Tag Archives: Women’s voices

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.

Womankind’s Chair Julie has been travelling in Nepal with our Programme Manager, visiting our partners. First, she meets the Feminist Dalit Organisation.

There are countless innovative projects which harness the potential of new communication technologies to advance and protect women’s human rights.

Many of the women we support are mothers. For Mother’s Day Ellen Stuart reflects on the ways her own mother has encouraged her to speak up for herself and other women.

The global women’s movement is a powerful force for change. Join our virtual march around the world for International Women’s Day to show that together we are a force to be reckoned with.

Donor policies pushing ‘empowerment lite’ fail to bring real and sustained change for women. For real change donors must support women’s rights organisations and activists.

Although unrest is spreading through Afghanistan the seriousness of the current situation shouldn’t eclipse the severity of the situation facing women activists and politicians every day.

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

We’ve compiled a list of 10 of our favourite International Women’s Day events to keep you busy this March. Are you running an event For International Women’s Day? Why not add a link in the comments!

Afghan women’s rights activist Selay Ghaffar shares her disappointment about the missed opportunity for progress at the recent Bonn conference on the future of Afghanistan.