Freedom from Violence
Scaling innovative approaches to end violence against women and girls
1 in 3 women worldwide experience violence.
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is one of the world’s most pervasive human rights violations.
Across the Global South, women’s rights organisations are developing innovative, evidence-based approaches that prevent violence. But too often, these solutions remain confined to the places where they were first developed, limiting their potential to create wider change.
Collaboration for change
Freedom from Violence brings together women’s rights organisations across the Global South to adapt proven approaches to prevent violence against women and girls.
Effective solutions don't need to be reinvented. They need the right partnerships to help them grow.
Our footprint
How we support our partners
Adapting a proven approach takes more than funding. We work alongside our partners over several years, providing holistic support, flexibility and opportunities they need to adapt, learn and grow.
Adaptation
Flexible funding to adapt proven VAWG prevention approaches to new contexts.
Organisational Development
Investment in partners’ priorities for their long-term sustainability and resilience.
Accompaniment
Mentoring, reflection and peer learning throughout the partnership.
Amplifying Voices
Opportunities to share learning through conferences, networks and global platforms.
Self & Collective Care
Wellbeing initiatives identified by partners to sustain themselves while working in demanding and often stressful environments.
Editions of the programme
A legal empowerment approach developed in Brazil by Themis Gender Justice and Human Rights was adapted and is being implemented by Associação Cabo-Verdiana de Luta Contra Violência Baseada no Género to strengthen women's access to justice in Cape Verde. It trains local women leaders as change agents to raise awareness of VAWG within communities, support women experiencing violence and strengthen links with the justice system.
Safetipin's technology-driven approach to creating safer cities for women and girls in India was adapted in Durban, South Africa, in collaboration with Soul City Institute for Social Justice and Fixed. Working with communities and local government, the partnership used safety audits and data to identify risks and strengthen urban planning.
Association for Progressive Communications’ global Take Back the Tech! campaign was adapted in Mexico in partnership with Luchadoras and La Sandía Digital to enable women to respond to online abuse, reclaim digital spaces and influence policies and practices addressing technology-facilitated violence against women.
Programme H, a proven approach to engaging boys and young men, originally developed by Equimundo (formerly Promundo) in Brazil, was adapted for Lebanon in collaboration with ABAAD. Through workshops and facilitated discussions, participants were encouraged to question harmful gender norms and build more equitable attitudes and behaviours.
12+ years of preventing violence
