Auteur/autrice : Heidi Barathieu-Brun

MIFUMI is an international aid and development agency that has worked over ten years, reducing the burden of poverty by securing basic rights for people living in remote communities of Uganda. MIFUMI supports the needs of and promotes protection for women and children affected by domestic violence and abuse, as well as bride price violations. The organization also works in close collaboration with partners in the diaspora … (who we are 1/2 /background).

Homepage;
News; Case Studies; Publications; Newsletter; Scholarship Fund; Your Help; FAQs;
Address: Head Office MIFUMI Kampala, Off Ntinda Road, Kampala, Uganda;
Contacts and map head office.

Who We Are 2/2: Vision, Mission, Principles, Values, Aims:

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• Civic Engagement FIDA deals with engagement with police, military, public administration and municipal civil servants; civic education provisioning and awareness on progressive constitution provisions rights monitoring …
• … Constitutional and Legislative Reforms FIDA’ s motivation being historical, it deals with constitutional matters independent of the agenda 4 interventions … (full text Transformative Justice Programme).

Homepage;
Achievements; Blog; Video; Membership; FAQs; Secretariat;
Address: Amboseli Road off Gitanga Road, Lavington, Nairobi, Kenya;
or: P.O. BOX 46324-00100 Nairobi, Kenya;
Contact and Newsletter.

Access To Justice: This is the Flagship programme of FIDA Kenya.  Continuer la lecture de « FIDA Kenya – federation of women lawyers – Haki Za Akina Mama FIDA-K »

for the advancement of women

• OUR VISION: A Society where all enjoy gender equality, Social Justice and Development
• OUR MISSION: To facilitate follow-up of the Beijing and African Platform for Action in order to enhance the advancement of women and social justice … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Gender Database/log in; Member Countries; Project; Publications; Structure; Background; Internship Trainings; News; Gallery;
Address: EASSI, Plot 87 Bukoto, Ntinda Road, Kampala, P.O.BOX 24965, Uganda;
Contact.

About 2/2: … EASSI was designed as a voluntary organization drawing its membership from the eight countries and including civil society organizations, departments of governments and individuals who shared in its vision and mission.  Continuer la lecture de « Eastern Africa Sub-regional Support Initiative EASSI »

The Coalition on Violence Against Women – Kenya, COVAW (K), is a non-partisan and non-profit making national women’s human rights non-governmental organization registered in Kenya under the NGO Coordination Act. COVAW (K) was established in 1995 as a result of a workshop organized by WILDAF (Women in Law and development in Africa) that sought to strengthen the networking capacities of women organizations in Kenya. At this workshop, violence against women was identified as a serious women rights violation that needed concerted efforts to address. This saw the birth of COVAW (K). Since inception, COVAW has continued to be instrumental in placing violence against women as a crime and a human rights violation and has spearheaded the campaign towards women having the right to be free from violence, the right to self defence and the right to state protection. COVAW believes that people have the capacity to learn and change their attitudes towards women. COVAW (K) beneficiaries are therefore women and girls … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Programmes; Strategy; Blog; Media; Supporters, Partners;
Address: COVAW: Haven Court, Block B, Suite 7, Waiyaki Way (Opp. Lion’s Place), or: P.O. Box 10658-00100, Nairobi, Kenya;
Contact.

About 2/2: … COVAW (K) is respected among her peers and is recognized as a champion for women’s rights which advocacy she takes not only in corridors of power but also in the streets … She is one of the first organizations to begin talking about issues that were deemed private and not for public consumption. Continuer la lecture de « Coalition on Violence Against Women COVAW »