Setting change in motionOur annual report for 2010/11
Anita Woodcock, long term volunteer “Womankind represents everything that I am passionate about – equality of opportunity which in our world is so much harder for women to achieve; a chance for girls and women to gain self respect, be respected by others and at every level in their society; and for women to be heard.”
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Introduction
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Over the years we’ve turned that commitment
into expertise. Since Womankind Worldwide
was created in 1989 we’ve been sharing what
works and what we have learnt from women
like Amara in Ethiopia. Amara arrived at our
partner’s safe house with a terrible story:
“I was 11 when I was walking to school
and a man raped me. I was scared to
tell anyone so I kept silent. My parents
forced me to quit school. I got a job as a
housemaid. The man I worked for raped
me. I discovered I was pregnant and he
beat me and threw me out.”
Because of our partner AWSAD’s work with
local police forces, when a policeman found
Amara crying she was sent to our safe house
rather than back to her abuser. AWSAD helped
Amara with practical support:
“At the safe house I talked to a
counsellor...learned skills that would help
me get a job to support myself. I stayed
for seven months until I felt strong. Then
they helped me find a good job, in an
office... now I have a safe place to live.
Now, whenever I meet women I tell them
my story. I say we have to speak. We have
to be strong and support each other.”
Speaking up after you’ve been raped in rural
Ethiopia is dangerous but more girls are
standing up against this practice with support
and protection from Womankind.
We are proud to have helped Amara and
other women like her. But the most important
thing about the way we work is that it doesn’t
end there. Although we support our partners
to help individual women, our vision is of a
world where women are equal, respected
and proud. To make that world a reality we
must empower women everywhere, support
them to change attitudes in their communities
and put women’s rights on the national and
international agenda.
Welcome to our 2010-11 annual report. As well as the women we have helped and our partner organisations we have put ourselves in the picture, because we thought you might like to meet some of the people behind the logo. We’re a small, hardworking team of staff, trustees and volunteers, all committed to working for women’s rights.
Setting change in motion
1989The year that Womankind was established
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Disha Sughand, Supporter Relations and Direct Marketing Manager“Our work is important firstly because we don’t fly in a generic Western solution, we ask local women what they want to change and then support them to work together to make that change happen. And secondly because we build up the skills and strength of local women’s organisations so they are able to continue working to improve women’s rights themselves.”
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What we do
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Womankind Worldwide works to help
women transform their lives in Africa,
Asia and Latin America.
We believe that women are a powerful force
for change. We’re guided by the women we
work with and what they want to change in
their world. In supporting them we aim to:
End violence
against women
Increase women’s
participation and
political voice
Influence policy
for women’s rights
and development
In 2010-11 we worked in 12 countries –
Ethiopia, Ghana, Zimbabwe, South Africa,
Kenya, Uganda, Afghanistan, Nepal,
Bolivia, Peru, Albania and the UK – in
partnership with 30 women’s organisations.
We support these women-led organisations
through funding, skills and capacity
development, shared learning and
networking. Our partners provide direct
services to women, make women aware of
their rights, and lobby their governments to
improve policies and services. Womankind
also lobbies the UK government, donors,
the UN, international agencies and the EU to
develop policies and services which promote
and protect women’s rights and development.
The end result is that women have the
knowledge, skills and resources to claim their
rights and fully participate in society. We know
from our years of experience that this change
is possible, and its impact is far-reaching.
In no country in the world do women enjoy the same rights, access to resources or opportunities as men. Millions of women and girls face discrimination, poverty and violence just because they are female.
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Catherine Klirodotakou, Programme Manager “We understand that there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach towards eliminating gender inequality and our strength lies in our approach to partnership. We don’t try to compete with local women’s rights organisations. They understand the context, local women trust them, so we listen and we support them to make a change in their society.” www.womankind.org.uk
ANNUAL REPORT 2010/11Our approach
Womankind Worldwide is entirely dedicated to working directly with women’s organisations in Africa, Asia and Latin America. As well as direct support to our partners, Womankind draws on their experiences and successes to influence decision-makers and to change the way people think.
Developed over 20 years of experience our
effective approach creates lasting change on
three levels:
Change for individuals
• Delivering practical services such as safe
houses and legal advice, giving survivors
of violence support, skills and self-
confidence so that women are safer
• Providing education and information on
women’s rights so that women are aware
of, and claim their rights
Change for communities
• Giving women leaders the confidence,
skills and knowledge to support and
educate other women
• Training and supporting women’s groups
so that women can speak out together
• Educating community leaders to
improve understanding of and respect
for women’s rights
• Changing community attitudes so that people
support women’s rights and development
Changing the big picture
• Educating decision-makers, such as judges
and the police to improve understanding
of women’s rights
• Lobbying for women’s involvement
in setting national priorities, such as
constitutional reform or peace building,
so that women can help set the agenda
• Sharing what works and what doesn’t,
lobbying for better legislation and holding
decision makers to account so that policies
and services protect women’s rights
and development
• Influencing the UK government and
international actors so that women’s
rights and development are prioritised
and properly resourced
Womankind works for change for individuals,
for their community, for everyone. It’s a
powerful combination. And for individual
women who challenge violence and
discrimination, it makes a difference too: it’s
easier to speak out when you find support in
your community and the world has started to
see things differently too.
Why our approach works
Partnerorganisations
Provide direct support
to women
Raise awareness of women’s
rights
Influence regional
and national policy and
decision-makers
Women are safer and healthier
Women awareof and claim their rights
Society, policies and services
protect and promote women’s rights and
development
Funding Building capacity Networking Policy, research,
communications
Influencing UK government, EU, UN, donors,
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Meaza Berhanu, Ethiopia “After the training I received I have been sharing the information with other girls and community members in my village. Initially, people did not want to accept that FGM is a violation of women and girls’ rights. They said FGM was a part of our culture. But I did not give up and with other girls we continued to spread the message that FGM was a bad practice. Today, there are changes in the community and people are no longer circumcising as many girls as before.”
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Between the work of our partners and our work in the UK there is so much we’d like to share from 2010-11, but we don’t have room for it all. Here are just a few highlights from the year.
Our highlights
Through our partners in 2010-11 Womankind Worldwide...
152,137 760,684 6m+Provided direct, sustained assistance to 152,137 women
Directly improved the lives of 760,684 women and their families through practical support to tackle violence, play an active role in society and claim their rights
Indirectly benefited over 6 million women and men through awareness raising work on women’s rights and changes to legislation and policies
By providing school materials, tutors, and
money for transport, Kembatta Mentti
Gezzimma (KMG) enabled 3,000 Ethiopian
girls to stay in school (where they’re less at
risk of Female Genital Mutilation)
As part of an awareness-raising drive by our
partner Musasa in Zimbabwe, 650 women and
girls to marched through the streets of Bulawayo
to protest about violence against women and
give out information to members of the public.
This year, thanks to the work of several of
our Ghanaian partners one community
has agreed to outlaw widow inheritance
altogether. Widow inheritance is a widespread
harmful traditional practice in Ghana: if a
man dies, a male relative marries his widow.
However this leaves women more vulnerable
to contracting HIV and AIDS.
Our partner Red-Ada in Bolivia put into
practice a new idea for reaching women
and giving them the chance to speak up
and be heard on issues around violence
against women, sexual health and women’s
rights. The Chasqui Bus project records 20
minute radio shows on a municipal bus and
broadcasts them on a local station. Red Ada
also gave out information on the bus about
women’s rights.
More than 1,500 people joined our
‘Speaking Out for Women’ campaign calling
on the government to prioritise women’s rights
in development. We presented the postcards
we received from supporters to Andrew
Mitchell, Secretary of State for International
Development at a meeting in December.
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Rudo, Zimbabwe “My husband would beat me and even his own son using electric cords. I was afraid of him... When I came to ZWLA I saw other women talking about their problems, and felt comforted. I went through a horrible time, and I decided it had to come to an end. Before I went to court I was afraid. However, I was trained by ZWLA to represent myself and I just believed that I was right. They granted me a protection order. I am a free woman now. I am studying for a diploma. I am on top of the world because of ZWLA and Womankind.”
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Our partners do amazing work, and we’re proud to support them. But don’t just take our word for it, have a look at some of the changes we achieved together last year.
Our impact
In all countries women and girls of different
ages, classes, faiths and cultures experience
violence. Through our partners Womankind
provides practical ways to help women escape
violence, speak out about it, and change the
attitudes that allow it to happen.
In 2010-11 we directly improved the lives of over
75,000 women, men, girls and boys in Ethiopia
through the work of four local women’s
organisations. One of which – Kembatta Mentti
Gezzimma (KMG) – reached 22,635 women and
girls experiencing, or at risk of, violence through
their community education and confidence building
work. This represents a major step towards the goal
of ending female genital mutilation (FGM).
An aspect of violence against women that
is sometimes overlooked is women’s greater
vulnerability to HIV infection when women are
not able to control their own contraceptive
choices. In Ghana, we supported three women’s
organisations to help 15,000 women living with
violence who are at risk of contracting HIV.
Another important part of the equation
is working with men: also in Ghana our
partners worked directly with over 7,000
men to change their behaviour towards
women (with funding from DFID and Comic
Relief). After one project 90% of community
members reported a 60% reduction in
violence against women.
Changing deep-rooted ideas about violence
against women is a crucial part of stopping
it. By influencing decision makers in South
Africa as well as protecting and supporting
almost 500 women living with violence, two
of our partners changed the attitudes and
behaviours of over 70,000 people.
In Zimbabwe it was 4 million people, and
our partners also provided direct support to
27,000 women living with violence.
We know from experience that for progress
to gain momentum it’s important to work
for change at all levels. Helping individual
women and communities but also targeting
the other actors involved. With funding from
DFID and the Big Lottery Fund we helped four
local women’s organisations to influence the
attitudes and choices of nearly 1,500 policy
and decision makers in Peru.
And in the UK our education programme
helped to secure a government commitment
to work on preventing violence against
women and girls. Thanks to our research
and recommendations there is an increased
knowledge and understanding among
education policy makers of the importance of a
whole-school approach to tackling violence.
End violence
against women
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Women’s perception of safety and protection from violence, based on partner surveys of the women they help
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Irene Sapata, Bolivia “I know that women have rights, and that they must reclaim these rights, they have to say, stop, no more. This is the thing that I have learnt from Fundacion La Paz that I think has helped me the most. This is the idea that I have at the moment to aim higher – to study for what I want to do.”
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Our impact
Womankind Worldwide helps women to
have a say not only in family life, but also
in the priorities of their community, their
region and their country – from helping
women come together to push for health
provision in their village, to letting women
know they have a legal right to vote or
leave a violent marriage.
In Afghanistan women are excluded from
politics, civil society and even from some
public spaces, shut out of nearly all forms of
decision-making. With Womankind’s support
the Afghan Women’s Resource Centre (AWRC)
empowered over 1,500 women to speak
out on women’s rights, through training in
management, report writing, leadership, civil
society and community mobilization.
It’s important to make sure women are
represented in political power structures, and
thanks to the work of our partners in Albania
the percentage of women parliamentarians in
the 2009 elections double that of the previous
elections in 2005, and of the 140 seats at the
Albanian Parliament, 23 were won by women.
Most importantly a gender quota which
forces political parties to involve women in
political positions and put their names forward
as candidates was introduced in 2010. Our
Albanian programme has now ended, but we
were proud to support the Albanian Centre
for Population and Development (ACPD) and
the International Forum of Albanian Women
(IFAW) with DFID funds.
We also worked to ensure that women were
‘at the table’ and able to participate in national
discussions. Through our partners in Ghana,
we enabled almost 3,000 women to participate
in key political and governance processes.
In Zimbabwe, over 3,500 women played
an active and meaningful role in the country’s
political reforms, which were dominated by
the constitutional reform process.
It is vital that women are able to contribute to
rebuilding work in post conflict states. In Nepal
the Feminist Dalit Organisation (FEDO) recruited
women Peace Ambassadors from the Dalit (low
caste) community who are doubly excluded
on grounds of gender and status. The Peace
Ambassadors have been trained in human rights,
peacebuilding, mediation and basic counselling
skills, and have used these to develop the skills
and confidence of over 4,000 Dalit
women who are now better
placed to participate
in peace building
processes in their
communities.
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Rachel Carter, Head of Policy “I love the fact that, by working at Womankind, I am part of the global women’s movement – working worldwide to unite and strengthen the voice and impact of women’s human rights defenders – and to support all women and girls in achieving their rights. Womankind is a bridge between women worldwide - reminding me daily that our needs, rights, desires and dreams are the same across continents.”
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A key part of our approach is looking at the
big picture as well as working to help individual
women. We work with national and international
actors to change attitudes and to put women’s
rights at the heart of laws and policies.
Violence against women and girls is now
a priority issue across the UK government
including the the Department for International
Development (DFID), evidenced by the fact
that violence against women and girls is a
key pillar in the new DFID gender vision. This
is partly due to our longstanding influencing
work; Womankind Worldwide had a
number of meetings with DFID civil servants
over the year to share our expertise.
We also helped to ensure that, for the first
time ever, the cross-government violence
against women and girls strategy includes a
separate section on International Violence
Against Women and Girls. And following
successful lobbying by Womankind and
others Lynne Featherstone MP was appointed
as the first UK government champion on
International Violence Against Women and
Girls in November 2010.
Following intensive work by women’s
organisations globally, the United Nations
General Assembly voted unanimously on
2 July 2010 to create a new agency to meet
the needs of women and girls worldwide –
UN Women. Womankind played a leading
role in writing an influential joint publication
UN Women: A new opportunity to deliver for
women which outlined key recommendations
on how the new agency should proceed – and
the support the UK government should provide.
Influence policy
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and development
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Our overall charitable income increased 6% and expenditure increased 7% in 2010-11. A key reason for the increase in income is the loyal support of our individual donors and success in raising income from a small group of generous and committed major donors.
ANNUAL REPORT 2010/11Income and Expenditure
Womankind Worldwide is committed to delivering value for money throughout our work.
Our expenditure in 2010-11 was divided over our three strategic aims as follows:
The balance of spending between our aims
reflects their interlocking nature. It’s important
to stop violence for the sake of the individual
women who suffer abuse, but violence
against women is also a barrier to women’s
empowerment more broadly. Over the years, we
have seen that a woman who is in an abusive
relationship will find it harder to participate in the
discussions and decisions that govern her life.
The same is true for our second strategic
aim: while it’s vital to support more women
to participate in decision making because
they deserve the same opportunities as men
to speak up and be heard, we know that
increasing women’s participation and voice
also tends to stimulate positive changes
for all women, including better protection
against violence.
And the need for political will, high level
support and resources is common to both,
otherwise even the best plans will fall flat.
Indeed, widespread and sustainable change
is only achievable by bringing together those
who want to see a fair world for women and
girls, with those who have the power
to make it happen.
End violence
against women:
£803,580 (28%)
AIM
1Increasing women’s
participation and
political voice:
£691,694 (24%)
AIM
2Influencing policy
for women’s rights
and development:
£883,490 (31%)
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24%
£883,490
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Income and expenditure
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Where your money goes... For every pound received:
Sue Turrell, Executive Director “Womankind is the best organisation working for women’s rights and development because it works with women, not only for them. More than 70% of the poorest people in the world are women – a statistic that hasn’t changed in decades. Unless women are able to fully participate in society and have control over their own lives, this shameful statistic will be with us forever.”
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ANNUAL REPORT 2010/11Income and Expenditure
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INCoMINg RESoURCES
Incoming resources from
generated funds
Voluntary income 2 821,242 821,242 787,907
Activities for generating funds:
Investment income 1,175 1,175 9,251
Incoming resources from
charitable activities
Increase women’s civil
& political participation3 522,018 522,018 517,202
Eliminating violence against women 3 586,681 586,681 608,068
Mobilise political will and resources for
women’s rights and development3 682,154 682,154 533,374
ToTAl INCoMINg RESoURCES
822,417 1,790,853 2,613,270 2,455,802
Our statement of financial activities (incorporating Income and Expenditure accounts) for the year ending 31 March 2011
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Expenditure
Totals
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NotesUnrestricted
Funds£
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TotalFunds
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TotalFunds
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Net outgoing/incoming
resources before gains
and transfers
12 (334,180) 79,322 (254,858) (208,406)
Transfers between funds 39,983 (39,983)
Transfer of GAD Network (20,225)
Realised gain on investments 6,906
Net movement in funds (294,197) 39,339 (254,858) (221,725)
Funds at 1 April 2010 620,730 356,742 977,472 1,199,197
Funds at 31 March 2011 326,533 396,081 722,614 977,472
2011 2010
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RESoURCES EXPENDED
Costs of generating funds:
Costs of generating voluntary income 360,615 64,156 424,771 377,200
Investment management costs 818
Charitable activities:
Increase women’s civil
& political participation182,848 508,846 691,694 658,059
Eliminating violence against women 136,473 667,107 803,580 1,077,912
Mobilise political will and resources for
women’s rights and development424,927 458,563 883,490 501,929
governance costs: 51,734 12,859 64,593 48,290
ToTAl RESoURCES EXPENDED
10 1,156,597 1,711,531 2,868,128 2,664,208
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Maria, Director of our Ethiopian partner AWSAD “Speaking isn’t easy when you risk being beaten, shunned, cast out. But when we support each other, we set changes in motion that can’t be stopped.” www.womankind.org.uk
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Looking ahead
Looking ahead
In 2011-12 we will build on our successes and go further to help women claim their rights in Africa, Asia and Latin America
Here are a few of our key goals:
• Increase the number of women we help
to escape violence, whether through
legal advice and representation, providing
accommodation and services or support
and counselling.
• Strengthen our partners by delivering
training and tailored support, increasing
the organisational capacity of at least
60% of our partners.
• Improve the position of at least one
country in the UNDP Gender Inequality
Index and one in the World Economic
Forum Gender Gap Report.
• Increase our understanding and evidence
base on violence against women and
conflict related topics.
And here are some of our new projects:
• In January 2011 Womankind Worldwide
began a DFID funded project to develop an
international advocacy toolkit and training
on MDG3 – the Millennium Development
Goal focused on promoting gender
equality and the empowerment of
women. The toolkit will be launched
in eight countries in 2011.
• In 2011 Womankind will begin
working in Kenya, building on research
into the context and the women’s
movement in the country.
• We’re also starting work in Uganda to
support mobilising women to campaign
against violence and training a core group
of community advocates for women’s
rights and the full implementation of the
Domestic Violence Act.
• In Sierra Leone Womankind will start
new work supporting survivors of violence
to claim their rights, particularly providing
practical support for them to access the
formal justice system.
• We will also explore opportunities for
developing a long-term programme of
work Liberia, focusing on supporting
women in post conflict contexts, which is
planned to begin in 2012.
• A & R Woolf Charitable Trust
• Ajahma Charitable Trust
• Andre Bernheim Charitable Trust
• Audrey Florence Arnold Memorial Trust
• Austin Bailey Foundation
• Balcombe Trust, Roger Kreitman
Charitable Settlement
• Barnzo Charitable Trust
• Bromley Trust
• C A Carlisle Trust
• David Cutforth Charitable Trust
• Downton Banister Trust
• E F Charitable Trust
• E. Robson Charitable
• Elizabeth Lunn-Rockliffe Trust
• Eva Reckitt Trust Fund
• Franceys Longman Trust
• Gunter Charitable Trust
• Heath Charitable Trust
• Hilden Charitable Fund
• The Hillcote Trust
• Hodgson Family Trust
• Howard Charitable Trust
• Institute of Our Lady of Mercy
• J A R Innes Trust
• Joseph Rowntree Foundation
• Katharine and Andrew Loyd Fund
• Madeline Mabey Trust
• Marr-Munning Trust
• Miss K M Harbinson’s Charitable Trust
• Morris and Margaret Kramer Memorial Trust
• Mr John Charles Brookhouse Will Trust
• Mrs. Rose Hacker Trust
• Ringway Trust
• Roger and Sarah Bancroft Clark Charitable Trust
• Roy Tucker Charitable Trust
• Sigrid Rausing Trust
• St Julian’s Charitable Fund
• The Bewley Charitable Trust
• The Bower Trust
• The Cotton Trust
• The Cyril and Eve Jumbo Charitable Trust
• The E Alec Coleman Charitable Fund
• The Frederick William Carter Trust
• The Golden Bottle Trust
• The Kasner Charitable Trust
• The Ken Biggs Charitable Trust
• The Marion and Barrie Liss Trust
• The MD & IM Newman Charitable Trust
• The Niniski Trust
• The R C & F M Young Trust
• The Raymond Allington Charity Trust Fund
• The Rest Harrow Trust
• The Roger Vere Foundation
• The Springthorpe Foundation
• The Stanley Charitable Trust
• The Stephen Clark 1957 Charitable Trust
• The Steven & Joan Fogel Charitable Trust
• The Tolkien Trust
• The Tollard Trust
• The Tresillian Trust
• Twitten Charitable Trust
• Westcroft Trust
• Whitley Charitable Trust
• Zephyr CT
Volunteers
Womankind’s permanent staff have been
fortunate enough to have the assistance and
time of 18 excellent volunteers during the
year. Womankind is extremely grateful for the
extra capacity and expertise they brought to
the organisation.
We’d like to say a sincere thank you from everyone at Womankind Worldwide to all our friends and supporters. We are touched that even in this difficult financial and political climate we have received gifts large and small from new and existing donors, allowing us to continue and to expand our vital work.
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ANNUAL REPORT 2010/11Our thanks
Roh gul, Afghanistan “There were a lot of problems in the community. There was much domestic violence: the husband would beat his wife, even if she was pregnant, for not doing everything he said, such as not cleaning the house or not getting him a glass of water when he asked. I have seen a lot of changes though… I travel to the centre and then share everything I learn about women’s rights to the women and men in my community. I educate them about how wrong forced marriages are at a young age and that women have the right to chose who and when they want to be married.”
Funders
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• ABANTU for Development Liberia
• ABANTU for Development Nigeria
• Acid Survivors Foundation
• Afghan Women’s Resource Centre
• Albanian Centre for Population
and Development
• Ark
• Asociacion Aurora Vivar
• Association for Women’s Sanctuary
and Development
• Calandria
• CDIMA
• Centre for Filipinos Education programme
• DEMUS
• Feminist Dalit Organization
• FEPROMU
• FORWARD
• Fundación La Paz
• Gender Studies and Human
Rights Documentation Centre
• ICEDA
• Ikhwezi Women’s Centre
• International Federation
of Women Lawyers
• International Forum
of Albanian Women
• Irula Tribal Women’s
Welfare Society
• Kembatta Mentti Gezzimma
• Masonwabisane Women’s Centre
• Mercy Ships (for Sierra Leone
Fistula Hospital)
• Movimiento El Pozo
• Musasa
• Peddie Women’s Centre
• Rape Crisis Cape Town
• Red Ada
• Refuge
• Siiqqee
• Tahipamu
• Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre (TLAC)
• WiLDAF
• Women for Human Rights
• Women in Politics Support Unit
• Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe
• Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association
• Julie Ashdown (Chair)
• Julia Bond
• Ken Carleton (Treasurer)
• Carole Grant Carwood**
• Beryl Hobson
• Kate Rutherford (Vice Chair)
• Chris Taylor (Vice Chair)
• Ros Boughtflower
• Pat Holden
• Pramila Kaur**
• Moira Nangle**
• Donna St Hill**
• Angela Coyle**
• Teresa Hanley
• Cristina Smith***
• Mel James***
*** New Trustees
** Resignations during 2010/2011
We’d also like to thank – and pay tribute to – our wonderful partners and all the brave, passionate people working for women’s rights in all the countries we work in.
...and to our friends
Our partners
one of our partners, the Afghan Women’s Resource Centre “We at AWRC believe that Afghan women’s equal participation is crucial for bringing and sustainability of peace, solidarity and democracy in Afghanistan. Thus, we strive with patience, passion, compassion and dedication for women empowerment and gender equity.”
Partners Board of trustees
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