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    Each year Womankind produces an Annual Report so you can see the impact our work has on helping women transform their lives in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The Annual Report 2013 gives examples of the impact our work has had over the year and includes straightforward information about Womankind’s finances.

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    Annual Report 2013

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    Who we are Why we are needed What we do Ending violence against women Making sure women have an equal say Building support for womens rights Where your money goes

    Who we are
    Since we were founded 25 years ago Womankind Worldwide has helped more than 12 million women and their families.
    Our vision is of a fair world where women and girls have the same choices, opportunities and rights as men and boys. We support women to transform their lives and their communities by working in partnership with womens rights organisations in Africa, Asia and Latin America. We collectively influence international policies and practices on womens rights by sharing our knowledge and experience.

    Photo: Tsitsi Matekaire

    We aim to: 1 End violence against women 2 Make sure women have an equal say 3 Build support for womens rights internationally

    Womankind Annual Report 2013 2

    Why we are needed


    In no country in the world do women enjoy the same rights or opportunities as men. Every day women and girls face discrimination, poverty and violence just because they are female.
    At least 1 in 3 women around the world has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime Violence causes more death and disability worldwide amongst women aged 15 44 than war, cancer, malaria and traffic accidents combined Globally, women make up just 17% of parliamentarians Women account for nearly two thirds of the 780 million people around the world who cannot read

    Photo: Cintia Lavandera

    These statistics are just the tip of the iceberg. Click here to find out more

    Womankind Annual Report 2013 3

    What we do
    In 201213 we directly supported almost 141,000 women and improved the rights of over 6.5 million women.
    We worked in 15 countries Afghanistan, Bolivia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Nepal, Peru, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe in partnership with 38 womens organisations. We drive change by establishing long-term partnerships with local womens rights organisations, providing funding, training, capacity building and tailored support.

    Photo: Tsitsi Matekaire

    value Our partners

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    our unique ap

    proach:

    Together we: Delivered practical services for women such as safe houses, counselling and legal advice Provided information for women about their rights and where to get help Changed attitudes and transformed social norms Secured change in laws, policies and practices Trained and supported women leaders, activists and groups Influenced governments, NGOs and donors to support womens rights
    Womankind Annual Report 2013 4

    Ending violence against women


    With the help of our partner Musasa in Zimbabwe, Grace and her two small children escaped her husbands violence.
    My husband would shout at me but I made excuses for him. Then he started hitting me. We were in the house with the children and he just sprang up and started strangling me. I thought I would die. I screamed and cried for help. Fortunately, a neighbour called the police. I was taken to hospital. A friend told me about Musasa and I came to the shelter with my children. My daughter attends nursery. Musasa helps me with the bus fare to drop her off and pick her up. I spend the day with my son at the shelter. Its a safe place. Musasas counsellor has been helping me. Because of Musasas support my confidence has increased. I know my rights, what to do and where to get help. I will not allow my husband or any man to abuse me again. Click here to donate

    Photo: Tsitsi Matekaire

    ghts, what I know my ri re to get to do and whe allow my t no help. I will y man to husband or an ain. abuse me ag

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    can pay for food and basic supplies for a month for all the women and children staying at the shelter.
    Womankind Annual Report 2013 5

    Ending violence against women


    Just a few examples of what we have achieved with our partners in 201213.

    Photo: Catherine Klirodotakou

    22,300 2,000 559 272

    women in Zimbabwe were supported to live free from violence through legal aid, counselling and shelter people in Uganda were trained to raise awareness about violence against women and change attitudes in their communities through drama, reaching an estimated 17,000 people women in Sierra Leone received counselling to overcome trauma and rebuild their lives

    women in Afghanistan who had experienced violence received legal representation, counselling and healthcare
    Partners Humanitarian Association for Women and Children of Afghanistan, Graceland Sierra Leone, Womens Partnership for Justice and Peace, National Association of Womens Organisations in Uganda, Musasa, Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association

    Womankind Annual Report 2013 6

    Ending violence against women


    40% reduction in violence against women and girls reported in two rural communities in Ghana Three times as many girls attending senior high school in the same two communities New law passed in Peru following a campaign by our partner, expanding the definition of violence in the National Plan of Reparation for victims of Peru's internal conflict to include forms of sexual violence beyond rape, meaning that many more women will be able to claim compensation Expert guidance on womens access to justice produced by Womankind for the Department for International Development
    Partners Gender and Human Rights Documentation Centre, DEMUS

    Photo: Susana Klein

    Womankind Annual Report 2013 7

    Making sure women have an equal say


    Pabitra is the President of the Feminist Dalit Organisation (FEDO) in the Makhanpur District of Nepal.
    I was forced to get married when I was only 14. My husband was 11 years older and we had never met. I wanted to continue at school, but my parents insisted that I marry. So I tried to poison myself. But I still had to get married. I heard FEDO interviewed on the radio and was interested in what they said about Dalit womens rights. After I became District President I realised that I needed to be more educated so that I could motivate and help other women. My ambition is to be a political leader and a role model for the Dalit community. I was a housewife before I joined FEDO and now I am a social activist. There are some challenges, particularly when I work on domestic violence cases and I have been threatened. I am pleased that FEDO has partnered with Womankind Worldwide. I hope that their support will continue as there are so many others who want to be like me. We need the issue of Dalit women to be raised at international level and for increased female solidarity.
    Womankind Annual Report 2013 8

    Photo: Cintia Lavandera

    is to be a My ambition er and a political lead r the Dalit fo role model I was a community fore and now housewife be tivist. ac I am a social

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    Just 7

    can establish a Dalit womens group in rural Nepal, to provide information and advice on violence and womens rights to 25 members.

    Making sure women have an equal say

    Photo: Wendy Ngoma

    1 million 6,000+ 80

    women and girls in Zambia were reached with information about their rights through radio, drama and community meetings

    girls in Ethiopia were supported to stay in school through payment of school fees, extra tutorial classes and access to health services

    radio listening clubs with a membership of more than 1,300 women were established in Malawi, providing support and awareness-raising opportunities
    Partners Integrated Community Education and Development Association, Kembatta Mentti Gezzimma-Tope, Zambia National Womens Lobby, Malawi Womens Lobby and Rights Group

    Womankind Annual Report 2013 9

    Making sure women have an equal say

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

    Click to activate the video it will load into a separate window.

    Womankind Annual Report 2013 10

    Building support for womens rights


    In March 2013 Zimbabwe voted in a new constitution which:
    invalidates customary laws that infringe upon the rights of women enshrines equality in the bill of rights protects womens rights in marriage and divorce provides 60 reserved seats for women in parliament Our partners have worked to influence the constitutional process since 2009 and an independent evaluation showed that they contributed significantly to these successes. In September 2012 Womankind released a major report From the Ground Up: Womens Roles in Local Peacebuilding in Afghanistan, Liberia, Nepal, Pakistan and Sierra Leone in partnership with ActionAid and the Institute of Development Studies. At the same time we launched a campaign calling for 15% of funding available for post conflict development projects to be ringfenced to support womens rights. Within a month 41% of UK MPs had been contacted by Womankinds supporters

    Photo: Reineira Arguello

    and four Parliamentary Questions were tabled on the issue, prompting a statement from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Womankind also produced an influential briefing, Leaders for Change: why support womens rights organisations? and submitted evidence to two International Development Committee inquiries.
    Partners Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association, Womens Coalition of Zimbabwe, Women in Politics Support Unit
    Womankind Annual Report 2013 11

    Income and expenditure

    25%

    20% 31%

    45% 7%

    15%

    17% 6 % 5 %
    Income 201213 Statutory grants including UK aid Institutional grants including Comic Relief Trusts, foundations and major donors Individual giving including gift aid Other including legacies and events 2,103,941 1,163,685 343,360 823,206 278,633

    32%

    2%

    Expenditure 201213 Making sure women have an equal say Ending violence against women Building support for womens rights Costs of generating income Governance costs

    1,279,770 1,251,057 794,619 610,579 83,152

    Total 4,712,825
    Womankind Annual Report 2013 12

    Total 4,019,177

    Where your money goes


    In every pound we spend: For every 1 invested in fundraising we generate 7

    goes directly to our programmes, campaigning or policy work

    83p

    is invested in fundraising

    15p

    is spent on governance

    2p

    7
    Signed on behalf of the trustees Womankind Annual Report 2013 13

    This summary financial information shows the income raised for our activities, the cost of raising the income and the amounts spent on our charitable activities. The information is taken from the full financial statements which were approved by the trustees on 26th September 2013. In order to gain a full understanding of the financial affairs of the charity, the full audited financial statements, trustees annual report and auditors report should be consulted. Copies can be obtained by contacting Womankind Worldwides London office.

    Thank you from us


    Our supporters Ajahma Charitable Trust Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Settlement Body Shop Foundation Bryan Guinness Charitable Trust D M and J Wood Trust De La Rue Charitable Trust Education Services Eva Reckitt Trust Fund Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Funny Women Gunter Charitable Trust Javon Charitable Trust Madeline Mabey Trust Miss K M Harbinson's Charitable Trust Owen Willis Charitable Trust Anonymous Trust RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd Sigrid Rausing Trust Sir Halley Stewart Trust Sophie Jane Tyler Charitable Trust Souter Charitable Trust St Clare and St Francis Trust The A and R Woolf Charitable Trust The Ashmore Foundation The Bartlett Taylor Charitable Trust The Bonus Trust The Ernest Ingham Charitable Trust The Evan Cornish Foundation The Follett Trust Womankind Annual Report 2013 14 The Mactaggart Third Fund The Mary Heap Charitable Trust The Orp Foundation The Steven & Joan Fogel Charitable Trust The Triodos Foundation Twitten Charitable Trust Westcroft Trust Zephyr Charitable Trust Victoria Gomez-Trenor Cathy Moore Our partners Afghan Women Network (AWN) Afghan Womens Resource Centre (AWRC) Association for Womens Sanctuary and Development (AWSAD) Centro de Promocion de Mujer Gregoria Apaza (CPMGA) Centre for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW) CDIMA Coalition of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (COWLHA) DEMUS (Institute for the Defence of Womens Rights) Feminist Dalit Organization (FEDO) FEPROMU Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE) Gender Studies and Human Rights Documentation Centre Graceland Sierra Leone Humanitarian Assistance for Women and Children of Afghanistan (HAWCA) Integrated Community Education and Development Association (ICEDA) International Federation of Women Lawyers Ghana (FIDA Ghana) International Federation of Women Lawyers Kenya (FIDA Kenya) Isis-Womens International Cross-Cultural Exchange (Isis-WICCE) Kembatta Mentti Gezzimma (KMG) Malawi National Womens Lobby Group Movimiento El Pozo Musasa National Association of Womens Organisations in Uganda (NAWOU) Red Ada Saathi Siiqqee Womens Development Association The Zambia National Womens Lobby (ZNWL) Tshwaranang Legal Advocacy Centre (TLAC) Window of Hope Foundation (WHF) Women Against Violence and Exploitation in Society (WAVES) Women in Law and Development in Africa, Ghana (WiLDAF) Womens Partnership for Justice and Peace (WPJP) Women for Human Rights (WHR) Women in Politics Support Unit (WIPSU) Womens Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ) Womens Legal Aid Center (WLAC) Women for Change (WfC) Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association (ZWLA)

    Thank you from our partners


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    Womankind Worldwide Development House 56 64 Leonard Street London EC2A 4LT United Kingdom Phone: 020 7549 0360 Fax: 020 7549 0361 www.womankind.org.uk www.facebook.com/womankind www.twitter.com/woman_kind Company Number: 2404121 Charity Number: 328206

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