ENDING GENDER VIOLENCE

Women, girls, and LGBTQIA+ people of all genders are targeted for violence worldwide.

a Maasai woman stands with her arms outstretch at a MADRE training in Kenya

Why it Matters:

Gender violence devastates those who are targeted and destroys the social fabric of families, communities, and societies. It can traumatize people for life and intimidate advocates into silence.

It is the biggest threat to women’s health worldwide and one of the most significant barriers to women, girls, and LGBTQIA+ people’s human rights. Though entrenched in many societies, gender violence can be eradicated.

Our unique approach allows us to support on 3 critical levels:
1
Invest in Local Leadership

MADRE resources local women, girl, and LGBTQIA+ leaders. We fund their work to provide immediate protection and care, and shifting mindsets around gender violence.

2
Provide Tools

MADRE provides our partners with training, tools, and infrastructure to mobilize locally and join with others globally to end gender violence.

3
Influence Policy

We support our partners to document gender violence, and work with decision makers to change laws and policies.

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a woman stands near the shore in Nicaragua

Featured partner:Wangki Tangni

Wangki Tangni is a community development organization run by and for Indigenous people in Nicaragua. Together with MADRE, Wangki Tangni demands every woman’s right to a life free of violence. They provide a community of support for survivors of violence by offering emergency care and counseling. Women also learn how to gather evidence and testimonies to prosecute perpetrators.

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What Success Looks Like:

YOUR SUPPORT IN ACTION

PREVENTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN COLOMBIA

MADRE worked with Proceso de Comunidades Negras (PCN), a collective of over 120 different Afro-descendant, organizations, community councils and activists, to co-develop and conduct media and outreach campaigns to Afro-Colombian communities on freedom from domestic violence. We resourced PCN’s emergency radio broadcasts of these messages as well as remote psychosocial counseling.

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