1 Impact Report 2014–15

Transforming the lives of women and girls

Impact Report2014–15

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Contents

Gender inequality is a global issue 3 that needs a global answer

The power of partnership 4

Our impact in 2014–15 5

Ending violence against women 6 and girls

Supporting women survivors 8 of violence

Violence against women and girls 9 is preventable

Having a say in decisions and 10 being leaders

Giving women a voice to 12 make a stand

Taking control of livelihoods 13

Supporting women to know 14 their rights in the workplace

Central to tackling the Ebola crisis 15

Meet our partners staff 16

Meet our policy and 17 programmes staff

Income and expenditure 18

Where your money goes 19

Our supporters are putting women 20 at the heart of their work

Thank you 21

Support us 22

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Gender inequality is a global issue that needs a global answer

In no country in the world do women enjoy the same rights or opportunities as men. Every day women and girls face discrimination, poverty and violence just because they are female.

1 in 3 women experience violence, with domestic violence the most common1

Globally, women make up just 22% of parliamentarians2

Women spend at least twice as much time as men on domestic work, and when all work – paid and unpaid – is considered, women work longer hours than men3

Sources: 1 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine 2013, 2 Inter-Parliamentary Union 2015 and 3 The World’s Women 2010: Trends and Statistics

We are working to change this. Our vision is a fair world where being a woman does not limit choices, opportunities or rights.

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For 26 years Womankind has been working in partnership with women’s rights organisations to improve the lives of women and girls across the world.

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The power of partnership

With a network of partners across Africa, Asia and Latin America, we provide long-term sustainable change for women and girls by ensuring solutions are firmly rooted in local communities and contexts.

We work collectively to influence the policies and practices of government and non-governmental organisations by sharing our knowledge and experience.

Our role is to support our partners with funding, contacts and tools to amplify their voices and increase their impact and influence. As a result, momentum grows and more women learn about and access their rights – creating change within communities and across wider society.

We aim to:

End violence against women and girls

Ensure women have a say in the decisions that affect them

Enable women to take control of their own livelihoods

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Our impact in 2014–15

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Providing practical services for women such as refuges, counselling and legal advice

Providing information for women about their rights and where to seek help

Challenging and changing attitudes and behaviours

Securing change in laws, policies and practices

Training and supporting women leaders, activists and human rights defenders

Influencing governments, non-governmental organisations and donors to support women’s rights

Together with our partners we achieved this by:

million+*10.4103,124

*The large increase from 2013-2014 is a result of our partners in West Africa responding to the Ebola crisis by raising awareness of prevention methods on radio and TV.

No.of women’s rights organisations Womankind partnered with in 2014–15

13No.of countries that Womankind worked in during 2014–15

women were directly supported from leadership training to having a safe place to escape violence

women, girls, men and boys were indirectly supported through awareness raising on women’s rights and changes to laws, policies and practices

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31,500 young people in Bolivia have learnt about sexual and reproductive rights and violence against women and girls. Centro de Promoción de la Mujer Gregoria Apaza has trained individuals who in turn have spread awareness among their peers

8,031 women have received free legal advice from the Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association, enabling them to make informed decisions and rebuild their lives free from violence

13,977 people have engaged with the Un Hombre No Viola (Real Men Don’t Rape) campaign run by the Estudio para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer (DEMUS)

in Peru, raising awareness of violence against women and girls in Arequipa, Huancavelica, Lima and San Martin

1 million people were reached through radio announcements aired by the Federation of Women Lawyers in Kenya on violence against women and girls, enabling individuals to learn about and assert their rights

Here are just a few examples of what we achieved with our partners in 2014–2015:

Ending violence against women and girls

Photographs (from left): Young people in Bolivia learn about their rights, the ‘Real Men Don’t Rape’ campaign is raising awareness of violence against women and women in Kenya learn about their rights through radio

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4,821 refugee women and girl survivors of violence in Tanzania received legal assistance and support from lawyers and refugee paralegals trained by the Women’s Legal Aid Centre (WLAC) enabling them to rebuild their lives

A 563% increase in funding was announced by the UK government to address violence against women and girls globally, with a greater focus on preventative work. Womankind had been lobbying for these changes for many years

The UK government announced it was contributing £8 million to a civil society fund (AmplifyChange) supporting grassroots women’s rights organisations which are working to end abuse of women and girls

12 of our partners were supported to attend the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict through funding from the UK government and other sources, enabling them to share their expertise and voices on what works to end violence against women and girls

A multi-country research report Prevention is Possible was produced with our partners - Siiqqee Women’s Development Association (Ethiopia), Window of Hope (Ghana) and Women for Change (Zambia) – to highlight the vital role of women’s rights organisations in ending violence against women and girls

Photographs from left: Siiqqee Women’s Development Association’s work was featured in the multi-country report Prevention is Possible and refugee paralegals, along with lawyers, are providing legal assistance to refugee women

“During my summer holidays I visited my older sister and her husband in a neighbouring town. One night when my sister went out, her husband raped me.

“I said no. I was afraid. He forced himself on me.

“The next day I told the police and they arrested him and he was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

“My mother and my sister blame me for what happened and believe it was my fault. They told me I could not return home.

“I had nowhere to go so a nurse referred me to Musasa.

“Musasa looks after me. They give me food, medical treatment, somewhere to sleep and counselling sessions.

“I have already missed six months of school and really want to go back. Musasa is helping me to re-connect with my family. They have visited my mother and have started to talk with her in the hope that she will take me back home.”

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When 15-year-old Sarah from Murehwa, Zimbabwe, was raped by her brother-in-law, our partner Musasa gave her support and a place to stay when she had no where else to go.

Supporting women survivors of violence

Photograph: Women in the Musasa safe house receive information on how to claim their rights

£300 could enable 20 woman survivors of violence to receive counselling from Musasa, supporting them to rebuild their lives after trauma

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We launched an animation on the International Day of the Elimination of Violence Against Women in 2014 about the story of a woman called Meron and her children who experience violence.

One day Meron meets a women’s rights organisation working in her community and she learns about her and her daughter’s rights. The women’s rights organisation also works with the community, including local leaders, to challenge violence and gender inequality. This enables her to prevent the violence from

continuing and she tells her husband she will report him to the court. Meron goes onto build a better life for her and her children.

Violence against women and girls is preventable

Click the Play button above to watch our ’Ending violence against women and girls - Meron’s story’ animation

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39 previously illiterate women who are members of community development councils joined Afghan Women’s Resource Centre literacy classes. Now that they can read and write they are able to effectively fulfil their role, strengthening women’s leadership and contributing to community decisions

10,301 people in Nepal were reached through Feminist Dalit Organization’s lobbying and advocacy meetings to put pressure on the political parties and local government to take the needs of Dalit women into account. One major party introduced a quota for Dalit women in all levels of their organisation and another elected Dalit women to their central committee for the first time ever.

This is ensuring Dalit women’s needs are being recognised and they are able to influence the decisions affecting their lives

33 women took on leadership positions on a variety of committees in their communities in Zimbabwe thanks to training from the Women in Politics Support Unit. This is increasing the women’s confidence and engagement in decision-making

Here are just a few examples of what we achieved with our partners in 2014–2015:

Having a say in decisions and being leaders

Photograph: Women in Afghanistan taking part in literacy classes

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35 girls have gone back to school following Girls Leadership Club members, together with the Zambia National Women’s Lobby, conducting community workshops on violence against women and girls, the importance of girls’ education and the importance of girls and women’s participation in leadership

35 female journalists have received training from the Liberia Women’s Media Action Committee, building their skills and ability to report on women’s rights. Several of these women have now independently developed and produced programme ideas and news. This is improving media reporting on women’s rights which is very poor due to the male domination of Liberian media

A new UK National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security launched in June 2014 with the UK government committing to support the participation of women in peace processes and decision-making – including at the grassroots level

A report was launched with 13 of our partners from across Africa, Asia and Latin America - At the crossroads: Women’s rights after 2015 - highlighting the importance of 2015 as a year for global, political action on women’s rights, and the central role of women’s rights organisations in achieving change

12 of our partners were supported to attend the 59th

Commission on the Status of Women in March 2015, to highlight the importance of women’s rights organisations, and build links and alliances with key stakeholders from across the global women’s movement

16 girls in Ghana took up leadership positions in their schools following the Gender Studies and Human Rights Documentation Centre training on leadership, self-empowerment and human rights

Photograph: Girls in Zambia are going back to school following awareness raising from Girls Leadership Clubs

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Alice from Ada, Ghana, gained the confidence to become a community leader after working with our partner Gender Studies and Human RightsDocumentation Centre (Gender Centre).

Giving women a voice to make a stand

Photograph: Alice’s leadership training has enabled her to challenge and create solutions to the issues in her community

£746 could enable the Gender Centre to train a woman competing in district elections on political processes, campaigning and women’s issues

“After my training with the Gender Centre in Ada, the community started to respect me and listen to what I had to say. I organised a group of women to come together and make a stand on District Assembly (council) issues.

“There are security problems in the markets where we work. We took the issue to the Assembly and worked with them to create a solution to make our community safer.

“We are proud because, if there are problems in the markets, the local community call us and we go to the Assembly to make our voices heard.

“Also, the Assembly was doing a bad job at clearing waste in the local area. We contacted the local radio station and made an announcement to raise awareness. As a result, the Assembly is now finding a solution.

“After participating in the Gender Centre training for a second time, I decided to stand as an assembly member for this year’s coming elections.”

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We know that poverty makes life difficult for women and prevents them achieving their rights. Here are just a few examples of what we achieved with our partners on women’s economic rights and empowerment in 2014–2015:

Taking control of livelihoods

By securing women’s rights to land, property, inheritance, and paid employment, they can become more independent and escape situations of violence, exploitation and abuse.

120 women survivors of violence in Sierra Leone were provided with training, start-up kits, seed money, resources and counselling by our partner Graceland Sierra Leone, enabling them to become financially

independent and contribute to their household budgets

795 women in Ethiopia are running businesses – such as petty trading and animal and poultry selling - thanks to the support of Siiqqee Women’s Development Association. This means the women can now

afford to send their children to school and furnish and maintain their homes

40 Nepalese women were trained in candle making, embroidery, weaving and other skills by Women for Human Rights, enabling them to earn an income and send their children to school

Photograph: Nepalese women received training in embroidery from Women for Human Rights

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Soledad works for a multinational agricultural export company in Peru which produces genetically modified seeds.

“I wake up every morning at 3am to make food for my family. By 4am I am at work in the fields and we work for 12 hours each day.

“We have no protection against the harsh chemicals and machinery we

use. For many years we accepted these dangerous working conditions. The fear of speaking out consumed me and many others; we could not afford to lose our jobs.

“Thanks to the help of FEPROMU we have learnt about our rights as workers as well as the many laws the company is breaking and abusing, exploiting us to make the most money possible. Alongside

FEPROMU we have organised protests and started to negotiate with our employer for better conditions and treatment.

“We have accomplished one of the most difficult challenges: we have been able to form a coalition of women, despite the fear.”

Our Peruvian partner Federación de Mujeres de Ica (FEPROMU) has helped Soledad and her colleagues by making them aware of their rights.

Supporting women to know their rights in the workplace

Photograph: Soledad (right) and her colleague Flor have been working with FEPROMU to ensure their rights are respected by their employer

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Womankind supported our three partners in Sierra Leone (Women’s Partnership for Justice and Peace, Graceland and Women Against Violence and Exploitation in Society) and our partner in Liberia (Liberia Women Media Action Committee) to protect communities from the spread of Ebola and ensure responses took into account the impact on women and girls.

Our four partners conducted door-to-door visits and poster and radio campaigns reaching over 1 million listeners, distributed hand sanitation materials, and demonstrated prevention methods.

In times of crisis – especially in fragile countries – discrimination and violence against women and girls increase. Our partners reported a surge in child pregnancies and an increase in early and forced marriage as girls were out of school.

Women’s rights organisations supported women and girls’ access to services, provided counselling to women affected by the disease and trained members of women’s listening clubs in prevention.

By coordinating information with authorities and other organisations, our partners ensured women and girls’ needs were taken into account in responses to the virus.

Women’s rights organisations played a big part in combatting the 2014 Ebola outbreak.

Central to tackling the Ebola crisis

Photograph: Women’s rights organisations worked to ensure the needs of women and girls in Sierra Leone were taken into account during the Ebola outbreak

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“Womankind is not about ticking boxes. They listen and understand us, to ensure that in supporting our work real change happens.”

Ruth Ojiambo Ochieng, former Executive Director of our partner Isis-Wicce in Uganda

“We, as CDIMA, are fighting to stop violence against women and girls in Bolivia. CDIMA along with Womankind is working and fighting as women. We have to face this tough reality everyday. As women´s rights organisations we have to organise together to say: No more violence against women.”

Rosa Jalja de Ajpi, Executive Director (pictured left above) of our partner CDIMA in Bolivia

Womankind’s partners and our team of staff are busy behind the scenes working to enable women around the world to understand and learn about their rights. Meet some of our partners from Bolivia and Uganda.

Meet our partners

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“While many development organisations work on gender issues, it is usually just a small part of their work. Womankind offers the opportunity to focus exclusively on women’s rights and to support partner organisations which are in a positon to make a real difference to the lives of their fellow women.”

Claire Hickson, Head of Policy and Communications at Womankind

“I believe in Womankind’s partnership model, working in solidarity with local women’s rights organisations to amplify their voices and support their work. By providing long-term core funding to women’s rights organisations, Womankind contributes towards strengthening local feminist movements, which are key in driving action on violence against women and holding governments to account to protect women’s rights.”

Mariela Magnelli, Programme Officer at Womankind (pictured in the photograph above)

Meet our policy and programmes staff

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Income and expenditureIncome 2014–15 Expenditure 2014–15

Statutory grants including UK aid: £1,253,939

Individual giving including gift aid: £1,023,594

Institutional grants including Comic Relief: £713,435

Trusts, foundations and major donors: £280,867

Other including legacies and events: £359,295

Total: £3,631,130

Ending violence against women: £1,747,300

Ensuring women have a say in decisions: £1,174,553

Costs of generating income £740,204

Governance costs: £99,784

Enabling women to take control of their own livelihoods: £77,911

Total: £3,839,752*

34%

8%

10%

28%

20%

45%

3% 2%

31%

19%

* This includes expenditure of income received in previous years.

78pon our programmes, campaigning and policy work

3pon governance

Where your money goesIn every pound we spend: For every £1 invested in

fundraising we generate £5

£5

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This summary financial information shows the income raised for our activities, the cost of raising the income and the amounts spent on our charitable activities. The information is taken from the full financial statements which were approved by the trustees on 31st July 2015. To gain a full understanding of the financial affairs of the charity, the full audited financial statements, trustees’ annual report and auditors’ report should be consulted. Copies can be obtained by contacting Womankind Worldwide’s office.

Signed on behalf of the trustees

Tina Fahm, Chair of Trustees

investing in fundraising

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It’s always great to link up with like-minded organisations which focus on women and their wellbeing. That’s why we’ve partnered with OptiBac Probiotics which has been donating 20p-30p from the sale of its

probiotic ‘For women’ and has been raising awareness with their staff and customers.

OptiBac Probiotics’ Marketing Manager, Soraya Janmohamed, says: “The topic of women’s rights is hugely important. It’s great that Womankind works with partner organisations as opposed to going into countries and imposing their

views on how things should be done to effect change.”

Sales of the supplement are doing well. If you’re interested to find out about its friendly bacteria range, visit www.optibacprobiotics.co.uk. Thanks to the generosity of OptiBac Probiotics and its customers, over £15,000 has been raised for our partners’ work.

Our supporters are putting women at the heart of their work

In September 2014, family-run business OptiBac Probiotics started supporting our work when they launched a new supplement for women’s intimate health.

Photograph: OptiBac Probiotics’ Marketing Manager, Soraya Janmohamed, is pictured (right) with Womankind’s Head of Fundraising and Marketing, Disha Sughand, at Speaker’s House where we launched our research report Prevention is Possible in November 2014

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Thank you to

Our partners Afghan Women’s Network (Afghanistan) Afghan Women’s Resource Centre (Afghanistan) Association for Women’s Sanctuary and

Development (Ethiopia) Centro de Desarrollo Integral de la Mujer Aymara

(Bolivia) Centro de Promoción de la Mujer Gregoria Apaza

(Bolivia) Centre for Rights Education and Awareness (Kenya) Estudio para la Defensa de los Derechos de la

Mujer (Peru) Feminist Dalit Organization (Nepal) Federación de Mujeres de Ica (Peru) Gender Studies and Human Rights Documentation

Centre (Ghana) Graceland Sierra Leone (Sierra Leone) Humanitarian Assistance for Women and Children

of Afghanistan (Afghanistan) International Federation of Women Lawyers

(Kenya) Isis-Women’s International Cross-Cultural Exchange

(Uganda) Liberia Women Media Action Committee (Liberia) KMG (Ethiopia) Musasa (Zimbabwe) National Association of Women’s Organisations in

Uganda (Uganda) Red Nacional de Trabajadoras/es de la Información

y comunicación (Bolivia) Saathi (Nepal) Siiqqee Women’s Development Association (Ethiopia)

The Integrated Community Education and Development Association (Ethiopia)

Zambia National Women’s Lobby (Zambia) Women Against Violence and Exploitation in

Society (Sierra Leone) Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe) Women for Change (Zambia) Women’s Partnership for Justice and Peace

(Sierra Leone) Women for Human Rights (Single Women Group)

(Nepal) Women in Law and Development in Africa (Ghana) Women in Politics Support Unit (Zimbabwe) Women’s Legal Aid Centre (Tanzania) Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association (Zimbabwe)

Our supporters Alison Saville Ambassador Theatre Group Association of Women Solicitors London Big Lottery Fund Bloomsbury Publishing and Bloomsbury Institute Bryan Guinness Charitable Trust Ltd Comic Relief David and Eleanor Holloway Department for International Development (DFID) European Union Funny Women Girl - India Harbinson Charitable Trust Homelands Charitable Trust

Ingrid Scott – CBD Charitable Trust J A Clark Charitable Trust Mactaggart Third Fund Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands Miss E F Rathbone Charitable Trust OptiBac Probiotics RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd RBS Focused Women’s Network London St Clare and St Francis Trust Tartan Charitable Fund The Balcombe Charitable Trust The Baring Foundation The Brillig Charitable Trust The Cotton Trust The Cruach Trust The De La Rue Charitable Trust The Dischma Charitable Trust The Evan Cornish Foundation The F B Burgess Sunday Appeal Fund The Gunter Charitable Trust The Madeline Mabey Trust The Orp Foundation The Rhiannon Trust The Rhododendron Trust The Two-Way Charitable Trust The Westcroft Trust Twitten Charitable Trust Victoria Gomez-Trenor Zulekha Rahman and Timothy Ash Individuals who left a gift in their will Individuals and organisations that support us

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