Around the world, feminist organisations and movements are pushing for gender equality, so that women, girls and people of all genders can live with joy, choice and dignity. Womankind and partners are a vital part of this movement, working to end violence against women, ensure they have a seat at decision-making tables, and championing women’s economic rights.  Despite the vital role they play, feminist movements are massively underfunded, receiving less than 1 per cent of Official Development Assistance globally. Organisations and networks that work to sustain feminist movements often op ..read more

We are pleased to announce the appointments of Disha Sughand and Diana Njuguna as the new Co-CEOs of Womankind Worldwide. They will officially step into their roles on 3 June 2024. Womankind recognizes this as a pivotal moment of demonstrating the power of transformative feminist co-leadership particularly in line with our core values: sharing power and decolonise our practice where one of the Co-CEO’s- Disha is based in the UK with Diana based in Kenya. This new feminist co-leadership journey is expected to foster feminist leadership principles such as equity, intersectionality and collaborat ..read more

We are pleased to announce Lusungu Kalanga as a new Co-Chair of Womankind Worldwide’s Board of Trustees who will be serving alongside Olga Ghazaryan. Lusungu is an unapologetic Malawian feminist and activist passionate about freedom for all women and girls particularly working on violence against women and girls’ prevention and the feminist movement building space.   Her experience spans across various international and feminist organisations such as Action Aid International, Social Development Direct, the Prevention Collaborative and the What Works to Prevent Violence Programme. In these ..read more

Womankind Worldwide welcomes the adoption of the Commission of the Status of Women 68th Session (CSW68) Agreed Conclusions on the priority theme: “Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective”. As an international feminist organisation and a member of the Women’s Rights Caucus (WRC), we are pleased to see the renewed focus and commitment on these issues, and fully support the WRC’s statement on them.   We are encouraged by the progress made on tax, debt and c ..read more

I love following media as I believe it is a reflection of society. When media reports blame victims and survivors in moments of trauma, it’s often a gendered reflection of how society perceives victims and survivors. More importantly, the culture of erasure and exploitation of people of colour and non-confirming folks. Trans and gender diverse movements were erased from movement history until the 1990s. Biopics showcase how queer erasure was (and still is) a common occurrence among Black communities.  The consequences of erasure can easily be measured: loss of income, opportunity cost and ..read more

Womankind Worldwide adds a voice to this year’s International Women’s Day through the second iteration of the #EverydayFeminism campaign.  Inspired by Laura Bates’ Everyday Sexism, we spotlight inspiring stories of five feminists from Kenya, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, South Africa and Nepal who are committed to making a difference in their communities and contributing to a gender equal world.   The campaign demonstrates that acts of feminism, however small – especially at a time like this when we are witnessing a drawback on women’s rights around the world – can contribute to change. Fro ..read more

‘’Feminism is for everybody.’’ bell hooks.  What is feminism and why are we still talking about it especially now?  At a time when there’s so much regression, erosion and pushback on human rights across the world these are thoughts that may linger.  This question is also pertinent in 2024 ahead of major elections in different parts of the world from the US, UK, Rwanda and South Africa with close to 4 billion people expected to cast their vote and shape the political landscape.  As we bear witness to the scenes coming out of Gaza, to the continuing Taliban regime in Afghanis ..read more

Strong, diverse women’s movements and women’s rights organisations have the power to contribute to a just, equal and equitable world for girls, women and people of all genders. We have seen how solidarity, collective action and allyship can seed the ground in leading solutions to some of the most pressing social and political problems across the world.  However, adequate resourcing for women’s rights organisations is still a barrier in catalysing action and promoting gender equality. Many organisations are often operating in survival mode, unable to execute their own agendas based on know ..read more

‘’At Bar school I was told that it would be really hard because I was black, African and a woman,’’ Moreen Majiwa, Programme Manager, AWESOME led by Womankind Worldwide. The Advancing Women’s Engagement: Strengthening Opportunities to Mobilise for Equality Programme (AWESOME) is a frontier programme that has brought together seven women’s rights organisations across Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia. Focused on collective action to strengthen the women’s movement in East Africa, AWESOME is disrupting the status quo by championing the inclusion of women in all their diversities to participate fully ..read more

31 years ago, the first commitment towards tackling climate change was made through an international treaty, known as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to limit global temperature increases and begin the journey towards People and Planet.  Since this pivotal moment– more than 200 countries across the world once again reaffirmed their commitment through the Paris Agreement  to limit the global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius as a radical approach towards climate action.   Today, as governments, researchers, scientists, private sector and ..read more