Campaign for women’s rights
How do we end violence against women?
Violence against women is preventable. Research shows the vital work of independent women's rights organisations is the single most effective way to create the real change that will bring down violence against women.4 These organisations are critical drivers of women's movements and wider social movements, with extensive knowledge and experience in ending gender discrimination and creating positive changes in women’s lives.
But they are critically underfunded, receiving just less than 1% of UK aid funds committed for gender equality.
We recognise the crucial role that these organisations play, and we work with them in many countries to provide funding, training and support. We fight for more funding for these groups from donors and governments, so that they can do what they do best: bring down violence against women, for good.
What can I do to end violence against women?
Right now we're campaigning for a world where women and girls who survive violence can access justice. Side with survivors and campaign to fix the broken justice systems that protect abusers and punish women.
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Footnotes
- 1UNODOC Global Study on Homicide 2013 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2003). Global STUDY on Homicide. Vienna: UNODC. 14.
- 2The figure is expressed in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) terms. PPP is a technique used to determine the relative value of different currencies. See: OECD Frequently asked questions. (Accessed December 2014)
- 3Unicef. 2015. Girls' education and gender equality. (ONLINE) Available at: http://www.unicef.org/education/bege_70640.html. (Accessed October 2015).
- 4Fearless: Standing with women and girls to end violence (2015)
Top image: Campaigners challenge gender stereotypes by celebrating new-born girls in Bhalswa, New Delhi. Poulomi Basu/ActionAid
Page updated 23 May 2022