Violence Against Women & Girls
Choose a region: North America | Latin America & The Caribbean | South America | Europe | Africa | Asia | Oceania
North 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.
End Sexual Violence in Education (ESVE) helps students find support and seek justice when sexual assault or harassment threatens to disrupt their education. As part of this initiative, ERA launched the nation’s first network of pro bono attorneys dedicated to helping college student survivors. ERA trains and supports these volunteer lawyers, known as ENOUGH Advocates, to help student survivors learn their legal rights, figure out their school’s complaint and investigation policies, and weigh their options in the wake of sexual assault or harassment. A comprehensive guide, the Student Survivor Toolkit, created by ERA to assist and support survivors with the Title IX filing process is available on the website.
SASH Club, an innovative project of Stop Sexual Assault in Schools nonprofit, provides free downloadable resources empowering youth to end sexual harassment and assault in their schools, communities, and personal lives. Inclusive and welcoming, SASH Clubs bring together peers to educate themselves and others about sexual harassment and assault, support survivors, and promote change.
SafeBAE is a survivor-founded, student-led national organization whose mission is to end sexual assault among middle and high school students. As the only national peer-to-peer organization of its kind, SafeBAE helps promote culture change by giving teens the tools to become activists and shift school culture through raising awareness about dating violence, sexual harassment and assault, affirmative consent, safe bystander intervention, survivor care, and their rights under Title IX.
I Have The Right To is a national nonprofit founded out of the experience of high school sexual assault survivor Chessy Prout and is dedicated to raising awareness of high school sexual assault, consent education and supporting survivors. IHTRT provides free monthly online training for parents, educators, and coaches, and resources for survivors, parents, and the community.
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 AHA Foundation works to protect women from honor violence, forced marriage and genital mutilation. Their programs advocate for freedom of speech on campuses and in public debate, and amplify the voices of Muslim reformers. AHA provides risk assessment training on the AMA EdHub website to help professionals in the medical field and beyond better understand FGM/C and engage with survivors and those at risk for FGM/C in a culturally sensitive manner.
National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center – NIWRC’s mission is to provide national leadership to end violence against American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian women by supporting culturally grounded, grassroots advocacy.
STRONGHEARTS Native Helpline is a domestic, dating, and sexual violence helpline for American Indians and Alaska Natives, offering culturally appropriate support and advocacy. 844-7NATIVE (762-8483) Anonymous and confidential.
The National Network to End Domestic Violence is dedicated to creating a social, political, and economic environment in which domestic violence no longer exists. NNEDV uplifts survivors and creates legislation at local and national levels.
The National Sexual Violence Resource Center’s (NSVRC) mission is to provide leadership in preventing and responding to sexual violence through collaboration, sharing and creating resources, and promoting research.
Futures Without Violence provides programs that empower individuals and organizations working to end violence against women and children around the world. FUTURES trains professionals such as doctors, nurses, judges, and athletic coaches on improving responses to violence and abuse. They also work with advocates, policymakers, and others to build sustainable community leadership and educate people everywhere about the importance of respect and healthy relationships.
Southern Poverty Law Center has done what so few have been willing to do by taking what should be an obvious position and defined crimes motivated by misogynistic beliefs as hate crimes. GGWW absolutely stands behind this premise and advocates for misogynistic crimes being prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law as hate crimes. Our post titled Sometimes It’s More Than Entitlement: The Case for Hate in Chronicles specifically addresses this. The SPLC is the premier U.S. non-profit organization monitoring the activities of domestic hate groups and other extremists. SPLC publishes investigative reports, trains law enforcement officers and shares key intelligence, and offers expert analysis to the media and public.
Victim Rights Law Center is a nonprofit law center solely dedicated to providing free legal services to rape and sexual assault survivors in Massachusetts and Oregon. They also provide training for lawyers, advocates, and educators nationwide. The VRLC’s mission is to provide legal representation to victims of rape and sexual assault to help rebuild their lives; and to promote a national movement committed to seeking justice for every rape and sexual assault victim.
End Violence Against Women International helps improve outcomes for survivors of sexual and domestic violence, and works to protect victims, prevent future attacks, and keep communities safe. There are many clinical facilities that do not have access to Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE) or trained sexual assault examiners to provide expert care to patients across the life span following sexual assault or abuse. As a result, clinicians are often inadequately prepared to address the healthcare and evidentiary needs of this patient population, and patients may be turned away. EVAWI offers a free online training for all health care providers to provide improved care when no SANE is on staff. With the guidance conducted within this training, clinicians are more equipped to provide their patients with trauma-informed, patient-centered approach. EVAWI is also listed on GGWW’s Advocacy page.
End Rape on Campus works to end campus sexual violence through direct support for survivors and their communities; prevention through education, and policy reform at the campus, local, state, and federal levels. EROC envisions a world in which each individual has an educational experience free from violence, and until then, that all survivors are believed, trusted, and supported.
Techsafety.org is exploring technology in the context of intimate partner violence, sexual assault and violence against women. Managed by the Safety Net Project at the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV), this blog discusses technology, privacy, and safety. Here you can find clear and concise information about how to protect yourself when technology and devices are being used to control and limit contact with others or deter access to help. Techsafety.org provides information about monitoring, spyware, and navigating internet resources without being tracked.
Victim Information and Notification Everyday (VINE) is a victim notification network that allows survivors, victims of crime, and other concerned citizens to access timely and reliable information about offenders or criminal cases in U.S. jails and prisons. One can register to receive automated notifications via email, text, or phone call, or check custody status information online at any time. VINE is a lifesaving service that is available in 48 states and covers 2,900 incarceration facilities.
The Mary Byron Project’s Appellate and Advocacy program provides representation and advocacy for survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) in appeals when relief has been denied to them or when relief was granted but the perpetrator has filed an appeal. Mary Byron Project’s Training and Professional Development offers in-person and online professional training designed to help participants understand the dynamics of intimate partner violence, the application of law to situations involving intimate partner violence, and the need for changes in workplaces, courtrooms, and other settings.
If you are in law enforcement the North Carolina Victim Assistance Network is offering technical assistance to jurisdictions nationwide for the development of Smartphone apps that assist first responders and crime victims. NCVAN and community partners created a guide for law enforcement to facilitate an effective and meaningful response to crime victims of homicide and trauma, human trafficking, domestic violence, and sexual assault. NCVAN provides technical assistance, at no cost, to requesting agencies pertaining to topic selections, development, desired services, related cost expenditures, marketing, and app management.
https://evawintl.org/wp-content/uploads/NC-VAN-App-TA-Flyer.pdf
The Academy of Forensic Nursing links research to practice through dissemination of scholarship, education and service to those affected by and responding to trauma. Forensic nurses influence standards of practice globally through consensus documents, research, and professional practice, in areas as wide-ranging as the military, domestic abuse, child abuse, elder abuse, human trafficking, sexual assault, death investigation, and beyond. Specifically, forensic nurses are the primary medical provider needed when rape kits are necessary.
The Native Women’s Association of Canada is founded on the collective goal to enhance, promote, and foster the social, economic, cultural and political well-being of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit women. NWAC is an aggregate of thirteen Native women’s organizations from across Canada committed to developing concrete actions to end the cycle of violence that affects Indigenous communities, particularly violence which may lead to the disappearance or death of Indigenous women, girls and gender diverse people. NWAC advocates on behalf of Indigenous women, girls and gender-diverse people to provide adequate long-term funding for healing and support services for families and communities.
JDoe uses an an encryption algorithm to identify repeat offenders of abuse, assault, harassment, and rape, and create cases with multiple plaintiffs. JDoe provides direct access to civil lawyers and prosecutors, circumventing authorities who may not have survivors’ best interests in mind, with the goal of making the reporting process simpler and safer and enable more survivors and witnesses to act within the statute of limitations of their state.
ValorUS is a national organization committed to advancing equity and ending sexual violence by building dynamic relationships across a diverse range of communities, institutions and systems, and mobilizing a network of survivors and advocates to influence change. Leadership, prevention, and advocacy guide the pursuit of a world free from violence where the dignity of every person is valued and respected.
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.
Go Ask Rose is the client-facing site designed to complement the outreach and assistance services of Operation Safe Escape to help you or someone you care about, safely leave an abusive relationship. GoAskRose.com outlines four steps using military and law enforcement security principles to securely plan and coordinate an exit. Go Ask Rose has many guides and resources that address specific situations including financial, stalking, hacking, secure communication, and online presence, with technical support.
Operation Safe Escape empowers individuals impacted by domestic violence, supports organizations providing safe places to go, and supports law enforcement with resources and training related to technical aspects of abuse, stalking, harassment, and other crimes. Those seeking to leave violent situations can receive help to develop secure communication channels with their support system and local shelters. All services to individuals and organizations are without charge.
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
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.
The Latin American Women’s Rights Service (LAWRS) is a feminist organization defending the human rights of Latin American women in the United Kingdom. They support women who are exposed to violations of their fundamental human rights, facing violence against women and girls, exploitation in low-paid sectors, trafficking, or enduring severe poverty and deprivation.
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.
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.