Womankind Annual Report 2013

Annual Report 2013

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Who we are

Why we are needed

What we do

Ending violence against women

Making sure women have an equal say

Building support for women’s rights

Where your money goes

Who we are

Since we were founded 25 years ago Womankind Worldwide has helped more than 12 million women and their families.

Our vision is of a fair world where women and girls have the same choices, opportunities and rights as men and boys.

We support women to transform their lives and their communities by working in partnership with women’s rights organisations in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

We collectively influence international policies and practices on women’s rights by sharing our knowledge and experience.

We aim to:

1 End violence against women

2 Make sure women have an equal say

3 Build support for women’s rights internationally

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Why we are needed

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.

• At least 1 in 3 women around the world has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime

• Violence causes more death and disability worldwide amongst women aged 15–44 than war, cancer, malaria and traffic accidents combined

• Globally, women make up just 17% of parliamentarians

• Women account for nearly two thirds of the 780 million people around the world who cannot read

These statistics are just the tip of the iceberg.


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What we do

In 2012–13 we directly supported almost 141,000 women and improved the rights of over 6.5 million women.

We worked in 15 countries – Afghanistan, Bolivia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Nepal, Peru, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe – in partnership with 38 women’s organisations.

We drive change by establishing long-term partnerships with local women’s rights organisations, providing funding, training, capacity building and tailored support.

Together we:

• Delivered practical services for women such as safe houses, counselling and legal advice

• Provided information for women about their rights and where to get help

• Changed attitudes and transformed social norms

• Secured change in laws, policies and practices

• Trained and supported women leaders, activists and groups

• Influenced governments, NGOs and donors to support women’s rights

Our partners value our unique approach:

“We believe that unlike other funders Womankind

sees us as partners that can be learned from and

strengthened.

“While other donors watched us wallow in our

weaknesses, Womankind took an interest in

ensuring that we continue surviving.

“Womankind listens and always makes an effort to

understand and address our questions, challenges

and perspectives through dialogue and exchange.”


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to do and where to get

help. I will not allow my

husband or any man to

abuse me again.

With the help of our partner Musasa in Zimbabwe, Grace and her two small children escaped her husband’s violence.

“My husband would shout at me but I made excuses for him. Then he started hitting me. We were in the house with the children and he just sprang up and started strangling me. I thought I would die. I screamed and cried for help. Fortunately, a neighbour called the police. I was taken to hospital.

A friend told me about Musasa and I came to the shelter with my children. My daughter attends nursery. Musasa helps me with the bus fare to drop her off and pick her up. I spend the day with my son at the shelter. It’s a safe place.

Musasa’s counsellor has been helping me. Because of Musasa’s support my confidence has increased. I know my rights, what to do and where to get help. I will not allow my husband or any man to abuse me again.”

£150 can pay for food and basic supplies for a month for all the women and

children staying at the shelter.

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Just a few examples of what we have achieved with our partners in 2012–13.

22,300 women in Zimbabwe were supported to live free from violence through legal

aid, counselling and shelter

2,000 people in Uganda were trained to raise awareness about violence against women

and change attitudes in their communities through drama, reaching an estimated 17,000 people

559 women in Sierra Leone received counselling to overcome trauma and rebuild their lives

272 women in Afghanistan who had experienced violence received legal representation, counselling

and healthcare

PartnersHumanitarian Association for Women and Children of Afghanistan, Graceland Sierra Leone, Women’s Partnership for Justice and Peace, National Association of Women’s Organisations in Uganda, Musasa, Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association


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• 40% reduction in violence against women and girls reported in two rural communities in Ghana

• Three times as many girls attending senior high school in the same two communities

• New law passed in Peru following a campaign by our partner, expanding the definition of violence in the National Plan of Reparation for victims of Peru's internal conflict to include forms of sexual violence beyond rape, meaning that many more women will be able to claim compensation

• Expert guidance on women’s access to justice produced by Womankind for the Department for International Development

Partners Gender and Human Rights Documentation Centre, DEMUS


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Pabitra is the President of the Feminist Dalit Organisation (FEDO) in the Makhanpur District of Nepal.

“I was forced to get married when I was only 14. My husband was 11 years older and we had never met. I wanted to continue at school, but my parents insisted that I marry. So I tried to poison myself. But I still had to get married.

I heard FEDO interviewed on the radio and was interested in what they said about Dalit women’s rights. After I became District President I realised that I needed to be more educated so that I could motivate and help other women.

My ambition is to be a political leader and a role model for the Dalit community. I was a housewife before I joined FEDO and now I am a social activist. There are some challenges, particularly when I work on domestic violence cases and I have been threatened.

I am pleased that FEDO has partnered with Womankind Worldwide. I hope that their support will continue as there are so many others who want to be like me. We need the issue of Dalit women to be raised at international level and for increased female solidarity.”

Just £7 can establish a Dalit women’s group in rural Nepal, to provide

information and advice on violence and women’s rights to 25 members.


My ambition is to be a

political leader and a

role model for the Dalit

community… I was a

housewife before and now

I am a social activist.

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1 million women and girls in Zambia were reached with information about

their rights through radio, drama and community meetings

6,000+ girls in Ethiopia were supported to stay in school through payment of school

fees, extra tutorial classes and access to health services

80 radio listening clubs with a membership of more than 1,300 women were established in Malawi,

providing support and awareness-raising opportunities

Partners Integrated Community Education and Development Association, Kembatta Mentti Gezzimma-Tope, Zambia National Women’s Lobby, Malawi Women’s Lobby and Rights Group


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In February 2013 Womankind brought together leaders of women’s rights organisations from Afghanistan, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nepal, Zambia, and Zimbabwe for a one week learning exchange on women’s leadership.

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Building support for women’s rights

In March 2013 Zimbabwe voted in a new constitution which:

• invalidates customary laws that infringe upon the rights of women

• enshrines equality in the bill of rights

• protects women’s rights in marriage and divorce

• provides 60 reserved seats for women in parliament

Our partners have worked to influence the constitutional process since 2009 and an independent evaluation showed that they “contributed significantly” to these successes.

In September 2012 Womankind released a major report – From the Ground Up: Women’s Roles in Local Peacebuilding in Afghanistan, Liberia, Nepal, Pakistan and Sierra Leone – in partnership with ActionAid and the Institute of Development Studies.

At the same time we launched a campaign calling for 15% of funding available for post conflict development projects to be ringfenced to support women’s rights. Within a month 41% of UK MPs had been contacted by Womankind’s supporters


and four Parliamentary Questions were tabled on the issue, prompting a statement from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Womankind also produced an influential briefing, Leaders for Change: why support women’s rights organisations? and submitted evidence to two International Development Committee inquiries.

PartnersZimbabwe Women Lawyers Association, Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe, Women in Politics Support Unit

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Income and expenditure

Income 2012–13 £

Statutory grants including UK aid £2,103,941

Institutional grants including Comic Relief £1,163,685

Trusts, foundations and major donors £343,360

Individual giving including gift aid £823,206

Other including legacies and events £278,633

Total £4,712,825

Expenditure 2012–13 £

Making sure women have an equal say £1,279,770

Ending violence against women £1,251,057

Building support for women’s rights £794,619

Costs of generating income £610,579

Governance costs £83,152

Total £4,019,177

5%


45%

25%

7%

17%

6%

31%

20%

32%

15%

2%

Where your money goes

In every pound we spend:

83p goes directly to

our programmes, campaigning or

policy work

15p is invested in fundraising

2p is spent on governance

For every £1 invested in fundraising we generate £7

£7


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 26th September 2013. In order 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 London office.

Signed on behalf of the trustees

Thank you from us

Our supportersAjahma Charitable TrustAllan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable SettlementBody Shop FoundationBryan Guinness Charitable TrustD M and J Wood TrustDe La Rue Charitable TrustEducation ServicesEva Reckitt Trust FundFreshfields Bruckhaus DeringerFunny WomenGunter Charitable TrustJavon Charitable TrustMadeline Mabey TrustMiss K M Harbinson's Charitable TrustOwen Willis Charitable TrustAnonymous TrustRenaissanceRe Holdings LtdSigrid Rausing TrustSir Halley Stewart TrustSophie Jane Tyler Charitable TrustSouter Charitable TrustSt Clare and St Francis TrustThe A and R Woolf Charitable TrustThe Ashmore FoundationThe Bartlett Taylor Charitable TrustThe Bonus TrustThe Ernest Ingham Charitable TrustThe Evan Cornish FoundationThe Follett Trust

The Mactaggart Third FundThe Mary Heap Charitable TrustThe Orp FoundationThe Steven & Joan Fogel Charitable TrustThe Triodos FoundationTwitten Charitable TrustWestcroft TrustZephyr Charitable TrustVictoria Gomez-TrenorCathy Moore

Our partnersAfghan Women Network (AWN)Afghan Women’s Resource Centre (AWRC)Association for Women’s Sanctuary and Development

(AWSAD)Centro de Promocion de Mujer Gregoria Apaza (CPMGA)Centre for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW)CDIMACoalition of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (COWLHA)DEMUS (Institute for the Defence of Women’s Rights) Feminist Dalit Organization (FEDO)FEPROMUForum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE)Gender Studies and Human Rights Documentation

CentreGraceland Sierra LeoneHumanitarian 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-Women’s International Cross-Cultural Exchange (Isis-WICCE)

Kembatta Mentti Gezzimma (KMG)Malawi National Women’s Lobby GroupMovimiento El PozoMusasaNational Association of Women’s Organisations in

Uganda (NAWOU)Red AdaSaathiSiiqqee Women’s Development Association The Zambia National Women’s 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)Women’s Partnership for Justice and Peace (WPJP)Women for Human Rights (WHR)Women in Politics Support Unit (WIPSU)Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ)Women’s Legal Aid Center (WLAC)Women for Change (WfC)Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association (ZWLA)



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