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“I had lived with violence all my life since I was very little and I thought it was normal. I learned that if someone hits you or insults you it is not because they love you.”

“My husband’s plan was to torture and abuse me till I died because he was not ready to die alone. I could not sleep at night because I was afraid he would try to infect me.”

“My family worry for my safety. But I am available 24 hours a day and the police also call on me for help with cases of gender-based violence so I know I am doing useful work.”

Find out how Foreign Secretary William Hague responded to our call for 15% existing conflict funding to be ringfenced for women’s rights. It’s not too late to take action!

On 20 September we launched our new research and campaign to put women at the heart of peace and thanks to you it’s got off to a brilliant start.

“I am proud that my story has motivated other women to come forward. This is peace for me.” Read Iye’s story…

Our policy team have been hard at work on a fantastic new Women’s Rights Advocacy Toolkit which will help women’s rights activists all over the world to campaign for change.

Today, on the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, Womankind is asking: what’s your wish for women? On this special anniversary there certainly is a lot to celebrate. But there is a long way to go until women’s rights are realised across the world. So we are launching a Wish for Women campaign. We want to know what we’d all like to see achieved for women in this next centenary. We hope you will join us.