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Impact through partnership

Annual report for 2011-12

Community day in Manwe, Ghana

Kenya

Change happens when we empower women with knowledge and information on their rights. Womankind has provided us with the resources to make this change happen. FIDA Kenya

When my husband lost his job he left me alone with our four children. i worked washing clothes and cleaning houses to make enough money to enrol them in school. life was hard. i learned that my husband had married a second wife. He refused to answer my calls. a friend advised me to talk to Fida. i was so bitter with life but they helped me. When i came to Fida i was not eating i was so stressed, but through counselling

i realised that life must continue without my spouse. in the group therapy women come together and share their stories. Thats when i realised i am empowered, there were women who had more problems than me and i was able to reach out to them and help them. PHOTO: reineira arguellO Before i came to Fida i believed there was no way my problems could be solved, but its like all my problems are gone. Mary Achieng

FIDA Kenya provides vital legal and psychological support to women like Mary who have nowhere else to turn.

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ANNUAL REPORT 2011-12

Welcome

Working in partnership
in no country in the world do women enjoy the same rights, access to resources or opportunities as men. everywhere women and girls face discrimination, poverty and violence just because they are female. Were working to change that. Welcome to our 2011-12 annual report.
Who we are
Womankind is the leading UK charity promoting womens rights in africa, asia and latin america. Our goal is a world where women are equal, secure, respected and proud. Were a small team making a big impact through the power of partnership. We support and learn from local womens organisations, helping to make the global movement for womens rights stronger and more effective. Over the last 20 years Womankind and our partners have directly helped 12 million women and their families to transform their lives.

What we do
We are guided by our partners and what they want to change. In supporting them we aim to:

In 2011-12 we worked in 14 countries afghanistan, Bolivia, ethiopia, ghana, Kenya, Malawi, nepal, Peru, Sierra leone, South africa, Tanzania, uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe in partnership with 47 womens organisations. We support these organisations through funding, skills and capacity development, on-going tailored support, and platforms for learning and networking. Our partners provide direct services to women, make women aware of their rights, strengthen womens leadership skills, educate communities on womens rights and lobby their local, regional and national governments to implement and fund better policies and services. Womankind also works in the UK and internationally lobbying governments, donors, the UN, international agencies and the EU to develop policies and services which promote and protect womens rights and development around the world.

AIM

End violence against women

AIM

2 3

Increase womens participation and political voice

AIM

Influence policy and mobilise resources for womens rights and development

Through our partners in 2011-12 we directly supported almost 95,000 women and secured positive changes which will benefit over 6 million women.
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How we work

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How we work
as well as providing direct support to our partners we draw on their experience and success to influence decision-makers and change the way people think.

We
support womens organisations and networks to be stronger and more effective so that change is sustainable and solutions are rooted in local communities prioritise the most vulnerable individuals and groups in situations where there is a window of opportunity for change learn from our partners, respecting their knowledge, experience and ability to make a real difference to the women they help

Together we create lasting change... ...for individuals

delivering practical services such as safe houses, counselling and legal advice to women survivors of violence to overcome trauma and re-build their lives

...for communities
giving women leaders the confidence, skills and knowledge to participate effectively and promote change for women and communities

...the big picture

working for women to have an equal say in decisions that affect them, such as constitutional reform or peace building

providing information so that women can claim their rights

training and supporting womens groups so that women can speak out together and act collectively

sharing what works and what doesnt, campaigning for better policies and services and holding decision-makers to account

changing attitudes so that whole communities, traditional leaders, the justice system, and public services understand and support womens rights and development

influencing the UK government, the UN, EU and international agencies and donors to promote and protect womens rights

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How we work

Funding

Training to build capacity

networking and publicity

Policy, research, communications

influencing uK government, eu, un, donors, ingOs

Partner organisations

Provide direct support to women

raise awareness of womens rights

influence regional and national policy and decision-makers

Women are safer and healthier

Women aware of and claim their rights

Society, policies and services protect and promote womens rights and development

NAWOU community drama, Uganda

Womankind is strengthening us as an organisation and supporting a process of sharing among womens groups on gender based violence. The sharing will lead to communities talking about violence, the project will put in the open bad practices that were hidden. National Association of Womens Organisations in Uganda

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When i was just 8 years old my parents got me engaged to a 21 year old man. When i was 12 he started threatening me on the way to school and said if i go to school he will kill me and cut me into pieces. in the beginning i didnt tell anyone but he started to beat me. i left school when i was just 12. One day i saw an advertisement for a womens support centre.

i learned a lot about my rights and forced marriage and i decided to tell the lawyer about my problem. The day when the court announced that now i am free i was so happy. My lawyer and the centre helped me return to school and i have been advising other girls i meet to defend their rights like i have done. PHOTO: HaWCa Farida A new Legal Aid Centre was opened this year.

Our partner Humanitarian Assistance for the Women and Children of Afghanistan runs the Legal Aid Centre which helped Farida and many women and girls like her with psychological support and legal aid, enabling 85% of the women who visit the centre to take their case to court.

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Our impact

Our impact
AIM

1 End violence against women

Violence against women is a human rights violation and a barrier to development. Here are just a few of the changes we have brought about with our partners.
With Womankinds support our partner Humanitarian assistance for Women and Children of afghanistan was able to open a new legal advice centre for women in Jalalabad, afghanistan. In its first year it has assisted more than 100 women and girls and 85% of the cases brought to the centre have gone to court. As a result of awareness-raising activities by our partner graceland Counselling Services in Sierra leone the Chief of one district has agreed to ban female genital mutilation for girls under 18. The Womens legal Centre in South africa is tackling discrimination against women in customary law through free legal advice clinics and a support network of trained volunteers, helping 3,697 women to claim their rights over the last year. Two test cases have been identified which may help set a positive legal precedent. Over six months women trained by our partner red ada in Bolivia broadcast 250 radio programmes about violence and political harassment in Spanish, Aymara and Quechua, allowing them to reach rural and isolated communities where there are high levels of violence against women. Women report that levels of physical violence have halved in several communities in ghana in which our partner the gender Centre works. In one district child marriage and widow inheritance (where a woman is forced to marry the relative of her deceased husband) have been outlawed. In ethiopa our partners KMg and iCeda have improved girls access to education, providing nearly 10,000 girls with school materials, fees and a safer school environment. The impact of community actions and increased education for girls has been a decline in female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriages. In one school before our partners intervention at least 7 out of 10 girls dropped out of school during the traditional time of year for FGM ceremonies, but now that has fallen to 2 out of 10 girls. Our partner deMuS successfully campaigned for a commitment from local government in one of the poorest regions in Peru for funding to develop better service provision for survivors of violence. This will benefit over 200,000 women.

Isis WICCE local Womens Taskforce meeting, Uganda

Change only happens when the marginalised, abused or subordinated woman regains her dignity and self-worth and is able to take a decision on how to live her life. ISIS Wicce, Uganda

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i had no power in the house once my husband died. My brother-in-law hit my son and threatened to withhold our food if i didnt have sex with him. everyone in the family knew but no one dared to go against him. My mother-in-law forced me to do all the housework. i felt ashamed yet trapped, where could i go? i had no other family. i was not educated and i had no other way to feed my son. everyone at the shelter was so

kind, i couldnt believe it. They sent my son to school. i met other widows who had been mistreated and learned i had the right to live without my family. i attended sewing classes, built up my courage and got a loan and help from WHr to set up my own tailoring shop. now i give work to other widows so they dont have to stay with violent families. i feel i have a place in the village and my son has a future. Sita PHOTO: SuSana Klein

Widows in Nepal suffer social discrimination and are shunned by the community including their own families. Many are left destitute and subject to exploitation. Women for Human Rights runs a shelter for widows and their children in Kathmandu where women receive support and learn skills so that they can become independent. Last year it provided accommodation and support for 40 women and their children.

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Our impact

Our impact
AIM

2 Increasing womens participation and political voice

Women deserve the same opportunities as men to speak up and be heard, and increasing womens participation tends to stimulate positive change for all women. Here are some examples of what we have achieved with our partners this year.
In afghanistan our partner afghan Womens resource Center registered a new course for management and journalism at the STEP Institute in Kabul and by the end of August 94 students had enrolled and seven staff had been recruited. After campaigning from the Feminist dalit Organisation (FedO) the District Peace Committee in Kailali, nepal acted to increase access to their relief fund for Dalit widows; resources women were entitled to but which hadnt been made available. 2,690 women also received leadership skills training from FEDO to help them take part in regional political processes and educate other women. Our partners in Zimbabwe, the Women in Politics Support unit, Womens Coalition of Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwe Women lawyers association, led the formation of The Group of 20 coalition of women MPs and activists pushing for womens rights to be included in the new constitution. So far 80% of their demands have been included in the draft document. After research and awareness-raising work with health professionals by our partners Movimiento el Pozo and FePrOMu in Peru, 43% of women in prostitution surveyed said that service provision had improved, and 20% of younger women reported better services for sexual and reproductive health. Our partner Tshwaranang legal advocacy Centre in South africa campaigned for the independent Complaints directorate (ICD) to have more authority to call the police to account for assaults on women. As a result, the ICD was re-established with a new mandate to investigate allegations of rape by a police officer, or whilst in police custody. After taking part in community conversations facilitated by our partner KMg in ethiopia, 90 women in one region organised themselves and successfully lobbied the local civil court to dedicate every Friday to hear only womens cases. The womens court day has increased access to justice and community awareness of womens rights. Over 1,200 women have benefited from the womens court day this year alone.

Womens Partnership for Justice and Peace, Sierra Leone

Womankind cannot be present everywhere but by empowering womens groups, the vision of increasing womens participation into politics will be achieved. Graceland Counselling Services, Sierra Leone

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Zimbabwe
Emilia Muchawa

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When my husband became very aggressive and began to beat me i went to ZWla to ask for help. They told me i could apply for a protection order. i was successful and the beatings stopped, but he decided to evict me and the children from the house. i found myself homeless. i went to ZWla again and asked for help with my divorce. They helped me to get child support from my husband to help with food and school fees. i sell vegetables so i have money for our rent and electricity. ZWlas help is giving me a new start to life. it hasnt been easy but i have gained confidence and know my rights. When i am selling my vegetables i meet many women and have made a few friends. They share their stories with me and i tell them what i have gone through. i am not ashamed to talk about my story if it will help another woman to make positive decisions for herself. Plaxedes Mutsvairo

I would like to say thank you to Womankinds supporters in the UK and to reassure them that every pound they put through Womankind makes a difference for women - for one woman to move out of a violent relationship and live a life free of violence or access legal services to recover her home. Supporters are doing incredible work which makes a real difference in the lives of real people in Zimbabwe. Emilia Muchawa, Director, Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association (ZWLA)

The Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association provide direct legal assistance to thousands of women like Plaxedes every year as well as training officials and campaigning to raise awareness.

Our impact

Our impact
AIM

3 Influence policy for womens rights and development

Political will, support and resources are needed or the best plans will fall flat. We work to bring together those who want to see a fair world for women and those who have the power to make it happen
We created opportunities for our partners from afghanistan, ghana, Peru, ethiopia and Zimbabwe to speak directly with senior UK civil servants and attend public events to share their expertise directly. After highlighting the work of our Ethiopian partners in reducing female genital mutilation (FGM) through meetings with UK government ministers, FGM is now high on the Government agenda and a dedicated FGM Business Plan is being produced by the department for international development (DFID) to end this widespread abuse. We have worked closely with DFID and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) on several initiatives including guidance on tackling violence against women and girls which is now being used by DFID staff in the UK and abroad. Our Womens rights advocacy Toolkit and training pack was developed and published in English, Spanish, Dari and Nepali. It is already being used by Womankind partners, DFID country offices, the gender and development network, the Central america Womens network and association for Womens rights in development members and has received very positive feedback. We have also raised public awareness and support for international womens rights through online media and social networks, securing over 1,000 signatures in three weeks for a petition in support of Afghan women.

Rally organised by Graceland Counselling Service in Njala, Sierra Leone

Change happens when communities and decision-makers join hands to promote the emancipation of women. Womankind can make known in the UK, and to other countries governments, the issues affecting the rights of women and girls. Graceland Counselling Services, Sierra Leone

Money matters

ANNUAL REPORT 2011-12

Income and expenditure

Our expenditure in 2011-12 was 3,910,807, an increase of 36% from 2010-11 as we expanded into three more countries (Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia) and invested in direct marketing and our new Three Butterflies lunch fundraising event during the year. Our income in 2011-12 was 4,160,718, an increase of 59% on 2010-11. We were one of only a few organisations chosen to receive a Programme Partnership arrangement (PPa) grant, and the 560,383 which forms the first year of that grant is included in the number above.
Income 2011-12 4,160,718 Expenditure 2011-12 3,910,807

5%
Institutional grants, including Comic Relief

227,649
Other, including legacies and Gift Aid Mobilise political will and resources for womens rights and development

2%

72,337
Governance costs Costs of generating income

26%

38%

1,574,273
Statutory grants, including UK Aid

22% 19%

17% 40%

688,539

1,083,085

880,332

16%
Individual donors

669,529

15%

748,502
Eliminate violence against women

1,521,097
Increase womens civil & political participation

606,182
Trusts & Foundations

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Where your money goes

81p 17p
17p is invested to generate future income is spent on our development, campaigning and policy work

2p
2p is spent on governance

81p of every pound goes directly to Womankinds development, campaigning and policy work. Whether through projects in africa, asia and latin america, or our national and international policy efforts, this work is dedicated to help women and girls transform their lives. like most organisations a proportion of our funds are allocated to running costs. Currently, for every 1 we also invest 17p in fundraising. This investment is crucial to give us the independence and flexibility to fund some of our most important projects.

For every 1 invested in fundraising we generate 6.

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Peru

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International Womens Day rally in Peru

Womankind has helped to strengthen our organisation by respecting our autonomy. They have helped us through their communications, broadcasting what we have been doing. They have helped to empower the team members of our organisation, so we can help more women. We have been able to take our work to the UK through our work with Womankind and have other people know the situation for women in Peru. FEPROMU, Peru

When my mother was seriously abused i went to report it, but it was ignored. Most women do not know what to do. Often they dont even file a complaint. and when they do, they are often mistreated by the people who are supposed to help them. Thanks to deMuS i have learned that public institutions are there to serve and support us. now we watch these institutions to

ensure that they treat women well. We are also helping women to realise that they are entitled to better attention and good care, because it is their right. Through the project i am learning more about my rights. i respect myself and expect to be respected by everyone else. i do not allow anyone to abuse me because i know my rights. Luz Gabriela Mendoza

In Peru our partner DEMUS is giving women like Luz the tools to demand change. Last year they successfully campaigned for local government funding to develop better service provision for survivors of violence in one of the poorest regions in Peru, which will benefit over 200,000 women.

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The future

Looking ahead
next year we will build on our successes and go further to help women claim their rights in africa, asia and latin america. Here are some of our plans.
Publish major multi-country research conducted on womens critical role in local peacebuilding and launch a campaign for their role to be recognised. Begin supporting womens rights projects in Liberia. Amplify our partners voices and perspectives through social media and video by sharing five times more content created by partners, interviews with partners and news about their activities. Consolidate new partnerships in Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi. Work with UK and UN policymakers to ensure that the plans for the post Millennium Development Goals framework include womens rights.

Strengthen our work on womens civil and political participation in Nepal, Afghanistan, Ghana and Kenya with the support of a grant from the Dutch government.

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Thank you

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Thank you
Our partners
Afghan Women Network (AWN) Afghan Womens Resource Centre (AWRC) Association for Womens Sanctuary and Development (AWSAD) Centro de Promocion de Mujer Gregoria Apaza (CPMGA) Centre for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW) CDIMA Coalition of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (COWLHA) DEMUS (Institute for the Defence of Womens Rights) Feminist Dalit Organization (FEDO) FEPROMU Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE) Gender Studies and Human Rights Documentation Centre Graceland Counselling Services (GLCS) Humanitarian Assistance for Women and Children of Afghanistan (HAWCA) Integrated Community Education and Development Association (ICEDA) International Federation of Women Lawyers Ghana (FIDA Ghana) International Federation of Women Lawyers Kenya (FIDA Kenya) Isis-Womens International Cross-Cultural Exchange (Isis-WICCE) Kembatta Mentti Gezzimma (KMG) Malawi National Womens Lobby Group Movimiento El Pozo Musasa National Association of Womens Organisations in Uganda (NAWOU) Red Ada Saathi Girls learning vocational skills in Afghanistan Siiqqee Womens Development Association The Zambia National Womens Lobby (ZNWL) Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre (TLAC) Window of Hope Foundation (WHF) Women Against Violence and Exploitation in Society (WAVES) Women in Law and Development in Africa, Ghana (WiLDAF) Womens Partnership for Justice and Peace (WPJP) Women for Human Rights (WHR) Women in Politics Support Unit (WIPSU) Womens Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ) Womens Legal Aid Center (WLAC) Women for Change (WfC) Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association (ZWLA)

I wish all women to be free and to live with dignity. We cannot and shall not leave them alone. Victoria Gomez-Trenor, whose generous gift allowed our partner to open a legal advice centre for women in Afghanistan.

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Thank you

Thank you
A & R Woolf Charitable Trust Ajahma Charitable Trust Anonymous Audrey Florence Arnold Memorial Trust Austin Bailey Foundation Balcombe Trust, Roger Kreitman Charitable Settlement Barnzo Charitable Trust Big Lottery Fund Brillig Charitable Trust CBD Charitable Trust Clark Charitable Trust Comic Relief Education Services E F Charitable Trust Eleanor Rathbone Charitable Trust Emma Humphreys Memorial Prize Ethical Giving Father O Mahony Memorial Trust Gunter Charitable Trust Heath Charitable Trust Hilden Charitable Fund John Thomas Kennedy Charitable Foundation K Trust Madeline Mabey Trust Miss K M Harbinsons Charitable Trust Mrs M A Lascelles Charitable Trust Oliver Stanley Charitable Trust Roger and Sarah Bancroft Clark Charitable Trust Scurrah Wainwright Charity Share Gift, The Orr Mackintosh Foundation Sigrid Rausing Trust Sir Halley Stewart Trust St Claire and St Francis Charitable Trust Thames Wharf Charity The Ardwick Trust The Bewley Charitable Trust The Bonus Trust The Calpe Trust The Cotton Trust The Frederick William Carter Trust The Jane Durell Charitable Trust The Mactaggart Third Fund The MD & IM Newman Charitable Trust The Nichols Trust The Raymond Allington Charity Trust Fund The Rest Harrow Trust The Rhiannon Trust The Rhododendron Trust The Roger Vere Foundation Twitten Charitable Trust UK Aid Westcroft Trust Zephyr Charitable Trust Joe Conneely Victoria Gomez-Trenor Cathy Moore

With special thanks to these individuals

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Thank you
Thank you from everyone at Womankind to all our friends and supporters. Our vital work depends on you and we are grateful and inspired to know that even in this difficult financial climate we have received gifts large and small from new and existing donors.

Individual supporters
We are hugely grateful to our supporters for their generosity and fundraising efforts. In 2011-12 supporters took on all kinds of challenges to raise money for Womankind from running and cycling; to creative pursuits including music and poetry; to lifestyle changes like dieting and giving up shopping. There were feats of bravery as angela Stone completed a skydive, and amisha ghadiali took on the Funny Women Charity Challenge, entering a stand-up comedy competition with no previous experience and only two weeks to prepare. Highlights also included an exhibition of etchings by Paula rego and drawings by Siobhan Wall, a concert of Afghan Music, a Yogathon, a week of activities for student activists, and a Womens Development Day, all organised entirely by dedicated supporters. We were pleased to provide opportunities for supporters to meet partners from Peru, ghana and Zimbabwe at our offices and at our inaugural Three Butterflies Lunch. The lunch marked the International Day of Action to Eliminate Violence Against Women and was addressed by netsai Mushonga, Director of the Womens Coalition of Zimbabwe, and Selay ghaffar, Director of our Afghan partner HaWCa, as well as keynote speaker Jude Kelly, Artistic Director of the Southbank Centre.

Sussex University students held a rally on International Womens Day as part of their fundraising week

Volunteers
Womankinds staff team have been fortunate enough to have the assistance and time of a number of excellent volunteers during the year. Womankind is extremely grateful for the extra capacity and expertise they brought to the organisation.

Patrons
Kate Adie OBE Baroness Helena Kennedy QC Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC Professor Amartya Sen Dr Kate Young Community kitchen, Peru

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