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Impact Report 2015–16 1 Impact Report 2015–16 Impact Report 2015–16 Transforming the lives of women and girls 2 Impact Report 2015–16 Contents Click below to go to our report pages Women are changing the world 3 Empowering Tika to set up a business 12 Standing in partnership and solidarity 4 Women in the refugee crisis 13 Our impact in 2015–16 5 Rebuilding lives in Nepal 14 Campaigning for change 6 What our partners say 15 Ending violence against women 7 Meet some of our team 16 and girls Income and expenditure 17 Supporting women like Sirgut 8 Where your money goes 18 Enabling women to be leaders 9 Our supporters are shining a 19 of change spotlight on women’s rights Raising women’s voices 10 Thank you 20 Supporting women to take control 11 Support us 21 of their livelihoods 3 Impact Report 2015–16 Women are changing the world Every day, women and girls face discrimination, poverty and violence just because they are female. Right now, women’s movements are working hard to make this stop, full stop. We work in partnership with Our vision is a world where 1 in 3 women’s rights organisations to: all women have equal choices, Globally 1 in 3 women opportunities, and rights. experience violence in their lifetimes. End violence 1 against women 22% and girls Women make up Ensure women have a Siiqqee in Ethiopia, by photographer Maheder Tadese just 22% of parliamentarians. 2 say in the decisions that partner supported by Womankind’s Cover photo: Women affect them x2 Enable women to take Women spend at least twice as control of their own much time on domestic work 3 and are paid less than men. livelihoods 4 Impact Report 2015–16 Standing in partnership and solidarity For more than 27 years, Womankind has worked in partnership with women’s rights organisations, supporting women and girls to transform their lives. Right now, women’s rights are in women’s rights translate into real Through collective action with at a crossroads. Thanks to the improvement in women’s lives. partners and women’s movements, campaigning of women’s rights we can help to end violence, organisations and movements, Through working with women’s empower women and transform gender equality and women’s rights movements, we aim to: lives. are firmly on the global agenda. Yet more than ever, we face a backlash 1 Support and empower Siiqqee in Ethiopia, by photographer Maheder Tadese from conflict, extremism and women Cover photo: Women supported by Womankind’s partner supported by Womankind’s Cover photo: Women religious fundamentalisms. 2 Demand equal rights and We have strengthened our equality under the law resolve to work in solidarity and equal partnership with women’s 3 Hold governments and movements to make sure that gains decision-makers to account 5 Impact Report 2015–16 Our impact in 2015–16 13.9 110,810 million+ women were given direct support, from having a safe women, girls, men and boys were indirectly supported through awareness space to escape violence to business training. raising on women’s rights and changes to laws, policies and practices. Together with our partners we achieved this by: Providing practical Challenging and changing Number of services for women such as negative attitudes and countries that Womankind safe houses, counselling and behaviours worked legal advice in during 13 2015–16. Securing change in laws, Providing information for policies and practices women about their rights and where to seek help Number of Influencing governments, women’s rights organisations Training and supporting non-governmental Womankind women leaders, activists organisations and donors to partnered with in 2015–16. 28 and human rights defenders support women’s rights 6 Impact Report 2015–16 Campaigning for change It’s not enough to tackle the effects of violence and discrimination against women, we must address the root causes too. We know that we can transform the resources, campaigned for change Committee on Preventing lives of more women when we work and developed relationships with Sexual Violence in Conflict. Our with our partners to shape laws and key decision-makers, from UK recommendations were reflected in policies at international and national parliament and government the final committee report. levels, that impact on women’s departments, to international everyday lives. In 2015-16: feminist movements and the We worked with partners in European Union and United Kenya, Nepal and Peru to develop Together with our partners, we Nations. an advocacy guide for women’s produced leading research and rights organisations campaigning With partners in Afghanistan, for the implementation of the new Bolivia, Kenya, Liberia, Nepal, global Sustainable Development Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Goals. The toolkit was launched at Uganda we submitted evidence the Commission on the Status of to the House of Lords Select Women at the UN. 7 Impact Report 2015–16 Ending violence against women and girls Here are just a few examples of what we achieved with our partners in 2015-16: 16,486 women and children 60 community leaders were 5,995 people were reached are overcoming violence and trained by FIDA Kenya and by 59 community based anti- rebuilding their lives as a result made commitments on issues violence teams (COMBATS), of legal support from Zimbabwe including FGM and early forced trained by National Association Women Lawyers Association marriage. for Women’s Organisations in (ZWLA) Uganda (NAWOU) to provide 3,927 girls became aware of their counselling and referrals to 32,634 young people in rights thanks to programmes led services. identity * Name has been changed to protect Bolivia reported being more by Humanitarian Assistance comfortable talking about sexual for the Women and Children 31 women and men participated and reproductive issues of Afghanistan (HAWCA). As in training with Women for as a result of peer-to-peer a result, more families allowed Change in Zambia to run training by Centro de daughters to go to school and community workshops on sexual Promocion de la Mujer the girls expressed stronger and reproductive health. Gregoria Apaza. opposition to early marriage. 8 Impact Report 2015–16 Supporting women like Sirgut When 11-year-old Sirgut* was raped by her aunt’s husband, our partner Association for Women’s Sanctuary and Development (AWSAD) in Ethiopia provided a safe space for her and her baby. “When my father passed away, my to hospital, where I was told I was counselling I learned to love my mother couldn’t raise five children pregnant. I fainted at the news. son and care for him, and love alone, so my aunt took me to live myself. with her in the city. “It was the police that brought me to the safe house. The legal “In the last three years at the “Her husband started to rape me. support I’ve had from AWSAD has safe house, I have been learning * Name has been changed to protect identity * Name has been changed to protect I would wake up and he would be been very good, but most of all it business skills, embroidery and strangling me. I would bleed a lot. is the counselling that has changed food preparation. I’m also studying He’d use a knife and threatened to my life. in 8th grade. I am so happy here. kill me if I told anyone. I couldn’t sleep after that. “I was 12 years old when I gave “The safe house has saved my life birth. I used to hurt myself and and so many others. Thank you to “When I told my aunt, she denied my son because I couldn’t bear Womankind supporters for helping it. Eventually a neighbour took me my situation, but through the AWSAD, it is a big thing for us.” 9 Impact Report 2015–16 Enabling women to be leaders of change Here are just a few examples of how we’ve supported women to raise their voices and become leaders in 2015-16: 300 women participated in Afghan Women’s Resource successfully lobbying the Peruvian the adult literacy programme Centre (AWRC). government to recognise the run by Siiqqee Women’s issue of forced sterilisations and Development Association in Thanks to the hard work of the start the formal registration of Ethiopia, helping them to read Feminist Dalit Organisation survivors, finally bringing justice and write, as well as do simple (FEDO), Nepal’s Election for thousands of women. identity * Name has been changed to protect arithmetic. They are now able to Commission included ten points actively participate in community related to Dalit women’s issues 45 women participated in sessions meetings. in their five-year strategic plan by Gender Studies and Human and gender and social inclusion Rights Documentation Centre 1,620 people (934 women and is now ensured at all levels of the to strengthen skills, knowledge 686 men) from governmental and election commission, from the and confidence leading to more non-governmental organisations local to the national level. women contesting seats in participated in training sessions District Assembly/Unit Committee on women’s rights topics run by DEMUS played a pivotal role in elections in Ghana. 10 Impact Report 2015–16 Raising women’s voices In Zimbabwe, women often struggle to be heard in their communities. Our partner Women in Politics Support Unit (WiPSU) has established community forums to help women like Precious* have a powerful voice. “I was married at 19 and had four “After this, I was nominated to join scared before, children, but then my husband died. the forum organised by WiPSU. We but now I know I then found out I was HIV positive.
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