Womankind’s Chair Julie has been travelling in Nepal with our Programme Manager, visiting our partners. First, she meets the Feminist Dalit Organisation.
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.
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.
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.
Women’s rights organisations should walk the walk as well as talk the talk: balancing family responsibilities with the need to generate income is an issue that links women all over the world.
Today Siiqqee project worker Tayech is meeting with a self help group she has set up with women in Woliso. Find out how you can make double the difference to her work.
For an invaluable insight into the life-changing work being carried out by our partners in Ghana, watch these two short films recorded at our recent event.
“We can’t let the men see any areas of weakness. They will use those as an excuse to throw out all of our recommendations. We must have a united front.”
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