Violence Against Women & Girls
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North America
It’s On Us combines grassroots organizing with high-impact culture change campaigns to combat campus sexual assault: engaging all students, including young men, and activating the largest student organizing program of its kind in grassroots awareness and prevention education programs. The on-campus work is grounded in a peer-to-peer sexual assault prevention education model that empowers students to each one another sexual assault awareness and consent education, bystander intervention and survivor support.
Canadian Women’s Foundation works to build a gender equal Canada by transforming lives, improving services, and changing systems. Their work for gender equality focuses on women and leadership, women in poverty, gender-based violence, sexual assault and harassment, and the barriers girls face and their effects.
RALIANCE is a national partnership dedicated to ending sexual violence in one generation to improve cultures and create environments free from sexual harassment, misconduct and abuse. RALIANCE helps leaders establish safe workplaces and strong communities by advancing research, influencing policy, and supporting innovative programs with resources from three leading national sexual violence prevention organizations into a single, unified force. As part of The Learning Exchange, their Sport and Prevention Center offers research and resources to support the belief that sport culture is uniquely positioned to set norms and standards that can create conditions in which sexual violence is not accepted.
The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women is one of the oldest international organizations working to end the trafficking and sexual exploitation of women and girls. Through an approach rooted in women’s rights and human rights principles, CATW advocates for strong laws and policies, raises public awareness and supports survivor leadership.
PAVE is a national nonprofit that works both to prevent sexual assault and heal survivors through social advocacy, prevention education, and survivor support. Shattering the Silence with PAVE is a movement to create a world free of sexual violence and build communities that support survivors by empowering students, parents, and civic leaders. Promoting Awareness | Victim Empowerment.
The Pixel Project is a completely virtual, volunteer-led organization whose mission is to raise awareness, funds, and volunteer power to end violence against women using the power of the internet, social media, new technologies, and popular culture and the arts. Through campaigns, initiatives, projects, and programmes, the Pixel Project coalition of grassroots activists mobilises a global effort to end violence against girls and women.
Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests is an independent, peer network of survivors of institutional sexual abuse and their supporters who work to support survivors, protect children, protect the vulnerable, heal the wounded, and expose the truth. SNAP is a confidential self-help group for clergy sex abuse victims, whether assaulted by ministers, priests, nuns or rabbis. SNAP advocates for stronger laws, exposes predators and those who shield them, and empowers survivors to recover.
The UN Against Sexual Violence in Conflict is a network of 24 United Nations entities, united with the goal of ending sexual violence during and in the wake of armed conflict. Working as one UN, UN Action aims to prevent conflict related sexual violence, enhance accountability, and meet the needs of survivors of sexual violence.
FreeFrom envisions a world in which all IPV survivors are able to build the wealth and financial security necessary to support their individual, intergenerational, and community healing – enabling them to thrive. FreeFrom is reframing IPV as a structural economic issue that intersects with other systems of oppression and is building an ecosystem of support to ensure that survivors have the resources to get safe, heal, and prevent future harm.
Esperanza United mobilizes Latinas and Latin@ communities to end gender-based violence. Working in community strengths and wisdom, and serving Latin@s locally and nationwide, Esperanza United’s Latina Advocacy Framework provides the foundation to support Latin@ survivors, families, and communities gain greater safety, connectedness, and self-sufficiency.
The Stalking Prevention, Awareness, & Resource Center is a federally funded project providing education and resources about the crime of stalking, with the aim to enhance the response to stalking by educating the professionals tasked with keeping stalking victims safe and holding offenders accountable. SPARC provides a multi-faceted approach to programming by assisting multi-disciplinary professionals with information, resources, and policy and protocol development through technical assistance endeavors. SPARC also provides local, regional, statewide, and national trainings to U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) grantees and potential grantees. Direct assistance to stalking victims is not provided by SPARC, however the website has resources such as stalking logs and safety plans. Go to What to do if You Are Being Stalked at the bottom of any page on the site. An interactive Stalking Statute Map is available to learn about stalking statutes in all US jurisdictions, as they vary significantly.
The UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, managed by UN Women on behalf of the UN system, is the only global grant-making mechanism dedicated to eradicating all forms of violence against women and girls. Since its establishment in 1996 by UN General Assembly resolution 50/166, the UN Trust Fund has awarded USD 198 million to 609 initiatives in 140 countries and territories. Focusing on preventing violence, implementing laws and policies, and improving access to vital services for survivors, the UN Trust Fund invests in life-changing initiatives. The UN Trust Fund is committed to advocating for adequate, sustainable funding for efforts to end violence against women and girls, and funding organizations that are operating at the grassroots level, focused on women’s rights, and that are women-led.
The National Domestic Violence Hotline provides highly trained advocates, available 24/7, to assist in creating a safety plan. A safety plan is a personalized, practical plan to improve safety while experiencing abuse, preparing to leave an abusive situation, or after leaving. This plan includes vital information tailored to the unique situation and will help prepare for and respond to different scenarios, including telling friends and family about the situation, coping with emotions, and various resources suited to individual circumstances. Available by phone, online chat, or text.
https://www.thehotline.org/create-a-domestic-violence-safety-plan/
The Clinic to End Tech Abuse provides computer security and privacy for survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV), working directly with abuse survivors to determine if someone is using technology to harm them – and what they can do to stay safe. CETA also facilitates cutting-edge research to understand and address how abusers, stalkers, and others can misuse technology. The website houses resources and a series of guides to assist abuse survivors with tech-related security.
GBV Responders’ Network is a team of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) comprised of 450 field staff and technical experts, including specialists in primary prevention, care for child survivors, economic programming, and service delivery, among others. Collectively, this team advances the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary for humanitarian workers to serve survivors of gender-based violence with effective, comprehensive programming that meets the specific needs of women and girls. In partnership with communities and institutions, GBV Responders’ Network advocates for and protect the rights of women and girls while cultivating conditions in which women and girls can recover from violence and thrive.
Women for Women International is a multi-faceted organization that serves hundreds of thousands of women by providing skills, knowledge, and resources that create sustainable change for them, their families, and their communities. GGWW is particularly enthusiastic about Women for Women International because of their holistic and empowering approach that addresses the social and economic barriers to equality, gender-based violence and its increased incidence in conflict affected areas, and the extreme distress of women in poverty. GGWW and Women for Women International are aligned in the belief that strong women make strong nations.
The Joyful Heart Foundation is a leading national organization with a mission to transform society’s response to sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse, and support survivors’ healing. Joyful Heart carries out its mission through an integrated program portfolio of education and advocacy, paving the way for innovative approaches to treating trauma; igniting shifts in the way the public views and responds to sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse; and reforming and advancing policies and legislation to ensure access to justice for survivors.
End Violence Against Women International (EVAWI) advocates for victims and trains law enforcement personnel to better serve women who have been assaulted. EVAWI created the Start By Believing Campaign that is listed on GGWW’s Get Involved page .
Freedom Network USA is the nation’s largest coalition working to ensure that trafficked persons have access to justice, safety, and opportunity. FN USA is comprised of trafficking survivors, legal and social service providers, researchers, advocacy organizations, and expert consultants. Freedom Network USA influences policy, provides training and technical assistance, and increases the capacity of members and allies.
The National Alliance to End Sexual Violence is the voice in Washington for the 56 state and territorial sexual assault coalitions and 1300 rape crisis centers working to end sexual assault and support survivors. NAESV educates the policy community about federal laws, legislation and appropriations impacting the fight to end sexual violence. Its team of experts and advocates, donating time away from their state and local groups, publish written analysis, track legislation, provide media interviews, and advise members of Congress and the executive branch.
Zonta International envisions a world in which women’s rights are recognized as human rights and every woman is able to achieve her full potential. In such a world, women have access to all resources and are represented in decision making positions on an equal basis with men. In such a world, no woman lives in fear of violence. Zonta International is a global organization of professionals empowering women worldwide through service and advocacy in gender equality, GBV, and child marriage.
Womankind Worldwide is a feminist women’s rights organization working in solidarity and partnership with women’s organizations around the world for a just world where the rights of all women are respected, valued, and realized. Womankind’s theory of change charts a course toward an end to all forms of violence against women and girls, equal access to economic rights and control over resources, and equal influence in decision making and ability to exercise political power.
Equal Rights Advocates fights for gender justice in workplaces and schools across the United States. ERA is building a world of true gender justice, by enforcing civil rights laws in court, fighting to end sexual violence in schools and workplaces, providing free legal advice and counseling to those who need it, and partnering with other advocacy organizations.
#NotInMyCity is a facilitative organization working to disrupt human trafficking by raising awareness, creating a platform for collective action, and mobilizing communities. #NotInMyCity’s work is guided by five strategic directions based on extensive engagement and consultation with local and national (Canada) stakeholders: empowering individuals, building community awareness and action, addressing unique needs of vulnerable groups, advancing leading practice, and supporting high risk youth.
The Army of Survivors is the only national organization advocating for and supporting child athlete survivors of sexual violence. Created by a group of more than 40 survivors of sexual violence, the Army of Survivors’ goal is to end sexual assault against young athletes by ensuring perpetrators and enablers are held accountable, creating transparency in reporting, building an environment in which athletes do not fear retaliation when reporting abuse, and advocating for change to protect survivors.
The Equality Institute is a global feminist agency working to end violence against women and girls. Through the power of partnership, and with relationships across multiple sectors and diverse institutions, the EQI builds bridges and promotes collaboration in the field. EQI promotes research and learning, offers creative communications services, and shapes policy through strategic engagement and advocacy.
The Prevention Collaborative is a global network of practitioners, activists, and researchers working to better equip ourselves and others with the vision, knowledge, and skills necessary to end violence against women and their children worldwide. The Prevention Collaborative serves as a resource and ally to women’s rights organizations, civil society groups, International NGOs, donors, and governments – strengthening their ability to deliver cutting edge prevention programs informed by research base evidence, practice-based knowledge, and feminist principles.
Every Woman Treaty is a campaign for a global treaty to end violence against women and girls. As a diverse coalition of more than 1,700 women’s rights advocates, including 840 organizations, in 128 countries working for a safer world for women and girls worldwide, Every Woman Treaty has drafted and calls on UN Member Nations to ratify an international agreement.
Survived and Punished is a national coalition that includes survivors, organizers, victim advocates, legal advocates and attorneys, policy experts, scholars, and currently and formerly incarcerated people. S&P organizes to de-criminalize efforts to survive domestic and sexual violence, support and free criminalized survivors, and abolish gender violence, policing, prisons, and deportations.
The Alliance for Immigrant Survivors is a national network of advocates and allies dedicated to defending and advocating for policies that ensure immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, trafficking, and other gender-based abuses have access to life-saving protections. AIS coordinates the Immigration Subcommittee of the National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence. The NTF is focused on the development, passage, and implementation of effective public policy to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
Latin America & The Caribbean
Women’s Justice Initiative employs a holistic approach to prevent child marriage and gender-based violence, improve access to justice in rural based Guatemala, and provide Maya girls and women with the tools to become leaders in their communities. By working directly with indigenous women, WJI is breaking intergenerational cycles of violence and inequality.
Comisión Nacional de los Derechos México is an institution fighting for women’s rights as human rights by providing reports, conducting trainings, and collaborating internationally to disseminate rights. They advocate for three principles: gender equality, no discrimination, and no violence against women.
Centro por la Justicia y el Derecho Internacional (CEJIL) released the joint statement, “Coalition of Human Rights Organizations of the Americas.” They support democratic institutions and the impact on human rights in OAS member countries and aim to protect the human rights defenders (HRDs) in various countries, including Venezuela, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru, and Ecuador, particularly those defending the environment, sexual and reproductive rights, women, children and youth, LGBTTTIQA+ individuals, and are committed to an Inter-American system. CEJIL works with feminist and women’s rights organizations to address the structural discrimination and violence faced by women.
https://cejil.org/en/press-releases/coalition-of-human-rights-organizations-of-the-americas/
Fòs Feminista is an intersectional feminist organization centered around the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women, girls, and gender-diverse people. They engage in healthcare, education, and advocacy around the world, including providing sexual and reproductive health services and implementing community-based strategies to improve accessibility to marginalized women and girls in Latin America and the Caribbean. They engage in comprehensive sexuality education and provide care to survivors of gender-based violence.
South America
The United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) is focusing policy advocacy efforts on marginalized and excluded groups, reduction of school-related gender-based violence, improved learning outcomes for girls, and an increased number of girls accessing post primary opportunities.
Girl Rising uses the power of storytelling to change the way the world values girls and their education. A team of former journalists set out to answer the question: How do you end global poverty? The powerful truth they uncovered was that educating girls is the single best way to achieve that goal. Yet, millions of girls are missing from classrooms, facing barriers that boys don’t: early marriage, sex trafficking, domestic slavery and gender-based violence. Through mass media campaigns and community-led partnerships, Girl Rising uses storytelling to inspire girls to create a different future and bring people together in a shared mission to create transformational change in the way girls are valued.
Together for Girls uses data and partnerships to raise awareness, promote evidence-based solutions, and galvanize multisectoral action to end violence against children, with a focus on preventing sexual violence against girls. In 2016, TfG launched the Every Hour Matters campaign to address the critical timeline for post-rape care. The EHM Youth Engagement Toolkit was created by youth, for youth. It guides trained young professionals in hosting educational workshops on post-rape care. The toolkit also fosters dialogue around gender dynamics, power structures, and stigma surrounding sexual violence. These tools can be adapted for countries and regions around the world.
Equality Now uses the law to protect and promote the human rights of women and girls around the world. With partners and supporters in nearly every country in the world, and staff in New York, London, Nairobi, Amman and Washington, D.C., Equality Now advocates locally, nationally and internationally to advance Legal Equality and Justice for Girls, and to End Sex Trafficking, Sexual Violence and Harmful Practices, including female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage. The Equality Now website has worldwide data, and numerous resources for education and advocacy, including clear and detailed fact sheets that can be cited as references when working with lawmakers.
The NO MORE Foundation is dedicated to ending domestic violence and sexual assault by increasing awareness, inspiring action, and fueling culture change. With more than 1,400 allied organizations and over 40 state, local, and international chapters, NO MORE sparks grassroots activism to amplify and grow the movement to stop and prevent domestic violence and sexual assault in homes, schools, workplaces, and communities around the world by creating and supporting innovative campaigns, partnerships and tools that leverage the power of the media, entertainment, sports, technology, and collective action.
The Spotlight Initiative is a global, multi-year partnership between the European Union and the United Nations to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls by 2030, with a particular focus on domestic and family violence, sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices, femicide, trafficking in human beings and sexual and economic (labour) exploitation. The Spotlight Initiative’s work is rooted in research that amplifies the belief that the leadership and deep engagement of civil society is at the core of transformative and sustainable change in the elimination of violence against women and girls. Civil society, in particular women’s rights and feminist activists and movements, is a central and paramount partner of the Spotlight Initiative.
The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women is one of the oldest international organizations working to end the trafficking and sexual exploitation of women and girls. Through an approach rooted in women’s rights and human rights principles, CATW advocates for strong laws and policies, raises public awareness and supports survivor leadership.
The Pixel Project is a completely virtual, volunteer-led organization whose mission is to raise awareness, funds, and volunteer power to end violence against women using the power of the internet, social media, new technologies, and popular culture and the arts. Through campaigns, initiatives, projects, and programmes, the Pixel Project coalition of grassroots activists mobilises a global effort to end violence against girls and women.
The UN Against Sexual Violence in Conflict is a network of 24 United Nations entities, united with the goal of ending sexual violence during and in the wake of armed conflict. Working as one UN, UN Action aims to prevent conflict related sexual violence, enhance accountability, and meet the needs of survivors of sexual violence.
The UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, managed by UN Women on behalf of the UN system, is the only global grant-making mechanism dedicated to eradicating all forms of violence against women and girls. Since its establishment in 1996 by UN General Assembly resolution 50/166, the UN Trust Fund has awarded USD 198 million to 609 initiatives in 140 countries and territories. Focusing on preventing violence, implementing laws and policies, and improving access to vital services for survivors, the UN Trust Fund invests in life-changing initiatives. The UN Trust Fund is committed to advocating for adequate, sustainable funding for efforts to end violence against women and girls, and funding organizations that are operating at the grassroots level, focused on women’s rights, and that are women-led.
GBV Responders’ Network is a team of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) comprised of 450 field staff and technical experts, including specialists in primary prevention, care for child survivors, economic programming, and service delivery, among others. Collectively, this team advances the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary for humanitarian workers to serve survivors of gender-based violence with effective, comprehensive programming that meets the specific needs of women and girls. In partnership with communities and institutions, GBV Responders’ Network advocates for and protect the rights of women and girls while cultivating conditions in which women and girls can recover from violence and thrive.
Women’s Justice Initiative employs a holistic approach to prevent child marriage and gender-based violence, improve access to justice in rural based Guatemala, and provide Maya girls and women with the tools to become leaders in their communities. By working directly with indigenous women, WJI is breaking intergenerational cycles of violence and inequality.
Women for Women International is a multi-faceted organization that serves hundreds of thousands of women by providing skills, knowledge, and resources that create sustainable change for them, their families, and their communities. GGWW is particularly enthusiastic about Women for Women International because of their holistic and empowering approach that addresses the social and economic barriers to equality, gender-based violence and its increased incidence in conflict affected areas, and the extreme distress of women in poverty. GGWW and Women for Women International are aligned in the belief that strong women make strong nations.
Zonta International envisions a world in which women’s rights are recognized as human rights and every woman is able to achieve her full potential. In such a world, women have access to all resources and are represented in decision making positions on an equal basis with men. In such a world, no woman lives in fear of violence. Zonta International is a global organization of professionals empowering women worldwide through service and advocacy in gender equality, GBV, and child marriage.
Womankind Worldwide is a feminist women’s rights organization working in solidarity and partnership with women’s organizations around the world for a just world where the rights of all women are respected, valued, and realized. Womankind’s theory of change charts a course toward an end to all forms of violence against women and girls, equal access to economic rights and control over resources, and equal influence in decision making and ability to exercise political power.
The Equality Institute is a global feminist agency working to end violence against women and girls. Through the power of partnership, and with relationships across multiple sectors and diverse institutions, the EQI builds bridges and promotes collaboration in the field. EQI promotes research and learning, offers creative communications services, and shapes policy through strategic engagement and advocacy.
The Prevention Collaborative is a global network of practitioners, activists, and researchers working to better equip ourselves and others with the vision, knowledge, and skills necessary to end violence against women and their children worldwide. The Prevention Collaborative serves as a resource and ally to women’s rights organizations, civil society groups, International NGOs, donors, and governments – strengthening their ability to deliver cutting edge prevention programs informed by research base evidence, practice-based knowledge, and feminist principles.
Every Woman Treaty is a campaign for a global treaty to end violence against women and girls. As a diverse coalition of more than 1,700 women’s rights advocates, including 840 organizations, in 128 countries working for a safer world for women and girls worldwide, Every Woman Treaty has drafted and calls on UN Member Nations to ratify an international agreement.
Centro de Promoción y Defensa de los Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos (PROMSEX) is a Peruvian feminist NGO advocating for sexual and reproductive rights in Latin America. They provide resources about adolescent health, sexual diversity, sexual violence, abortion, undesired pregnancy, human trafficking for sexual exploitation, and obstetric violence. They are also fighting for equitable education for girls. Through political advocacy, knowledge generation, and alliances, they aim to help people decide about their sexuality and reproduction with autonomy, dignity, justice, and equality.
International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) is a global non-profit that challenges the causes and addresses the consequences of human rights violations, including gender justice. ICTJ works with victims to affirm their dignity, fight impunity, promote responsive institutions, hold those responsible to account, reform and build democratic institutions, and prevent the recurrence of violence or repression.
La Coordinadora de Organizaciones para el Desarrollo is a feminist cooperation seeking the transformation of the current capitalist, patriarchal, androcentric, colonial, and racist societies and governmental structures. They advocate economic, commercial, immigration, environmental, and social policy coherence to guarantee human rights and equality between people and protect the environment via the elimination of all forms of discrimination, violation of rights, and violence against women.
Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women is a network of social mobilization platform that showcases advocacy efforts by civil society, activists, governments, and the UN system, through an interactive website and social media accounts.
International - https://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/ending-violence-against-women/unite
Regional - https://lac.unwomen.org/en/que-hacemos/fin-a-la-violencia-contra-las-mujeres/take-action/say-no
Child’s Rights International Network (CRIN) is a creative human rights organization focusing on children’s rights. They press for rights and campaign for a genuine shift in how governments and societies view and treat adolescents. They encourage radical change by using research, policy, art, and advocacy to communicate their vision for the future. They advocate for environmental justice, ending the recruitment of child soldiers, and supporting abuse survivors to end impunity for institutional sexual violence against children in religious institutions in Latin America.
Center for Women’s Global Leadership is a group from Rutgers University with an initiative to end gender-based violence and femicide while being committed to the progress of women at the university. They initiated the annual international 16 Days Campaign, comprised of 16 days of activism against Gender-Based Violence from November 25th, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until December 10th, Human Rights Day.
Women’s Link Worldwide is a Global South-led intersectional feminist, anti-racist, anti-ableist, and anti-colonial human rights organization based in Latin America and the Caribbean, East Africa, and Europe. Their objective is to bring justice to women, girls, and gender-diverse people by dismantling structural barriers to their rights, including protection from gender-based violence and access to sexual and reproductive healthcare.
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is the specialized international health agency for the Americas. It works with countries throughout the region to improve and protect people's health. PAHO's policies reflect an unwavering commitment to the principles of equity, respect for human rights, and the exercise of citizenship, as well as the willingness to actively join the global trend aimed at eliminating all forms of gender-based discrimination.
Europe
The United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) is focusing policy advocacy efforts on marginalized and excluded groups, reduction of school-related gender-based violence, improved learning outcomes for girls, and an increased number of girls accessing post primary opportunities.
Girl Rising uses the power of storytelling to change the way the world values girls and their education. A team of former journalists set out to answer the question: How do you end global poverty? The powerful truth they uncovered was that educating girls is the single best way to achieve that goal. Yet, millions of girls are missing from classrooms, facing barriers that boys don’t: early marriage, sex trafficking, domestic slavery and gender-based violence. Through mass media campaigns and community-led partnerships, Girl Rising uses storytelling to inspire girls to create a different future and bring people together in a shared mission to create transformational change in the way girls are valued.
Together for Girls uses data and partnerships to raise awareness, promote evidence-based solutions, and galvanize multisectoral action to end violence against children, with a focus on preventing sexual violence against girls. In 2016, TfG launched the Every Hour Matters campaign to address the critical timeline for post-rape care. The EHM Youth Engagement Toolkit was created by youth, for youth. It guides trained young professionals in hosting educational workshops on post-rape care. The toolkit also fosters dialogue around gender dynamics, power structures, and stigma surrounding sexual violence. These tools can be adapted for countries and regions around the world.
Equality Now uses the law to protect and promote the human rights of women and girls around the world. With partners and supporters in nearly every country in the world, and staff in New York, London, Nairobi, Amman and Washington, D.C., Equality Now advocates locally, nationally and internationally to advance Legal Equality and Justice for Girls, and to End Sex Trafficking, Sexual Violence and Harmful Practices, including female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage. The Equality Now website has worldwide data, and numerous resources for education and advocacy, including clear and detailed fact sheets that can be cited as references when working with lawmakers.
The NO MORE Foundation is dedicated to ending domestic violence and sexual assault by increasing awareness, inspiring action, and fueling culture change. With more than 1,400 allied organizations and over 40 state, local, and international chapters, NO MORE sparks grassroots activism to amplify and grow the movement to stop and prevent domestic violence and sexual assault in homes, schools, workplaces, and communities around the world by creating and supporting innovative campaigns, partnerships and tools that leverage the power of the media, entertainment, sports, technology, and collective action.
The Spotlight Initiative is a global, multi-year partnership between the European Union and the United Nations to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls by 2030, with a particular focus on domestic and family violence, sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices, femicide, trafficking in human beings and sexual and economic (labour) exploitation. The Spotlight Initiative’s work is rooted in research that amplifies the belief that the leadership and deep engagement of civil society is at the core of transformative and sustainable change in the elimination of violence against women and girls. Civil society, in particular women’s rights and feminist activists and movements, is a central and paramount partner of the Spotlight Initiative.
The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women is one of the oldest international organizations working to end the trafficking and sexual exploitation of women and girls. Through an approach rooted in women’s rights and human rights principles, CATW advocates for strong laws and policies, raises public awareness and supports survivor leadership.
The Pixel Project is a completely virtual, volunteer-led organization whose mission is to raise awareness, funds, and volunteer power to end violence against women using the power of the internet, social media, new technologies, and popular culture and the arts. Through campaigns, initiatives, projects, and programmes, the Pixel Project coalition of grassroots activists mobilises a global effort to end violence against girls and women.
The UN Against Sexual Violence in Conflict is a network of 24 United Nations entities, united with the goal of ending sexual violence during and in the wake of armed conflict. Working as one UN, UN Action aims to prevent conflict related sexual violence, enhance accountability, and meet the needs of survivors of sexual violence.
IKWRO provides advice and support to Middle Eastern, North African and Afghan women and girls living in the UK, who have experienced, or are at risk of all forms of “honour” based abuse, including; forced marriage, child marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM), or domestic abuse, with services in Kurdish, Farsi, Arabic, Dari, Turkish, and English. IKWRO also offers training for professionals and campaign to improve laws and policies that protect women’s and girl’s rights.
The Kering Foundation supports women impacted by violence. Acting with key partners, The Kering Foundation supports survivor-centered services, implements programs to promote gender equality, and mobilizes networks. Partnering with local experts, survivor organizations are provided with support relevant to country and culture.
The UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, managed by UN Women on behalf of the UN system, is the only global grant-making mechanism dedicated to eradicating all forms of violence against women and girls. Since its establishment in 1996 by UN General Assembly resolution 50/166, the UN Trust Fund has awarded USD 198 million to 609 initiatives in 140 countries and territories. Focusing on preventing violence, implementing laws and policies, and improving access to vital services for survivors, the UN Trust Fund invests in life-changing initiatives. The UN Trust Fund is committed to advocating for adequate, sustainable funding for efforts to end violence against women and girls, and funding organizations that are operating at the grassroots level, focused on women’s rights, and that are women-led.
One in six women in the UK has experienced economic abuse by a current or former partner. Surviving Economic Abuse is dedicated to raising awareness and transforming responses to economic abuse. Surviving Economic Abuse provides information and resources for victim-survivors and professionals, and works with industries, regulators, and policymakers.
GBV Responders’ Network is a team of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) comprised of 450 field staff and technical experts, including specialists in primary prevention, care for child survivors, economic programming, and service delivery, among others. Collectively, this team advances the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary for humanitarian workers to serve survivors of gender-based violence with effective, comprehensive programming that meets the specific needs of women and girls. In partnership with communities and institutions, GBV Responders’ Network advocates for and protect the rights of women and girls while cultivating conditions in which women and girls can recover from violence and thrive.
Karma Nirvana campaigns against honour based violence: supporting, empowering and educating those impacted, in order to live a life free of abuse. Karma Nirvana runs a national (UK) Honour Based Abuse Hotline, produces data on honour violence, trains frontline practitioners and professionals, and works with parliamentarians and policy makers.
SAFE Ireland is the National Social Change Agency addressing domestic violence in Ireland, working innovatively and strategically to transform culture and the response to gender-based violence. SAFE Ireland engages in research to shape response and prevent violence, informs public policy, is increasing capacity and frontline services, raises public awareness, and provides training to corporate organizations and NGOs.
Women for Women International is a multi-faceted organization that serves hundreds of thousands of women by providing skills, knowledge, and resources that create sustainable change for them, their families, and their communities. GGWW is particularly enthusiastic about Women for Women International because of their holistic and empowering approach that addresses the social and economic barriers to equality, gender-based violence and its increased incidence in conflict affected areas, and the extreme distress of women in poverty. GGWW and Women for Women International are aligned in the belief that strong women make strong nations.
Zonta International envisions a world in which women’s rights are recognized as human rights and every woman is able to achieve her full potential. In such a world, women have access to all resources and are represented in decision making positions on an equal basis with men. In such a world, no woman lives in fear of violence. Zonta International is a global organization of professionals empowering women worldwide through service and advocacy in gender equality, GBV, and child marriage.
Centre for Women’s Justice envisions a society in which all state institutions work effectively to eradicate male violence against women and girls. CWJ seeks to hold the state to account and challenge discrimination in the justice system by undertaking strategic litigation, raising awareness, and monitoring and challenging trends in policy, practice, and the law. CWJ brings together specialist lawyers, academics, and other specialists to ensure access to justice for victims of male violence across England and Wales.
Womankind Worldwide is a feminist women’s rights organization working in solidarity and partnership with women’s organizations around the world for a just world where the rights of all women are respected, valued, and realized. Womankind’s theory of change charts a course toward an end to all forms of violence against women and girls, equal access to economic rights and control over resources, and equal influence in decision making and ability to exercise political power.
The Equality Institute is a global feminist agency working to end violence against women and girls. Through the power of partnership, and with relationships across multiple sectors and diverse institutions, the EQI builds bridges and promotes collaboration in the field. EQI promotes research and learning, offers creative communications services, and shapes policy through strategic engagement and advocacy.
The Prevention Collaborative is a global network of practitioners, activists, and researchers working to better equip ourselves and others with the vision, knowledge, and skills necessary to end violence against women and their children worldwide. The Prevention Collaborative serves as a resource and ally to women’s rights organizations, civil society groups, International NGOs, donors, and governments – strengthening their ability to deliver cutting edge prevention programs informed by research base evidence, practice-based knowledge, and feminist principles.
No More Rape Myths campaigns in the UK for responsible media coverage on the issue of sexual violence. The No More Rape Myth campaign directly and publicly challenges reporting that perpetuates myths or undermines survivors, and recognizes and promotes responsible reporting.
Every Woman Treaty is a campaign for a global treaty to end violence against women and girls. As a diverse coalition of more than 1,700 women’s rights advocates, including 840 organizations, in 128 countries working for a safer world for women and girls worldwide, Every Woman Treaty has drafted and calls on UN Member Nations to ratify an international agreement.
Aurora New Dawn is a feminist led charity dedicated to ending violence against women and children, and hidden violence. Aurora New Dawn offers safety, support, advocacy, and empowerment to survivors of domestic abuse, sexual violence and stalking. We offer a variety of services and are involved in supporting feminist campaigns to end male violence against women. Our work is guided by the principles set out in the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against or CEDAW, often referred to as an international bill of rights for women.
StoP builds on community organizing, raising awareness and building strong networks. StoP offers a Toolbox of resources to build and strengthen individuals and community networks, so partner violence is no longer tolerated, concealed, or ignored.
International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) is a global non-profit that challenges the causes and addresses the consequences of human rights violations, including gender justice. ICTJ works with victims to affirm their dignity, fight impunity, promote responsive institutions, hold those responsible to account, reform and build democratic institutions, and prevent the recurrence of violence or repression.
La Coordinadora de Organizaciones para el Desarrollo is a feminist cooperation seeking the transformation of the current capitalist, patriarchal, androcentric, colonial, and racist societies and governmental structures. They advocate economic, commercial, immigration, environmental, and social policy coherence to guarantee human rights and equality between people and protect the environment via the elimination of all forms of discrimination, violation of rights, and violence against women.
Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women is a network of social mobilization platform that showcases advocacy efforts by civil society, activists, governments, and the UN system, through an interactive website and social media accounts.
International - https://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/ending-violence-against-women/unite
Regional - https://lac.unwomen.org/en/que-hacemos/fin-a-la-violencia-contra-las-mujeres/take-action/say-no
Coordinadora Extremeña de ONGD (CONGDEX) is a network that enhances the coordination of Non-Governmental Development Organizations to promote the involvement and mobilization of Extremaduran society. They contribute to improving the quality and effectiveness of cooperation and education for developing our Autonomous Community to promote global transformation processes aimed at fighting against poverty and defending Human Rights. CONGDEX joins all the women in the world who do not give up in their efforts to build a world of peace, equality, fairness, and freedom from violence.
Africa
The United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) is focusing policy advocacy efforts on marginalized and excluded groups, reduction of school-related gender-based violence, improved learning outcomes for girls, and an increased number of girls accessing post primary opportunities.
Girl Rising uses the power of storytelling to change the way the world values girls and their education. A team of former journalists set out to answer the question: How do you end global poverty? The powerful truth they uncovered was that educating girls is the single best way to achieve that goal. Yet, millions of girls are missing from classrooms, facing barriers that boys don’t: early marriage, sex trafficking, domestic slavery and gender-based violence. Through mass media campaigns and community-led partnerships, Girl Rising uses storytelling to inspire girls to create a different future and bring people together in a shared mission to create transformational change in the way girls are valued.
Together for Girls uses data and partnerships to raise awareness, promote evidence-based solutions, and galvanize multisectoral action to end violence against children, with a focus on preventing sexual violence against girls. In 2016, TfG launched the Every Hour Matters campaign to address the critical timeline for post-rape care. The EHM Youth Engagement Toolkit was created by youth, for youth. It guides trained young professionals in hosting educational workshops on post-rape care. The toolkit also fosters dialogue around gender dynamics, power structures, and stigma surrounding sexual violence. These tools can be adapted for countries and regions around the world.
Equality Now uses the law to protect and promote the human rights of women and girls around the world. With partners and supporters in nearly every country in the world, and staff in New York, London, Nairobi, Amman and Washington, D.C., Equality Now advocates locally, nationally and internationally to advance Legal Equality and Justice for Girls, and to End Sex Trafficking, Sexual Violence and Harmful Practices, including female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage. The Equality Now website has worldwide data, and numerous resources for education and advocacy, including clear and detailed fact sheets that can be cited as references when working with lawmakers.
The Women Against Violence and Exploitation Foundation builds strategic partnerships to end FGM and all forms of violence against women and girls in Nigeria. WAVE represents an inclusive, confident, loud, independent feminist voice and provides counselling, legal aid, and advocacy for girls’ and women’s rights through meaningful community projects that promote justice, peace and equal rights for all.
The GBV Prevention Network is over 500 organizations, individuals, academics, and activist members, working in 18 different countries in the Horn, East and Southern Africa to build a just and violence-free world for women, united in its mission to uphold equality in homes and communities. The GBV Prevention Network works to increase momentum for violence against women (VAW) prevention by strengthening analysis, building connections and taking action to prevent VAW.
The NO MORE Foundation is dedicated to ending domestic violence and sexual assault by increasing awareness, inspiring action, and fueling culture change. With more than 1,400 allied organizations and over 40 state, local, and international chapters, NO MORE sparks grassroots activism to amplify and grow the movement to stop and prevent domestic violence and sexual assault in homes, schools, workplaces, and communities around the world by creating and supporting innovative campaigns, partnerships and tools that leverage the power of the media, entertainment, sports, technology, and collective action.
The Spotlight Initiative is a global, multi-year partnership between the European Union and the United Nations to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls by 2030, with a particular focus on domestic and family violence, sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices, femicide, trafficking in human beings and sexual and economic (labour) exploitation. The Spotlight Initiative’s work is rooted in research that amplifies the belief that the leadership and deep engagement of civil society is at the core of transformative and sustainable change in the elimination of violence against women and girls. Civil society, in particular women’s rights and feminist activists and movements, is a central and paramount partner of the Spotlight Initiative.
The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women is one of the oldest international organizations working to end the trafficking and sexual exploitation of women and girls. Through an approach rooted in women’s rights and human rights principles, CATW advocates for strong laws and policies, raises public awareness and supports survivor leadership.
The Pixel Project is a completely virtual, volunteer-led organization whose mission is to raise awareness, funds, and volunteer power to end violence against women using the power of the internet, social media, new technologies, and popular culture and the arts. Through campaigns, initiatives, projects, and programmes, the Pixel Project coalition of grassroots activists mobilises a global effort to end violence against girls and women.
The UN Against Sexual Violence in Conflict is a network of 24 United Nations entities, united with the goal of ending sexual violence during and in the wake of armed conflict. Working as one UN, UN Action aims to prevent conflict related sexual violence, enhance accountability, and meet the needs of survivors of sexual violence.
The Coalition on Violence Against Women is a national Kenyan not-for-profit women’s rights organization working towards achieving a society free from all forms of violence against women and girls (VAWG). COVAW invests in empowering women and girls to claim their rights, enabling equitable access to services, resources and opportunities, facilitating greater access to justice for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), and supporting change agents opposed to and committed to eradication of all forms of VAWG.
The UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, managed by UN Women on behalf of the UN system, is the only global grant-making mechanism dedicated to eradicating all forms of violence against women and girls. Since its establishment in 1996 by UN General Assembly resolution 50/166, the UN Trust Fund has awarded USD 198 million to 609 initiatives in 140 countries and territories. Focusing on preventing violence, implementing laws and policies, and improving access to vital services for survivors, the UN Trust Fund invests in life-changing initiatives. The UN Trust Fund is committed to advocating for adequate, sustainable funding for efforts to end violence against women and girls, and funding organizations that are operating at the grassroots level, focused on women’s rights, and that are women-led.
GBV Responders’ Network is a team of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) comprised of 450 field staff and technical experts, including specialists in primary prevention, care for child survivors, economic programming, and service delivery, among others. Collectively, this team advances the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary for humanitarian workers to serve survivors of gender-based violence with effective, comprehensive programming that meets the specific needs of women and girls. In partnership with communities and institutions, GBV Responders’ Network advocates for and protect the rights of women and girls while cultivating conditions in which women and girls can recover from violence and thrive.
Strategic Initiative for the Women in the Horn of Africa is an inclusive and diverse feminist women’s rights network that holds a unique position working as a regional civil society network in politically volatile contexts. SIHA works in a variety of cultural, political, and geographical environments in Uganda, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Eritrea, Somalia, Somaliland, Sudan and South Sudan. In this part of the world, women are regularly portrayed and perceived as victims, but SIHA challenges the status quo and the notion that African women are victims. SIHA acknowledges that almost all challenges women face are based on socially constructed norms and these norms actively subordinate women. SIHA approaches the struggle for women’s rights in the Greater Horn of Africa as a political one and holds fundamental political transformation at the forefront.
Women for Women International is a multi-faceted organization that serves hundreds of thousands of women by providing skills, knowledge, and resources that create sustainable change for them, their families, and their communities. GGWW is particularly enthusiastic about Women for Women International because of their holistic and empowering approach that addresses the social and economic barriers to equality, gender-based violence and its increased incidence in conflict affected areas, and the extreme distress of women in poverty. GGWW and Women for Women International are aligned in the belief that strong women make strong nations.
Zonta International envisions a world in which women’s rights are recognized as human rights and every woman is able to achieve her full potential. In such a world, women have access to all resources and are represented in decision making positions on an equal basis with men. In such a world, no woman lives in fear of violence. Zonta International is a global organization of professionals empowering women worldwide through service and advocacy in gender equality, GBV, and child marriage.
Womankind Worldwide is a feminist women’s rights organization working in solidarity and partnership with women’s organizations around the world for a just world where the rights of all women are respected, valued, and realized. Womankind’s theory of change charts a course toward an end to all forms of violence against women and girls, equal access to economic rights and control over resources, and equal influence in decision making and ability to exercise political power.
The African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) is a pan- African, feminist and membership-based network based in Nairobi with over 800 members across 49 African countries. FEMNET has strategically positioned herself as a convenor, organizer and facilitator on critical issues including women’s involvement in governance and leadership, promoting women’s economic justice, advocating for women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights, ending gender-based violence and harmful practices such as female genital mutilation and child marriage, and strengthening the women’s movement in Africa.
The Equality Institute is a global feminist agency working to end violence against women and girls. Through the power of partnership, and with relationships across multiple sectors and diverse institutions, the EQI builds bridges and promotes collaboration in the field. EQI promotes research and learning, offers creative communications services, and shapes policy through strategic engagement and advocacy.
The Prevention Collaborative is a global network of practitioners, activists, and researchers working to better equip ourselves and others with the vision, knowledge, and skills necessary to end violence against women and their children worldwide. The Prevention Collaborative serves as a resource and ally to women’s rights organizations, civil society groups, International NGOs, donors, and governments – strengthening their ability to deliver cutting edge prevention programs informed by research base evidence, practice-based knowledge, and feminist principles.
Women’s Rights Watch is an international organization fighting to raise awareness, and one day, end sexual violence, slavery, FGM, and poverty in Africa. WRW believes the road to prosperity lies in the empowerment of women in the community, safety for women and girls in public areas, and promoting human rights with women’s voices.
The Strategic Initiative of the Horn of Africa aims to contribute to unlocking the massive potential of the women’s rights movement in the Greater Horn of Africa. SIHA works through and in support of broad coalitions of grassroots members to campaign and advocate for women’s rights and equality by aligning violence against women and girls laws with human rights, challenge economic marginalization, protect women and girls who cross borders and migrate for work, and building women’s movements.
Every Woman Treaty is a campaign for a global treaty to end violence against women and girls. As a diverse coalition of more than 1,700 women’s rights advocates, including 840 organizations, in 128 countries working for a safer world for women and girls worldwide, Every Woman Treaty has drafted and calls on UN Member Nations to ratify an international agreement.
A Girl At a Time is dedicated to ending FGM/C and rape and sexual abuse in Sierra Leone.
ABAAD is a UN ECOSOC-accredited resource center for gender equality that aims to achieve gender equality as an essential condition for sustainable social and economic development in the Middle East and Northern Africa. They hold a zero-tolerance policy in terms of Sexual Exploitation & Abuse.
International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) is a global non-profit that challenges the causes and addresses the consequences of human rights violations, including gender justice. ICTJ works with victims to affirm their dignity, fight impunity, promote responsive institutions, hold those responsible to account, reform and build democratic institutions, and prevent the recurrence of violence or repression.
La Coordinadora de Organizaciones para el Desarrollo is a feminist cooperation seeking the transformation of the current capitalist, patriarchal, androcentric, colonial, and racist societies and governmental structures. They advocate economic, commercial, immigration, environmental, and social policy coherence to guarantee human rights and equality between people and protect the environment via the elimination of all forms of discrimination, violation of rights, and violence against women.
Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women is a network of social mobilization platform that showcases advocacy efforts by civil society, activists, governments, and the UN system, through an interactive website and social media accounts.
International - https://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/ending-violence-against-women/unite
Regional - https://lac.unwomen.org/en/que-hacemos/fin-a-la-violencia-contra-las-mujeres/take-action/say-no
Child’s Rights International Network (CRIN) is a creative human rights organization focusing on children’s rights. They press for rights and campaign for a genuine shift in how governments and societies view and treat adolescents. They encourage radical change by using research, policy, art, and advocacy to communicate their vision for the future. They advocate for environmental justice, ending the recruitment of child soldiers, and supporting abuse survivors to end impunity for institutional sexual violence against children in religious institutions in Latin America.
Asia
The United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) is focusing policy advocacy efforts on marginalized and excluded groups, reduction of school-related gender-based violence, improved learning outcomes for girls, and an increased number of girls accessing post primary opportunities.
Girl Rising uses the power of storytelling to change the way the world values girls and their education. A team of former journalists set out to answer the question: How do you end global poverty? The powerful truth they uncovered was that educating girls is the single best way to achieve that goal. Yet, millions of girls are missing from classrooms, facing barriers that boys don’t: early marriage, sex trafficking, domestic slavery and gender-based violence. Through mass media campaigns and community-led partnerships, Girl Rising uses storytelling to inspire girls to create a different future and bring people together in a shared mission to create transformational change in the way girls are valued.
Together for Girls uses data and partnerships to raise awareness, promote evidence-based solutions, and galvanize multisectoral action to end violence against children, with a focus on preventing sexual violence against girls. In 2016, TfG launched the Every Hour Matters campaign to address the critical timeline for post-rape care. The EHM Youth Engagement Toolkit was created by youth, for youth. It guides trained young professionals in hosting educational workshops on post-rape care. The toolkit also fosters dialogue around gender dynamics, power structures, and stigma surrounding sexual violence. These tools can be adapted for countries and regions around the world.
Equality Now uses the law to protect and promote the human rights of women and girls around the world. With partners and supporters in nearly every country in the world, and staff in New York, London, Nairobi, Amman and Washington, D.C., Equality Now advocates locally, nationally and internationally to advance Legal Equality and Justice for Girls, and to End Sex Trafficking, Sexual Violence and Harmful Practices, including female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage. The Equality Now website has worldwide data, and numerous resources for education and advocacy, including clear and detailed fact sheets that can be cited as references when working with lawmakers.
The NO MORE Foundation is dedicated to ending domestic violence and sexual assault by increasing awareness, inspiring action, and fueling culture change. With more than 1,400 allied organizations and over 40 state, local, and international chapters, NO MORE sparks grassroots activism to amplify and grow the movement to stop and prevent domestic violence and sexual assault in homes, schools, workplaces, and communities around the world by creating and supporting innovative campaigns, partnerships and tools that leverage the power of the media, entertainment, sports, technology, and collective action.
The Spotlight Initiative is a global, multi-year partnership between the European Union and the United Nations to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls by 2030, with a particular focus on domestic and family violence, sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices, femicide, trafficking in human beings and sexual and economic (labour) exploitation. The Spotlight Initiative’s work is rooted in research that amplifies the belief that the leadership and deep engagement of civil society is at the core of transformative and sustainable change in the elimination of violence against women and girls. Civil society, in particular women’s rights and feminist activists and movements, is a central and paramount partner of the Spotlight Initiative.
The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women is one of the oldest international organizations working to end the trafficking and sexual exploitation of women and girls. Through an approach rooted in women’s rights and human rights principles, CATW advocates for strong laws and policies, raises public awareness and supports survivor leadership.
The Pixel Project is a completely virtual, volunteer-led organization whose mission is to raise awareness, funds, and volunteer power to end violence against women using the power of the internet, social media, new technologies, and popular culture and the arts. Through campaigns, initiatives, projects, and programmes, the Pixel Project coalition of grassroots activists mobilises a global effort to end violence against girls and women.
The UN Against Sexual Violence in Conflict is a network of 24 United Nations entities, united with the goal of ending sexual violence during and in the wake of armed conflict. Working as one UN, UN Action aims to prevent conflict related sexual violence, enhance accountability, and meet the needs of survivors of sexual violence.
The UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, managed by UN Women on behalf of the UN system, is the only global grant-making mechanism dedicated to eradicating all forms of violence against women and girls. Since its establishment in 1996 by UN General Assembly resolution 50/166, the UN Trust Fund has awarded USD 198 million to 609 initiatives in 140 countries and territories. Focusing on preventing violence, implementing laws and policies, and improving access to vital services for survivors, the UN Trust Fund invests in life-changing initiatives. The UN Trust Fund is committed to advocating for adequate, sustainable funding for efforts to end violence against women and girls, and funding organizations that are operating at the grassroots level, focused on women’s rights, and that are women-led.
GBV Responders’ Network is a team of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) comprised of 450 field staff and technical experts, including specialists in primary prevention, care for child survivors, economic programming, and service delivery, among others. Collectively, this team advances the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary for humanitarian workers to serve survivors of gender-based violence with effective, comprehensive programming that meets the specific needs of women and girls. In partnership with communities and institutions, GBV Responders’ Network advocates for and protect the rights of women and girls while cultivating conditions in which women and girls can recover from violence and thrive.
Acid Survivors Foundation was founded in response to the prevalence of attacks in Bangladesh against women and children with acid. ASF seeks to prevent acid and burn violence through an integrated approach and the engagement of national and international stakeholders backed by research, experience, and evidence. ASF offers medical, legal, rehabilitation, and reintegration support, along with prevention programs.
Women for Women International is a multi-faceted organization that serves hundreds of thousands of women by providing skills, knowledge, and resources that create sustainable change for them, their families, and their communities. GGWW is particularly enthusiastic about Women for Women International because of their holistic and empowering approach that addresses the social and economic barriers to equality, gender-based violence and its increased incidence in conflict affected areas, and the extreme distress of women in poverty. GGWW and Women for Women International are aligned in the belief that strong women make strong nations.
Zonta International envisions a world in which women’s rights are recognized as human rights and every woman is able to achieve her full potential. In such a world, women have access to all resources and are represented in decision making positions on an equal basis with men. In such a world, no woman lives in fear of violence. Zonta International is a global organization of professionals empowering women worldwide through service and advocacy in gender equality, GBV, and child marriage.
Womankind Worldwide is a feminist women’s rights organization working in solidarity and partnership with women’s organizations around the world for a just world where the rights of all women are respected, valued, and realized. Womankind’s theory of change charts a course toward an end to all forms of violence against women and girls, equal access to economic rights and control over resources, and equal influence in decision making and ability to exercise political power.
The Equality Institute is a global feminist agency working to end violence against women and girls. Through the power of partnership, and with relationships across multiple sectors and diverse institutions, the EQI builds bridges and promotes collaboration in the field. EQI promotes research and learning, offers creative communications services, and shapes policy through strategic engagement and advocacy.
The Prevention Collaborative is a global network of practitioners, activists, and researchers working to better equip ourselves and others with the vision, knowledge, and skills necessary to end violence against women and their children worldwide. The Prevention Collaborative serves as a resource and ally to women’s rights organizations, civil society groups, International NGOs, donors, and governments – strengthening their ability to deliver cutting edge prevention programs informed by research base evidence, practice-based knowledge, and feminist principles.
Every Woman Treaty is a campaign for a global treaty to end violence against women and girls. As a diverse coalition of more than 1,700 women’s rights advocates, including 840 organizations, in 128 countries working for a safer world for women and girls worldwide, Every Woman Treaty has drafted and calls on UN Member Nations to ratify an international agreement.
ABAAD is a UN ECOSOC-accredited resource center for gender equality that aims to achieve gender equality as an essential condition for sustainable social and economic development in the Middle East and Northern Africa. They hold a zero-tolerance policy in terms of Sexual Exploitation & Abuse.
International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) is a global non-profit that challenges the causes and addresses the consequences of human rights violations, including gender justice. ICTJ works with victims to affirm their dignity, fight impunity, promote responsive institutions, hold those responsible to account, reform and build democratic institutions, and prevent the recurrence of violence or repression.
La Coordinadora de Organizaciones para el Desarrollo is a feminist cooperation seeking the transformation of the current capitalist, patriarchal, androcentric, colonial, and racist societies and governmental structures. They advocate economic, commercial, immigration, environmental, and social policy coherence to guarantee human rights and equality between people and protect the environment via the elimination of all forms of discrimination, violation of rights, and violence against women.
Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women is a network of social mobilization platform that showcases advocacy efforts by civil society, activists, governments, and the UN system, through an interactive website and social media accounts.
International - https://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/ending-violence-against-women/unite
Regional - https://lac.unwomen.org/en/que-hacemos/fin-a-la-violencia-contra-las-mujeres/take-action/say-no
Child’s Rights International Network (CRIN) is a creative human rights organization focusing on children’s rights. They press for rights and campaign for a genuine shift in how governments and societies view and treat adolescents. They encourage radical change by using research, policy, art, and advocacy to communicate their vision for the future. They advocate for environmental justice, ending the recruitment of child soldiers, and supporting abuse survivors to end impunity for institutional sexual violence against children in religious institutions in Latin America.
Center for Women’s Global Leadership is a group from Rutgers University with an initiative to end gender-based violence and femicide while being committed to the progress of women at the university. They initiated the annual international 16 Days Campaign, comprised of 16 days of activism against Gender-Based Violence from November 25th, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until December 10th, Human Rights Day.
Oceania
The United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) is focusing policy advocacy efforts on marginalized and excluded groups, reduction of school-related gender-based violence, improved learning outcomes for girls, and an increased number of girls accessing post primary opportunities.
Girl Rising uses the power of storytelling to change the way the world values girls and their education. A team of former journalists set out to answer the question: How do you end global poverty? The powerful truth they uncovered was that educating girls is the single best way to achieve that goal. Yet, millions of girls are missing from classrooms, facing barriers that boys don’t: early marriage, sex trafficking, domestic slavery and gender-based violence. Through mass media campaigns and community-led partnerships, Girl Rising uses storytelling to inspire girls to create a different future and bring people together in a shared mission to create transformational change in the way girls are valued.
Together for Girls uses data and partnerships to raise awareness, promote evidence-based solutions, and galvanize multisectoral action to end violence against children, with a focus on preventing sexual violence against girls. In 2016, TfG launched the Every Hour Matters campaign to address the critical timeline for post-rape care. The EHM Youth Engagement Toolkit was created by youth, for youth. It guides trained young professionals in hosting educational workshops on post-rape care. The toolkit also fosters dialogue around gender dynamics, power structures, and stigma surrounding sexual violence. These tools can be adapted for countries and regions around the world.
Equality Now uses the law to protect and promote the human rights of women and girls around the world. With partners and supporters in nearly every country in the world, and staff in New York, London, Nairobi, Amman and Washington, D.C., Equality Now advocates locally, nationally and internationally to advance Legal Equality and Justice for Girls, and to End Sex Trafficking, Sexual Violence and Harmful Practices, including female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage. The Equality Now website has worldwide data, and numerous resources for education and advocacy, including clear and detailed fact sheets that can be cited as references when working with lawmakers.
The NO MORE Foundation is dedicated to ending domestic violence and sexual assault by increasing awareness, inspiring action, and fueling culture change. With more than 1,400 allied organizations and over 40 state, local, and international chapters, NO MORE sparks grassroots activism to amplify and grow the movement to stop and prevent domestic violence and sexual assault in homes, schools, workplaces, and communities around the world by creating and supporting innovative campaigns, partnerships and tools that leverage the power of the media, entertainment, sports, technology, and collective action.
The Spotlight Initiative is a global, multi-year partnership between the European Union and the United Nations to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls by 2030, with a particular focus on domestic and family violence, sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices, femicide, trafficking in human beings and sexual and economic (labour) exploitation. The Spotlight Initiative’s work is rooted in research that amplifies the belief that the leadership and deep engagement of civil society is at the core of transformative and sustainable change in the elimination of violence against women and girls. Civil society, in particular women’s rights and feminist activists and movements, is a central and paramount partner of the Spotlight Initiative.
The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women is one of the oldest international organizations working to end the trafficking and sexual exploitation of women and girls. Through an approach rooted in women’s rights and human rights principles, CATW advocates for strong laws and policies, raises public awareness and supports survivor leadership.
The Pixel Project is a completely virtual, volunteer-led organization whose mission is to raise awareness, funds, and volunteer power to end violence against women using the power of the internet, social media, new technologies, and popular culture and the arts. Through campaigns, initiatives, projects, and programmes, the Pixel Project coalition of grassroots activists mobilises a global effort to end violence against girls and women.
The UN Against Sexual Violence in Conflict is a network of 24 United Nations entities, united with the goal of ending sexual violence during and in the wake of armed conflict. Working as one UN, UN Action aims to prevent conflict related sexual violence, enhance accountability, and meet the needs of survivors of sexual violence.
The UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women, managed by UN Women on behalf of the UN system, is the only global grant-making mechanism dedicated to eradicating all forms of violence against women and girls. Since its establishment in 1996 by UN General Assembly resolution 50/166, the UN Trust Fund has awarded USD 198 million to 609 initiatives in 140 countries and territories. Focusing on preventing violence, implementing laws and policies, and improving access to vital services for survivors, the UN Trust Fund invests in life-changing initiatives. The UN Trust Fund is committed to advocating for adequate, sustainable funding for efforts to end violence against women and girls, and funding organizations that are operating at the grassroots level, focused on women’s rights, and that are women-led.
GBV Responders’ Network is a team of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) comprised of 450 field staff and technical experts, including specialists in primary prevention, care for child survivors, economic programming, and service delivery, among others. Collectively, this team advances the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary for humanitarian workers to serve survivors of gender-based violence with effective, comprehensive programming that meets the specific needs of women and girls. In partnership with communities and institutions, GBV Responders’ Network advocates for and protect the rights of women and girls while cultivating conditions in which women and girls can recover from violence and thrive.
Women for Women International is a multi-faceted organization that serves hundreds of thousands of women by providing skills, knowledge, and resources that create sustainable change for them, their families, and their communities. GGWW is particularly enthusiastic about Women for Women International because of their holistic and empowering approach that addresses the social and economic barriers to equality, gender-based violence and its increased incidence in conflict affected areas, and the extreme distress of women in poverty. GGWW and Women for Women International are aligned in the belief that strong women make strong nations.
Zonta International envisions a world in which women’s rights are recognized as human rights and every woman is able to achieve her full potential. In such a world, women have access to all resources and are represented in decision making positions on an equal basis with men. In such a world, no woman lives in fear of violence. Zonta International is a global organization of professionals empowering women worldwide through service and advocacy in gender equality, GBV, and child marriage.
Womankind Worldwide is a feminist women’s rights organization working in solidarity and partnership with women’s organizations around the world for a just world where the rights of all women are respected, valued, and realized. Womankind’s theory of change charts a course toward an end to all forms of violence against women and girls, equal access to economic rights and control over resources, and equal influence in decision making and ability to exercise political power.
The Equality Institute is a global feminist agency working to end violence against women and girls. Through the power of partnership, and with relationships across multiple sectors and diverse institutions, the EQI builds bridges and promotes collaboration in the field. EQI promotes research and learning, offers creative communications services, and shapes policy through strategic engagement and advocacy.
The Prevention Collaborative is a global network of practitioners, activists, and researchers working to better equip ourselves and others with the vision, knowledge, and skills necessary to end violence against women and their children worldwide. The Prevention Collaborative serves as a resource and ally to women’s rights organizations, civil society groups, International NGOs, donors, and governments – strengthening their ability to deliver cutting edge prevention programs informed by research base evidence, practice-based knowledge, and feminist principles.
Every Woman Treaty is a campaign for a global treaty to end violence against women and girls. As a diverse coalition of more than 1,700 women’s rights advocates, including 840 organizations, in 128 countries working for a safer world for women and girls worldwide, Every Woman Treaty has drafted and calls on UN Member Nations to ratify an international agreement.
International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) is a global non-profit that challenges the causes and addresses the consequences of human rights violations, including gender justice. ICTJ works with victims to affirm their dignity, fight impunity, promote responsive institutions, hold those responsible to account, reform and build democratic institutions, and prevent the recurrence of violence or repression.
La Coordinadora de Organizaciones para el Desarrollo is a feminist cooperation seeking the transformation of the current capitalist, patriarchal, androcentric, colonial, and racist societies and governmental structures. They advocate economic, commercial, immigration, environmental, and social policy coherence to guarantee human rights and equality between people and protect the environment via the elimination of all forms of discrimination, violation of rights, and violence against women.
Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women is a network of social mobilization platform that showcases advocacy efforts by civil society, activists, governments, and the UN system, through an interactive website and social media accounts.
International - https://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/ending-violence-against-women/unite
Regional - https://lac.unwomen.org/en/que-hacemos/fin-a-la-violencia-contra-las-mujeres/take-action/say-no
Child’s Rights International Network (CRIN) is a creative human rights organization focusing on children’s rights. They press for rights and campaign for a genuine shift in how governments and societies view and treat adolescents. They encourage radical change by using research, policy, art, and advocacy to communicate their vision for the future. They advocate for environmental justice, ending the recruitment of child soldiers, and supporting abuse survivors to end impunity for institutional sexual violence against children in religious institutions in Latin America.
Center for Women’s Global Leadership is a group from Rutgers University with an initiative to end gender-based violence and femicide while being committed to the progress of women at the university. They initiated the annual international 16 Days Campaign, comprised of 16 days of activism against Gender-Based Violence from November 25th, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until December 10th, Human Rights Day.