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Impact Report 201415

Impact
Report
201415
Transforming the lives
of women and girls

Impact Report 201415

Contents
Click below to go to our report pages
Supporting women to know
their rights in the workplace

14

The power of partnership 4

Central to tackling the Ebola crisis

15

Our impact in 201415 5

Meet our partners staff

16

Ending violence against women

and girls

Meet our policy and

programmes staff

Supporting women survivors

of violence

Income and expenditure 18

Gender inequality is a global issue

that needs a global answer

Violence against women and girls

is preventable

17

Where your money goes 19

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Having a say in decisions and

being leaders

10

Giving women a voice to

make a stand

12

Taking control of livelihoods 13

Our supporters are putting women

at the heart of their work

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Thank you

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Support us

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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

We are working to change

this. Our vision is a fair
world where being a woman
does not limit choices,
opportunities or rights.

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 Worlds Women 2010: Trends and Statistics

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The power
of partnership
For 26 years Womankind has been working
in partnership with womens rights organisations to
improve the lives of women and girls across the world.
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:
AIM

AIM

AIM

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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10.4
million+

Our impact in 201415

103,124

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 womens rights and changes to laws, policies and practices

Together with our partners we achieved this by:

No.of
countries that
Womankind
worked
in during
201415

No.of
womens rights
organisations
Womankind
partnered with
in 201415

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32

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 womens rights

*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.

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Ending violence
against women
and girls
Here are just a few examples of what we achieved with our partners in 20142015:
 1,500 young people in Bolivia
3
have learnt about sexual and
reproductive rights and violence
against women and girls. Centro
de Promocin de la Mujer
Gregoria Apaza has trained
individuals who in turn have spread
awareness among their peers

 ,031 women have received free

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legal advice from the Zimbabwe
Women Lawyers Association,
enabling them to make informed
decisions and rebuild their lives free
from violence
 3,977 people have engaged with
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the Un Hombre No Viola (Real Men
Dont 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

Photographs (from left): Young people in Bolivia learn about their rights, the Real Men Dont Rape campaign
is raising awareness of violence against women and women in Kenya learn about their rights through radio

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 ,821 refugee women and girl

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survivors of violence in Tanzania
received legal assistance and
support from lawyers and refugee
paralegals trained by the Womens
Legal Aid Centre (WLAC)
enabling them to rebuild their lives
 563% increase in funding
A
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

T he UK
government
announced it was
contributing 8
million to a civil society
fund (AmplifyChange)
supporting grassroots womens
rights organisations which are
working to end abuse of women
and girls
 2 of our partners were supported
1
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

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

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

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Supporting women
survivors of violence
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.
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.

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

I have already missed six months

of school and really want to go
back. Musasa is helping me to reconnect 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.
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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Violence against
women and girls
is preventable
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 womens
rights organisation working in her
community and she learns about
her and her daughters rights. The
womens 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.

Click the Play button above to

watch our Ending violence
against women and girls Merons story animation

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Having a say in
decisions and
being leaders
Here are just a few examples of what we achieved with our partners in 20142015:
 9 previously illiterate women
3
who are members of community
development councils joined
Afghan Womens Resource
Centre literacy classes. Now that
they can read and write they are
able to effectively fulfil their role,
strengthening womens leadership
and contributing to community
decisions

Photograph: Women in Afghanistan taking part in

literacy classes

 0,301 people in Nepal were

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reached through Feminist
Dalit Organizations 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 womens

needs are being recognised and
they are able to influence the
decisions affecting their lives
 3 women took on leadership
3
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 womens confidence and
engagement in decision-making

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 5 girls have gone back to school

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following Girls Leadership Club
members, together with the
Zambia National Womens
Lobby, conducting community
workshops on violence against
women and girls, the importance
of girls education and the
importance of girls and womens
participation in leadership
 5 female journalists have
3
received training from the
Liberia Womens Media Action
Committee, building their skills
and ability to report on womens
rights. Several of these women
have now independently developed
and produced programme ideas
and news. This is improving media
reporting on womens rights
which is very poor due to the male
domination of Liberian media

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

 new UK National Action Plan

A
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
 report was launched with 13 of
A
our partners from across Africa,
Asia and Latin America - At the
crossroads: Womens rights
after 2015 - highlighting the
importance of 2015 as a year for
global, political action on womens
rights, and the central role of
womens 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
womens rights organisations,
and build links and alliances with
key stakeholders from across the
global womens movement
 6 girls in Ghana took up
1
leadership positions in their
schools following the Gender
Studies and Human Rights
Documentation Centre training
on leadership, self-empowerment
and human rights

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Giving women a
voice to make a stand
Alice from Ada, Ghana, gained the confidence
to become a community leader after working
with our partner Gender Studies and Human Rights
Documentation Centre (Gender Centre).
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.

Photograph: Alices leadership training has enabled

her to challenge and create solutions to the issues
in her community

After participating in the Gender

Centre training for a second time,
I decided to stand as an assembly
member for this years coming
elections.

746 could enable the Gender

Centre to train a woman
competing in district elections on
political processes, campaigning
and womens issues

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Taking control
of livelihoods
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
womens economic rights and empowerment in 20142015:
By securing womens rights to land,
property, inheritance, and paid
employment, they can become more
independent and escape situations of
violence, exploitation and abuse.
 20 women survivors of violence
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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
 95 women in Ethiopia are
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running businesses such as
petty trading and animal and
poultry selling - thanks to the
support of Siiqqee Womens
Development Association.
This means the women can now

afford to send their children to

school and furnish and maintain
their homes
 0 Nepalese women were trained
4
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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Supporting
women to know their
rights in the workplace
Our Peruvian partner Federacin de Mujeres de Ica (FEPROMU)
has helped Soledad and her colleagues by making them aware of their rights.
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.
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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Central to tackling
the Ebola crisis
Womens rights organisations played a big
part in combatting the 2014 Ebola outbreak.
Womankind supported our three partners in Sierra Leone
(Womens 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.
Photograph: Womens rights organisations worked to ensure the needs of
women and girls in Sierra Leone were taken into account during the Ebola
outbreak

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.
Womens rights organisations supported women and
girls access to services, provided counselling to women
affected by the disease and trained members of womens
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.

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Meet our partners

Womankinds 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.
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 womens 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

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Meet our policy

and programmes staff
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
womens 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
Womankinds
partnership model, working in solidarity with local
womens rights organisations to amplify their voices
and support their work. By providing long-term core
funding to womens 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 womens rights.
Mariela Magnelli, Programme Officer at Womankind
(pictured in the photograph above)

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Income and expenditure

Income 201415

Expenditure 201415

10%

3% 2%

8%
34%

19%

45%

20%
28%
S tatutory grants including UK aid:
1,253,939
Individual giving including gift aid:
1,023,594
Institutional grants including Comic Relief:
713,435
T
 rusts, foundations and major donors: 280,867
O
 ther including legacies and events: 359,295
T
 otal:
3,631,130

31%
E
 nding violence against women:
1,747,300
E
 nsuring women have a say in decisions:
1,174,553
C
 osts of generating income
740,204
G
 overnance costs:
99,784
E
 nabling women to take control of their own livelihoods:
77,911
T
 otal:
3,839,752*
* This includes expenditure of income received in previous years.

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Where your money goes

In every pound we spend:

For every 1 invested in

fundraising we generate 5

5
78p
on our programmes,
campaigning and
policy work

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 Worldwides office.

19p
investing in
fundraising

Signed on behalf of the trustees

3p
on governance

Tina Fahm, Chair of Trustees

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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 womens intimate health.
Its always great to link up with likeminded organisations which focus
on women and their wellbeing.
Thats why weve 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 womens rights
is hugely important. Its 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 youre 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.

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

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Thank you to
Our partners
A
 fghan Womens Network (Afghanistan)
A
 fghan Womens Resource Centre (Afghanistan)
A
 ssociation for Womens Sanctuary and
Development (Ethiopia)
C
 entro de Desarrollo Integral de la Mujer Aymara
(Bolivia)
C
 entro de Promocin de la Mujer Gregoria Apaza
(Bolivia)
Centre

for Rights Education and Awareness (Kenya)
E studio para la Defensa de los Derechos de la
Mujer (Peru)
F eminist Dalit Organization (Nepal)
F ederacin de Mujeres de Ica (Peru)
G
 ender Studies and Human Rights Documentation
Centre (Ghana)
G
 raceland Sierra Leone (Sierra Leone)
H
 umanitarian Assistance for Women and Children
of Afghanistan (Afghanistan)
International Federation of Women Lawyers
(Kenya)
Isis-Womens International Cross-Cultural Exchange
(Uganda)
L iberia Women Media Action Committee (Liberia)
K
 MG (Ethiopia)
M
 usasa (Zimbabwe)
N
 ational Association of Womens Organisations in
Uganda (Uganda)
R
 ed Nacional de Trabajadoras/es de la Informacin
y comunicacin (Bolivia)
S aathi (Nepal)
Siiqqee Womens Development Association (Ethiopia)

T he Integrated Community Education and

Development Association (Ethiopia)
Z ambia National Womens Lobby (Zambia)
W
 omen Against Violence and Exploitation in
Society (Sierra Leone)
W
 omens Coalition of Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe)
W
 omen for Change (Zambia)
W
 omens Partnership for Justice and Peace
(Sierra Leone)
W
 omen for Human Rights (Single Women Group)
(Nepal)
W
 omen in Law and Development in Africa (Ghana)
W
 omen in Politics Support Unit (Zimbabwe)
W
 omens Legal Aid Centre (Tanzania)
Z imbabwe Women Lawyers Association (Zimbabwe)

Our supporters
A
 lison Saville
A
 mbassador Theatre Group
A
 ssociation of Women Solicitors London
B
 ig Lottery Fund
B
 loomsbury Publishing and Bloomsbury Institute
B
 ryan Guinness Charitable Trust Ltd
C
 omic Relief
D
 avid and Eleanor Holloway
D
 epartment for International Development (DFID)
E uropean Union
F unny Women
G
 irl - India
H
 arbinson Charitable Trust
H
 omelands Charitable Trust

Ingrid Scott CBD Charitable Trust

J A Clark Charitable Trust
M
 actaggart Third Fund
M
 inistry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
M
 iss E F Rathbone Charitable Trust
O
 ptiBac Probiotics
R
 enaissanceRe Holdings Ltd
R
 BS Focused Womens Network London
S t Clare and St Francis Trust
Tartan Charitable Fund
T he Balcombe Charitable Trust
T he Baring Foundation
T he Brillig Charitable Trust
T he Cotton Trust
T he Cruach Trust
T he De La Rue Charitable Trust
T he Dischma Charitable Trust
T he Evan Cornish Foundation
T he F B Burgess Sunday Appeal Fund
T he Gunter Charitable Trust
T he Madeline Mabey Trust
T he Orp Foundation
T he Rhiannon Trust
T he Rhododendron Trust
T he Two-Way Charitable Trust
T he Westcroft Trust
Twitten Charitable Trust
V
 ictoria Gomez-Trenor
Z ulekha Rahman and Timothy Ash
Individuals who left a gift in their will
Individuals and organisations that support us

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