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Introduction
Anita Woodcock, long term volunteer Womankind represents everything that I am passionate about equality of opportunity which in our world is so much harder for women to achieve; a chance for girls and women to gain self respect, be respected by others and at every level in their society; and for women to be heard.
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Introduction
Julie Ashdown
1989
The year that Womankind was established
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Chair
What we do
Disha Sughand, Supporter Relations and Direct Marketing Manager Our work is important firstly because we dont fly in a generic Western solution, we ask local women what they want to change and then support them to work together to make that change happen. And secondly because we build up the skills and strength of local womens organisations so they are able to continue working to improve womens rights themselves.
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What we do
What we do
In no country in the world do women enjoy the same rights, access to resources or opportunities as men. Millions of women and girls face discrimination, poverty and violence just because they are female.
Womankind Worldwide works to help women transform their lives in Africa, Asia and Latin America. We believe that women are a powerful force for change. Were guided by the women we work with and what they want to change in their world. In supporting them we aim to: In 2010-11 we worked in 12 countries Ethiopia, Ghana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Afghanistan, Nepal, Bolivia, Peru, Albania and the UK in partnership with 30 womens organisations. We support these women-led organisations through funding, skills and capacity development, shared learning and networking. Our partners provide direct services to women, make women aware of their rights, and lobby their governments to improve policies and services. Womankind also lobbies the UK government, donors, the UN, international agencies and the EU to develop policies and services which promote and protect womens rights and development. The end result is that women have the knowledge, skills and resources to claim their rights and fully participate in society. We know from our years of experience that this change is possible, and its impact is far-reaching.
AIM
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12
Number of countries that Womankind worked in during 2010-11
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Number of womens organisations that Womankind worked with during 2010-11
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Our approach
Catherine Klirodotakou, Programme Manager We understand that there is no one size fits all approach towards eliminating gender inequality and our strength lies in our approach to partnership. We dont try to compete with local womens rights organisations. They understand the context, local women trust them, so we listen and we support them to make a change in their society.
Womankind works for change for individuals, for their community, for everyone. Its a powerful combination. And for individual women who challenge violence and discrimination, it makes a difference too: its easier to speak out when you find support in your community and the world has started to see things differently too.
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Our approach
Funding
Building capacity
Networking
Partner organisations
Society, policies and services protect and promote womens rights and development
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Our highlights
Meaza Berhanu, Ethiopia After the training I received I have been sharing the information with other girls and community members in my village. Initially, people did not want to accept that FGM is a violation of women and girls rights. They said FGM was a part of our culture. But I did not give up and with other girls we continued to spread the message that FGM was a bad practice. Today, there are changes in the community and people are no longer circumcising as many girls as before.
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Our highlights
Our highlights
Between the work of our partners and our work in the UK there is so much wed like to share from 2010-11, but we dont have room for it all. Here are just a few highlights from the year.
By providing school materials, tutors, and money for transport, Kembatta Mentti Gezzimma (KMG) enabled 3,000 Ethiopian girls to stay in school (where theyre less at risk of Female Genital Mutilation) As part of an awareness-raising drive by our partner Musasa in Zimbabwe, 650 women and girls to marched through the streets of Bulawayo to protest about violence against women and give out information to members of the public. This year, thanks to the work of several of our Ghanaian partners one community has agreed to outlaw widow inheritance altogether. Widow inheritance is a widespread harmful traditional practice in Ghana: if a man dies, a male relative marries his widow. However this leaves women more vulnerable to contracting HIV and AIDS. Our partner Red-Ada in Bolivia put into practice a new idea for reaching women and giving them the chance to speak up and be heard on issues around violence against women, sexual health and womens rights. The Chasqui Bus project records 20 minute radio shows on a municipal bus and broadcasts them on a local station. Red Ada also gave out information on the bus about womens rights. More than 1,500 people joined our Speaking Out for Women campaign calling on the government to prioritise womens rights in development. We presented the postcards we received from supporters to Andrew Mitchell, Secretary of State for International Development at a meeting in December.
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Provided direct, sustained assistance to 152,137 women Directly improved the lives of 760,684 women and their families through practical support to tackle violence, play an active role in society and claim their rights
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Indirectly benefited over 6 million women and men through awareness raising work on womens rights and changes to legislation and policies
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Our impact
Rudo, Zimbabwe My husband would beat me and even his own son using electric cords. I was afraid of him... When I came to ZWLA I saw other women talking about their problems, and felt comforted. I went through a horrible time, and I decided it had to come to an end. Before I went to court I was afraid. However, I was trained by ZWLA to represent myself and I just believed that I was right. They granted me a protection order. I am a free woman now. I am studying for a diploma. I am on top of the world because of ZWLA and Womankind.
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Our impact
Our impact
Our partners do amazing work, and were proud to support them. But dont just take our word for it, have a look at some of the changes we achieved together last year.
Another important part of the equation is working with men: also in Ghana our partners worked directly with over 7,000 men to change their behaviour towards women (with funding from DFID and Comic Relief). After one project 90% of community members reported a 60% reduction in violence against women. Changing deep-rooted ideas about violence against women is a crucial part of stopping it. By influencing decision makers in South Africa as well as protecting and supporting almost 500 women living with violence, two of our partners changed the attitudes and behaviours of over 70,000 people. In Zimbabwe it was 4 million people, and our partners also provided direct support to 27,000 women living with violence. We know from experience that for progress to gain momentum its important to work for change at all levels. Helping individual women and communities but also targeting the other actors involved. With funding from DFID and the Big Lottery Fund we helped four local womens organisations to influence the attitudes and choices of nearly 1,500 policy and decision makers in Peru.
AIM
In all countries women and girls of different ages, classes, faiths and cultures experience violence. Through our partners Womankind provides practical ways to help women escape violence, speak out about it, and change the attitudes that allow it to happen. In 2010-11 we directly improved the lives of over 75,000 women, men, girls and boys in Ethiopia through the work of four local womens organisations. One of which Kembatta Mentti Gezzimma (KMG) reached 22,635 women and girls experiencing, or at risk of, violence through their community education and confidence building work. This represents a major step towards the goal of ending female genital mutilation (FGM). An aspect of violence against women that is sometimes overlooked is womens greater vulnerability to HIV infection when women are not able to control their own contraceptive choices. In Ghana, we supported three womens organisations to help 15,000 women living with violence who are at risk of contracting HIV.
And in the UK our education programme helped to secure a government commitment to work on preventing violence against women and girls. Thanks to our research and recommendations there is an increased knowledge and understanding among education policy makers of the importance of a whole-school approach to tackling violence.
Womens perception of safety and protection from violence, based on partner surveys of the women they help
Ethiopia
After intervention: Women who know who can help/ protect them
Ghana
Peru
Zimbabwe
100% 86%
74% 94%
100% 95%
91% 73%
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Irene Sapata, Bolivia I know that women have rights, and that they must reclaim these rights, they have to say, stop, no more. This is the thing that I have learnt from Fundacion La Paz that I think has helped me the most. This is the idea that I have at the moment to aim higher to study for what I want to do.
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Our impact
AIM
Womankind Worldwide helps women to have a say not only in family life, but also in the priorities of their community, their region and their country from helping women come together to push for health provision in their village, to letting women know they have a legal right to vote or leave a violent marriage. In Afghanistan women are excluded from politics, civil society and even from some public spaces, shut out of nearly all forms of decision-making. With Womankinds support the Afghan Womens Resource Centre (AWRC) empowered over 1,500 women to speak out on womens rights, through training in management, report writing, leadership, civil society and community mobilization. Its important to make sure women are represented in political power structures, and thanks to the work of our partners in Albania the percentage of women parliamentarians in the 2009 elections double that of the previous elections in 2005, and of the 140 seats at the Albanian Parliament, 23 were won by women. Most importantly a gender quota which forces political parties to involve women in political positions and put their names forward as candidates was introduced in 2010. Our Albanian programme has now ended, but we were proud to support the Albanian Centre for Population and Development (ACPD) and the International Forum of Albanian Women (IFAW) with DFID funds.
We also worked to ensure that women were at the table and able to participate in national discussions. Through our partners in Ghana, we enabled almost 3,000 women to participate in key political and governance processes. In Zimbabwe, over 3,500 women played an active and meaningful role in the countrys political reforms, which were dominated by the constitutional reform process. It is vital that women are able to contribute to rebuilding work in post conflict states. In Nepal the Feminist Dalit Organisation (FEDO) recruited women Peace Ambassadors from the Dalit (low caste) community who are doubly excluded on grounds of gender and status. The Peace Ambassadors have been trained in human rights, peacebuilding, mediation and basic counselling skills, and have used these to develop the skills and confidence of over 4,000 Dalit women who are now better placed to participate in peace building processes in their communities.
Womens reported knowledge, confidence and intention to act following interventions by our partners
Afghanistan
Increased knowledge & confidence about rights
Bolivia
Ethiopia
Ghana
Nepal
Peru
Zimbabwe
100% 89%
73% 58%
85% 100%
98% 98%
100% 100%
95% 95%
83% 67%
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Planning to act
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Our impact
Rachel Carter, Head of Policy I love the fact that, by working at Womankind, I am part of the global womens movement working worldwide to unite and strengthen the voice and impact of womens human rights defenders and to support all women and girls in achieving their rights. Womankind is a bridge between women worldwide - reminding me daily that our needs, rights, desires and dreams are the same across continents.
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Our impact
AIM
A key part of our approach is looking at the big picture as well as working to help individual women. We work with national and international actors to change attitudes and to put womens rights at the heart of laws and policies. Violence against women and girls is now a priority issue across the UK government including the the Department for International Development (DFID), evidenced by the fact that violence against women and girls is a key pillar in the new DFID gender vision. This is partly due to our longstanding influencing work; Womankind Worldwide had a number of meetings with DFID civil servants over the year to share our expertise.
We also helped to ensure that, for the first time ever, the cross-government violence against women and girls strategy includes a separate section on International Violence Against Women and Girls. And following successful lobbying by Womankind and others Lynne Featherstone MP was appointed as the first UK government champion on International Violence Against Women and Girls in November 2010. Following intensive work by womens organisations globally, the United Nations General Assembly voted unanimously on 2 July 2010 to create a new agency to meet the needs of women and girls worldwide UN Women. Womankind played a leading role in writing an influential joint publication UN Women: A new opportunity to deliver for women which outlined key recommendations on how the new agency should proceed and the support the UK government should provide.
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AIM
AIM
28%
24% 31%
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77p
goes directly to development, campaigning and policy work
14p 9p
is invested in fundraising
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Sue Turrell, Executive Director Womankind is the best organisation working for womens rights and development because it works with women, not only for them. More than 70% of the poorest people in the world are women a statistic that hasnt changed in decades. Unless women are able to fully participate in society and have control over their own lives, this shameful statistic will be with us forever.
Accounts
Our statement of financial activities (incorporating Income and Expenditure accounts) for the year ending 31 March 2011 2011 2010
Total Funds
Income
INCoMINg RESoURCES
Incoming resources from generated funds Voluntary income Activities for generating funds: Investment income Incoming resources from charitable activities Increase womens civil & political participation Eliminating violence against women Mobilise political will and resources for womens rights and development
Notes
Unrestricted Funds
Restricted Funds
Total Funds
821,242
821,242
787,907
1,175
1,175
9,251
522,018
522,018
517,202
586,681
586,681
608,068
682,154
682,154
533,374
822,417
1,790,853
2,613,270
2,455,802
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2011
2010
Total Funds
Expenditure
RESoURCES EXPENDED
Costs of generating funds: Costs of generating voluntary income Investment management costs Charitable activities: Increase womens civil & political participation Eliminating violence against women Mobilise political will and resources for womens rights and development governance costs:
Notes
Unrestricted Funds
Restricted Funds
Total Funds
360,615
64,156
424,771
377,200 818
182,848
508,846
691,694
658,059
136,473
667,107
803,580
1,077,912
424,927
458,563
883,490
501,929
51,734
12,859
64,593
48,290
10
1,156,597
1,711,531
2,868,128
2,664,208
2011
2010
Total Funds
(208,406)
Totals
Net outgoing/incoming resources before gains and transfers Transfers between funds Transfer of GAD Network Realised gain on investments Net movement in funds Funds at 1 April 2010 Funds at 31 March 2011
Restricted Funds
79,322
Total Funds
(254,858)
39,983
(294,197) 620,730
39,339 356,742
(221,725) 1,199,197
326,533
396,081
977,472
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Looking ahead
Maria, Director of our Ethiopian partner AWSAD Speaking isnt easy when you risk being beaten, shunned, cast out. But when we support each other, we set changes in motion that cant be stopped.
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Looking ahead
Looking ahead
In 2011-12 we will build on our successes and go further to help women claim their rights in Africa, Asia and Latin America
Here are a few of our key goals:
Increase the number of women we help to escape violence, whether through legal advice and representation, providing accommodation and services or support and counselling. Strengthen our partners by delivering training and tailored support, increasing the organisational capacity of at least 60% of our partners. Improve the position of at least one country in the UNDP Gender Inequality Index and one in the World Economic Forum Gender Gap Report. Increase our understanding and evidence base on violence against women and conflict related topics.
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Our thanks
Thank you...
Wed like to say a sincere thank you from everyone at Womankind Worldwide to all our friends and supporters. We are touched that even in this difficult financial and political climate we have received gifts large and small from new and existing donors, allowing us to continue and to expand our vital work.
Funders
A & R Woolf Charitable Trust Ajahma Charitable Trust Andre Bernheim Charitable Trust Audrey Florence Arnold Memorial Trust Austin Bailey Foundation Balcombe Trust, Roger Kreitman Charitable Settlement Barnzo Charitable Trust Bromley Trust C A Carlisle Trust David Cutforth Charitable Trust Downton Banister Trust E F Charitable Trust E. Robson Charitable Elizabeth Lunn-Rockliffe Trust Eva Reckitt Trust Fund Franceys Longman Trust Gunter Charitable Trust Heath Charitable Trust Hilden Charitable Fund The Hillcote Trust Hodgson Family Trust Howard Charitable Trust Institute of Our Lady of Mercy J A R Innes Trust Joseph Rowntree Foundation Katharine and Andrew Loyd Fund Madeline Mabey Trust Marr-Munning Trust Miss K M Harbinsons Charitable Trust Morris and Margaret Kramer Memorial Trust Mr John Charles Brookhouse Will Trust Mrs. Rose Hacker Trust Ringway Trust Roger and Sarah Bancroft Clark Charitable Trust Roy Tucker Charitable Trust Sigrid Rausing Trust St Julians Charitable Fund The Bewley Charitable Trust The Bower Trust The Cotton Trust The Cyril and Eve Jumbo Charitable Trust The E Alec Coleman Charitable Fund The Frederick William Carter Trust The Golden Bottle Trust The Kasner Charitable Trust The Ken Biggs Charitable Trust The Marion and Barrie Liss Trust The MD & IM Newman Charitable Trust The Niniski Trust The R C & F M Young Trust The Raymond Allington Charity Trust Fund The Rest Harrow Trust The Roger Vere Foundation The Springthorpe Foundation The Stanley Charitable Trust The Stephen Clark 1957 Charitable Trust The Steven & Joan Fogel Charitable Trust The Tolkien Trust The Tollard Trust The Tresillian Trust Twitten Charitable Trust Westcroft Trust Whitley Charitable Trust Zephyr CT
Roh gul, Afghanistan There were a lot of problems in the community. There was much domestic violence: the husband would beat his wife, even if she was pregnant, for not doing everything he said, such as not cleaning the house or not getting him a glass of water when he asked. I have seen a lot of changes though I travel to the centre and then share everything I learn about womens rights to the women and men in my community. I educate them about how wrong forced marriages are at a young age and that women have the 20 WOMANKIND WORLDWIDE right to chose who and when they want to be married.
Volunteers
Womankinds permanent staff have been fortunate enough to have the assistance and time of 18 excellent volunteers during the year. Womankind is extremely grateful for the extra capacity and expertise they brought to the organisation.
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Board of trustees
Julie Ashdown (Chair) Julia Bond Ken Carleton (Treasurer) Carole Grant Carwood** Beryl Hobson Kate Rutherford (Vice Chair) Chris Taylor (Vice Chair) Ros Boughtflower Pat Holden Pramila Kaur** Moira Nangle** Donna St Hill** Angela Coyle** Teresa Hanley Cristina Smith*** Mel James***
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one of our partners, the Afghan Womens Resource Centre We at AWRC believe that Afghan womens equal participation is crucial for bringing and sustainability of peace, solidarity and democracy in Afghanistan. Thus, we strive with patience, passion, compassion and dedication for women empowerment and gender equity.
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