About Us

Our Mission | Vision & Plans

We are a global women's rights organisation. We work with women's rights organisations and movements to change the world for women and girls. Our job is to support the women who are powering other women around the world. Because we know that when women come together, they have the power to change their own lives.

We listen to women's needs to provide them with support to achieve their aims. This includes knowledge sharing, supporting feminist research, funding opportunities, amplifying messages through our communications, and facilitating their participation in key international events to influence policymakers.

We aim to end all forms of violence against women and girls, advance women’s economic rights and strengthen their influence and decision-making power. We work with a feminist approach and other values such as inclusion and a commitment to learning. Working collectively, we can propel ourselves to a new world where women and girls can live their best lives.

Last year, 898,619 individuals were indirectly supported through our work. We funded 38 partners representing diverse women’s rights organisations across five countries Of these, we supported 23 partners with £236,741 through new flexible funds – the Her Voice Fund, the Movement Strengthening Fund and Nepal COVID Resilience Grants.

We give money to local partner organisations in our focus countries. Our partnership agreements are based on high levels of accountability and transparency. Through shared responsibility and project programme management, we support partners in their work as well as their financial management and reporting.

So many women, girls, trans and intersex people are still denied their rights and freedoms, while recent progress made in gender equality is under threat. The patriarchal system continues to dominate societies. Misogyny, racism and abuse persist. But feminist movements and courageous activists across the world are rising up. Womankind stands with them.

Under these strategies we will:

Share power with partners

Our partners have a strong say in our development and we work with them to bring in funding, increasingly in the form of flexible, participatory, long-term grants.
By sharing power and creating opportunities to exchange learning we will all become stronger organisations.

Influence the agenda

Together, we are part of an influential movement, breaking barriers in how development and advocacy are done.
The collective voices of feminist organisations, movements and activists are more powerful and influential in demanding positive, irreversible change.

Decolonize our practice

Many of our leaders are part of national and local movements in Eastern and Southern Africa and South Asia. Anti-racism is intrinsic to how we work. We have deepened decolonisation work, diversifying decision-making and exploring new power relationships and accountability.

Our Team

Caroline Haworth

Chief Executive

Dinah Musindarwezo

Director of Policy & Communications

Disha Sughand

Director of Fundraising & Marketing

Piyumi Samaraweera

Programme Manager
STAND WITH US AS WE MAKE EQUAL RIGHTS A REALITY.

You have the power to change the world. Whether you choose to donate, back one of our campaigns or work with us, you’ll support women to claim their rights. With your help, we will change the world for women and girls.

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