A SAFE WORLD FOR WOMEN

Campaign News

WFAC has launched its first campaign - A Safe World For Women. The campaign will run till the centenary of International Women's Day (March 8th, 2011).

On that day, WFAC plans to present its Safe World Charter to the state governments and the UN, and demand immediate and concrete action to stop violence against women throughout the world. We aim to get a million people endorsing our charter. If you haven't signed your endorsement yet, please do so NOW by clicking this link.

As a major step towards creating a safe world for women, we have launched an online support center for victims and survivors of domestic violence. This center is open to both men and women. If you are a victim or a survivor of abuse and would like to seek support or share your experience, please join us. We would also like you to fill up our survey on VAW.

The Safe World campaign is looking for volunteers in various fields, from IT and PR, to marketing and translation and everything in-between. If you would like to volunteer with us, do drop us a mail. We are waiting to hear from you. Write to us at campaign@asafeworldforwomen.org

FIRST WFAC ASSOCIATE GROUPS

In 1984, a remarkable woman, Grace Louma, began a personal crusade to help the women of of a small impoverished Ugandan town, Kaabong.

This isolated township is in a severely deprived, semi-desert and warrior region of Uganda, bordering Sudan. Drought is an ever-increasing problem and HIV is rife.

However, twenty-five years on, well over 250 women are better empowered to help themselves.

They have a central office, a large orchard, a grind mill and a small industry producing craftwork. The disabled are cared for, and HIV positive women get together to stage awareness-raising dramas.

The collective, renamed ‘Aware Uganda’, is starting to expand into other areas of Karamoja and beyond.

Aware Uganda is the first organisation, along with WORD from Pakistan, to become a WFAC Associate, under the WFAC Umbrella, and Women for a Change will be helping to promote their valuable work.

Learn more about Aware Uganda here

THE WFAC CENTER

Funding WFAC

We are delighted to tell you that we have reached the next stage of the funding application to help develop the WFAC Centre and begin the pilot project in Uganda.

Chris (and the team) have been invited to Oxford, UK, on January 18th to make a short presentation to Nominet's trustees about the application.

Over the next few weeks we'll be working hard to bring together the information that they have asked to be presented with.

We will be keeping you updated.

FIRST WFAC ASSOCIATE GROUPS

WFAC Associate Group in Pakistan

Determined to promote Women's rights in Pakistan, Agsa Khan has set up a new Women's organisation which is the latest WFAC Associate group.

In June last year, a determined young Pakistani woman, Aqsa Khan, set up Women's Organisation on Rights and Development (WORD).

WORD is based in Islamabad and focuses on promoting women’s rights and gender equality by working with the Government, Civil Society Organisations, National and International organisations.

WORD’s vision is to see women and girls gain confidence, leadership capacity and participate in decision-making, to lead a life of dignity freedom from want, fear and violence.

They work with poor women, girls and excluded groups to fight poverty, discrimination and injustice through working with pro-women organizations, government and movements on women’s rights.

WORD is one of the very first WFAC Associate organisations, coming under the WFAC Umbrella. Women for a Change will be keeping you up to date with their activities and promoting their influencial work.

You can find out more about WORD here

AWARE UGANDA SUPPORTS

Safe World for Women Campaign

"Dear sisters,

We are all aware that our sisters at grassroots level and the majority of women face several dilemmas and experience unique violations and imbalances in all social, economic and political spheres.

Women's human rights and equal status continues to face formidable challenges which include but not limited inequalities indecision making, sexual violence,looming level of economic empowerment, high levels of illiteracy and inadequate health care among other.

During this 16 days of Activism we should all put pressure to our governments to create partnership and increase support for gender machineries and initiatives.

Thank you

Grace

Founder

Aware Uganda"