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The power of one woman’s voice is amazing. The power of millions is mind-blowing.

One of our lovely volunteers, Akshara, has written about the way that her time at Womankind has changed the way she thinks about women’s rights.

Giving women the tools to make change happen

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.

Women leaders from Peru visit Womankind

Dynamic leaders from communities and women’s rights organisations in Peru visited London last week. Read about their impressions.

“Union and solidarity is possible among people of different backgrounds”

Womankind volunteer Giuliana shares her experience of discovering a dynamic gathering of women’s rights activists at the Go Feminist! conference in London.

Womens’ organisations in Peru monitoring the new government

Women’s organisations in Peru are monitoring the commitment of President Humala’s newly elected government around women’s rights closely

Government of Peru re-opens forced sterilisations case

The Government of Peru has announced it will re-open the case of forced sterilisation which affected more than 200,00 indigenous women in Peru in the 1990s.

What makes Womankind different from other funders?

In a meeting with our Peruvian partners in Lima we asked them “what makes Womankind different from other funders?”

Working for women’s rights in Peru

Despite recent economic growth and a constitution that affords equality, Peruvian women continue to face challenges as they attempt to exercise their rights

Challenges and opportunities – tackling violence against women in Peru

Three of Womankind’s partners in Peru have been working on a Big Lottery funded project pioneering new approaches to violence against women and health.

Unseen and Powerful

We hear from Marina Mendoza, upon being nominated as one of the world’s 100 Unseen and Powerful Women.