Patrick Tumusiime- Consultant

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Vision: A society where the human rights are
observed, promoted and protected.

Mission:
To guarantee a safe and secure working
environment for women human rights
defenders through capacity building,
advocacy and networking, and providing
feminist protection and emergency response
services.
 Inadequate protection capacities at individual and
organizational level.

 Limited knowledge and skills among some women HRDs on

how to conduct their work in a safe and non provocative
manner.

 A restrictive legal regime and shrinking civic space for

engagement on civil-political rights and social economic
rights. (POMA Act 2013, NGO Act, 2016 to mention but a few)

 Absence of protection and emergency response initiatives

that are feminist oriented.

 Absence of a strong platform and organizing mechanism to

bring together different women HRDs and stakeholders.
1. Capacity Building for WHRDs and other
stakeholders;

2. Policy Advocacy, Networking and

Collaboration;

3. Feminist Protection and Emergency

Response;

4. Institutional Strengthening.
Strategic Choice 1: Strengthen the individual and
organizational digital and physical security of
women HRDs in order to improve quality and
quantity of their work.

1.1 Improved safety and security for individual

WHRDs and their organizations in order to
realize an increase in the quality and quantity
of their work.

1.2 Increased capacity of the women HRDs to

detect, mitigate and respond appropriately to
issues that undermine the safety & security of
HRDS.
Strategic Choice 2: Enhance advocacy, policy
influencing and networking to address the
policy related issues that affect the safety and
security of women HRDs.

2.1 Improved research, documentation and

learning on the issues affecting the safety and
security of WHRDs.

2.2 Increased policy advocacy engagement with

different stakeholders including duty bearers in
order to improve the safety and security of
women HRDs.
2.3 Improved coordination, networking and
collaboration amongst members and other
stakeholders at national, regional and
international level with like-minded entities
on the issues affecting the safety and security
of women HRDs.

2.4 Increased visibility and profile of the role

played by women HRDs and the issues that
affect their safety and security.
Strategic Choice 3: Improve the provision of
feminist protection and emergency response
services to women HRDs under eminent
threats.

3.1 Improved timeliness and response in providing

feminist protection and emergency response services
to women HRDs under eminent threat and attack.

3.2 Improved availability, accessibility and utilization

feminist protection and emergency response services
to women HRDs under eminent threats.
Strategic choice 4: Improve the organizational
efficiency and effectiveness of the WHRD
Network to meet and exceed the expectations of
stakeholders .

4.1 Improved financial stewardship, compliance,

effectiveness, cost and operational efficiency.

4.2 Improved responsiveness and timeliness to needs of

both internal and external stakeholders.

4.3 Improved risk detection and mitigation within

WHRD Network.
4.4 Strengthened strategic leadership and
organizational oversight.

4.5 Improved staff performance, motivation and

engagement.

4.6 A financially viable and sustainable WHRD Network.

4.7 Improved operational efficiency and stewardship.

4.8 Improved visibility, recognition and collaboration

with stakeholders.
If you want to go fast, Go alone.
If you want to go far, Go together.
African Proverb.

Thank you for Listening.