denial of women’s rights and inequality between women and men is one of the greatest injustices the world faces. We believe that advocacy, alongside programme work, is vital to bring about the changes that are needed.

Partner organisations

We’ve worked with our partner organisations in Afghanistan, Bolivia, Ghana, Nepal, Peru, South Africa and Zimbabwe to produce this package to help you plan and implement advocacy and campaigns on women’s rights. The toolkit provides information and case studies to help you define your goal and objectives, identify your targets and allies, build support for your campaign within your organisation, decide on your tactics, and measure your success!

We’ve also produced a feminist training programme, based on the toolkit, to support women and men to build the knowledge, skills and confidence to advocate for the changes they want to see. The training package explores issues of women’s rights, power and social change, and provides activists with practical tips, tools and techniques for planning successful advocacy. It has been piloted in 7 countries so far.

We are thankful to UKAid for funding this project.

You can download the resources here. We hope you find them useful and would be delighted to know how you use them in your work. Email us on info@womankind.org.uk to let us know!

Women’s rights advocacy toolkit

Section 1 and 2 (PDF) introduces the toolkit and discusses the concept of power and why it is important (Spanish version)

Section 3 (PDF) provides an introduction to the advocacy planning cycle and looks at good and bad advocacy planning (Spanish version)

Section 4 (PDF) shows how to break down the problem you are trying to solve and how to create objectives (Spanish version)

Section 5 (PDF) examines the actions you need to take and looks at roles and responsibilities (Spanish version)

Section 6 (PDF) discusses the implementation of your plan (Spanish version)

Section 7 (PDF) talks about how to engage with national policy processes (Spanish version)

Section 8 (PDF) highlights international processes and institutions and considers their relevance for your advocacy (Spanish version)

Section 9 (PDF) signposts other resources on women’s rights advocacy that you may find useful (Spanish version)

The toolkit has 7 country-specific sections that give an overview of the policy frameworks in the country, the institutions that promote gender equality and women’s rights, and case studies of the experiences of women’s organisations.

Country Section: Afghanistan – English Afghanistan – Spanish

Country Section: Bolivia – English Bolivia – Spanish

Country Section: Ghana – English Ghana – Spanish

Country Section: Nepal – English Nepal – Spanish

Country Section: South Africa – English South Africa – Spanish

Country Section: Peru – English Peru – Spanish

Country Section: Zimbabwe – English Zimbabwe – Spanish

Women’s rights advocacy training programme

Guidelines for Trainers

Training Course Powerpoint

Course Programme and Handouts

Women’s rights advocacy training programme in Nepali