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Gender violence, including physical and sexual abuse, is widely used to intimidate, oppress, silence and subjugate girls, women, disabled and LGBTIQ people across the globe. It devastates those who are targeted and destroys the social fabric of families, communities and societies.
In short, gender violence is one of the most significant barriers to women, girls and LGBTIQ people accessing their human rights.
Together with our partners, we help people to heal from gender violence and become powerful advocates to end it. We build clinics and counseling centers. We equip women with tools to prevent abuse in war and disaster. And every day, we affirm that gender violence doesn’t have to be a fact of life.
How We Work
We invest in the experience and leadership of women, girls and LGBTIQ people. We fund work that provides immediate protection and care and that shifts mindsets around gender violence.
We invest in the experience and leadership of women, girls and LGBTIQ people. We fund work that provides immediate protection and care and that shifts mindsets around gender violence.
We invest in the experience and leadership of women, girls and LGBTIQ people. We fund work that provides immediate protection and care and that shifts mindsets around gender violence.
How do we know when we’ve succeeded?
Highlights of Our Work
Nicaragua: Changing Attitudes of Men and Boys
Wangki Tangni, an Indigenous women’s organization, holds workshops for men and boys to discuss strategies to end gender violence and to change behaviors and negative attitudes towards women and girls. One participant shared, “I’m here to learn and to help resolve the situation in the community. We don’t want any more violence, and we want to overcome this hand in hand with the women.”
Iraq: Mobilizing Communities against Sexual Violence
In communities rebuilding from war and ISIS occupation, the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq confronts sexual violence head-on. They reach out to survivors and their families with aid and counseling, seek to change laws that discriminate against women and LGBTIQ people, offer safe passage to people under threat, and operate an underground network of shelters.
Your Support in Action
Indigenous Women Survivors See New Possibilities for the Future
Wangki Tangni, an Indigenous women’s organization, holds workshops for men and boys to discuss strategies to end gender violence and to change behaviors and negative attitudes towards women and girls. One participant shared, “I’m here to learn and to help resolve the situation in the community. We don’t want any more violence, and we want to overcome this hand in hand with the women.”
Explore Our Projects on Ending Gender Violence
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