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IMPACT REPORT 2017-18 Transforming the lives of women and girls Contents Message from our board 3 Our vision for change 4 Our impact in 2017-18 6 In solidarity with women’s movements 8 Advocating for change 9 Ending violence against women and girls 10 Case study: Helping Namunyak to change tradition 11 Promoting women’s economic rights 12 Case study: Supporting Miremba to resist land grabs 13 Enabling women to be leaders of change 14 Case study: Fostering leaders like Velile 15 Beyond the ballot: Women and elections 16 Meet our new partners 18 Meet some of our team 19 Our supporters 20 Income and expenditure 22 Thank you 23 Support us 24 2 Womankind Worldwide Impact Report 2017-18 Message from our board: Maggie Baxter, Chair of Trustees The past year has been one of organisations across the globe, It has been a privilege and a cautious optimism for the global women are continuing to rise pleasure to be part of Womankind women’s movement. In spite of up and speak out, and are being this past year, both as Chair of persistent social, political and heard. Around the world, women Trustees and as a passionate economic inequalities – from the activists are organising and supporter marching in the streets prevalence of violence against mobilising, unified by one clear of London for PROCESSIONS 2018. women and girls to the gender pay message: enough is enough. gap – a powerful and unmistakably On behalf of the entire Womankind feminist movement is growing. Throughout, Womankind is surer team, we are proud to share our than ever that our approach of Impact Report for the 2017-18 year. Across the globe, supporting and strengthening To our partners, donors, supporters, women’s movements is the way to and fellow activists and allies who women are continuing effect change. Both research and challenge patriarchy and gender to rise up and speak out, experience show that women’s inequality every day, thank you. and are being heard. movements are paving the way Together we are making the for real change in the lives of change that we want to see. From the ascent of the #MeToo women and girls, from the movement to the introduction suffragettes a century ago in the of the Jo Cox Memorial Grants UK to the present-day activists in supporting women’s rights Uganda’s eco-feminist movement. Womankind Worldwide Impact Report 2017-18 3 Our vision for change In no country in the world are women equal to men. We believe that this is unacceptable, and stand with women’s movements around the world working tirelessly to change this. In partnership with women’s movements, we work towards… The problem Our projects In 2017-18 we had: An end to all forms Globally, 1 in 3 of violence against women experience 12 projects focused women and girls violence in their on ending violence 1 in 3 lifetimes against women and girls Women’s economic rights and control Women own less over resources 6 aiming to than 20% of the 6 advance women’s <20% world’s land Women’s equal economic rights influence in decision making and ability to Fewer than 11 supporting exercise political power 24% of all women’s parliamentarians participation 23.8% are women and leadership 4 Womankind Worldwide Impact Report 2017-18 Self-care and well being Connection Funding and In our 2016-2021 between financing strategy, we developed movement actors 7 pillars identifying ways in which Womankind supports our partners’ work and the women’s movements that they are part of. In 2017-18, 13 of the projects we supported Connection addressed at least one of Communications to wider these 7 pillars. and ICT support platforms Our vision is of a just world where the rights of all women are Feminist Mapping and respected, valued documentation intersectionality and research and realised. Womankind Worldwide Impact Report 2017-18 5 Our impact We established or continued to support partnerships with a total of 45 partners, including 41 women’s rights in 2017-18 45 organisations in our 5 focus countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Nepal, Uganda and Zimbabwe). This year, we forged ahead in the second year of our strategy, standing proudly with our partners and in our 103,705 women directly actions as part of the global benefited from our work women’s movement. with women’s movements, from receiving legal advice We continued to work and representation to being closely with our partners in supported to stand for 9 countries – including those election in their communities. 103,705 with a regional scope – on programmes that transform women’s lives, from changing attitudes and behaviours to .7 million+ 12.7 million+ people training women leaders and 12 were indirectly supported influencing governments. through awareness-raising on women’s rights and changes to laws, policies and practices. 6 Womankind Worldwide Impact Report 2017-18 52,000+ social media users from across the world were reached regularly by Womankind’s channels, 52,000+ with content ranging from partner activities and successes to news from the global feminist movement. We forged 3,745 politicians, relationships with traditional leaders, 21 new partners journalists and service to bring about providers were influenced 3,745 transformational through our partners’ change for women advocacy and awareness- and girls in our raising initiatives. focus countries. 7 partners participated in key international meetings and conferences, ranging from the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights to the Commission 7 on the Status of Women. Womankind Worldwide Impact Report 2017-18 7 Florence In solidarity with women’s movements Womankind Worldwide is For nearly 30 years, we have pursued a a global women’s rights world where women are free from organisation working in violence, economically empowered solidarity with women’s and represented in leadership spaces. and provided them support for their rights movements and In 2017-18, we deepened our communications work. organisations to transform commitment to women’s movements the lives of women. as the bearers of this change. The women’s rights activists leading these movements are diverse, determined We work with partners to design and and thriving. In Uganda, 72-year-old deliver projects and services which help activist Florence supports survivors Olerai women and girls to transform their lives. of violence, while in Kenya, Olerai We support women’s movements to protects the next generation against strengthen and grow through technical Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). support, connectivity and shared learning, advocacy platforms Despite precarious political climates, and funding opportunities. systemic funding challenges and patriarchal backlash, women’s We have worked hand-in-hand with movements are leading the way. national, regional and global movements. To amplify our partners’ voices, we have Womankind stands decisively also created spaces for collaboration, in solidarity with them. 8 Womankind Worldwide Impact Report 2017-18 Advocating for change In 2017-18, through compelling • We supported our partner research, advocacy and Zimbabwe Women Lawyers campaigning with partners in Association to conduct research on the UK and internationally, we violence against women and access to took critical action to strengthen justice. These findings were published commitments on women’s rights: as Routes to Justice: Response to violence against women and accompanied by a launch in both Zimbabwe and the UK. • Equipped with powerful demands • In the UK, we stood with feminists for the international community on across the country to mark 100 women’s land rights, we brought years since the first women’s votes, the voices and expertise of our joining campaigning coalition partners Women and Land in Centenary Action Group and Zimbabwe and Uganda’s National marching in PROCESSIONS 2018. Association for Women’s Action in Development to the United Nation’s Commission on the Status of Women at the UN Headquarters. Womankind Worldwide Impact Report 2017-18 9 Ending violence against women and girls We continued to support • Our partner the Nepal Disabled • In Ethiopia, the Association women-led services for survivors Women’s Association embarked for Women’s Sanctuary and of violence and build evidence on on a project to strengthen the Development enabled 104 women successful approaches to prevent capacity and visibility of women to pursue legal cases against child, early and forced marriage with disabilities. To inform the perpetrators of violence. Police and Female Genital Mutilation development of future projects, they and prosecutors were trained (FGM). Here are just a few conducted a research study with to better understand the needs examples of what we achieved 184 participants on violence against of survivors, and 6 Community with our partners in 2017-18: women with disabilities in Nepal. Violence Prevention Committees were established to raise awareness • FIDA Kenya continued its work • The Zimbabwe Women Lawyers and vigilance around violence preventing FGM and child, early and Association continued to support against women. forced marriage. By enabling girls who Zimbabwean women to access have survived or escaped FGM to justice, reaching 125,000 clients become community-level champions, in 2017-18, many of whom are other girls and community members survivors of domestic violence. were supported to defend women’s As a result, women are forging rights. Between January and March a path to recovery, justice and 2018, 8 girls were rescued from freedom from violence. FGM by police trained by FIDA. 10 Womankind Worldwide Impact Report 2017-18 I was cut when I was 12 and change their future and the I will never forget the pain. future of their children. Before I leave this world, I want to make They used a razor blade and sure FGM is gone in my community. there was no anaesthetic; I was bleeding for two weeks.