Partners in focus regions

The Foundation’s partner organizations are generally managed by women and located in the global South.

The Foundation and its partner organizations keep regular contact; their cooperation is based on mutual trust and transparency.

Region

Direct investment also respects that the Global South have an understanding of their context in terms of development, rule of law, governance and status of human rights with regards to many facets including gender. They are therefore able to identify and formulate relevant and sustainable initiatives that are adaptable and best fit the context and continue to be beneficial to target communities beyd external support.

Sandra Musoga, human rights advocate, advocacy and policy analyst, Executive Director Women Coalition for Empowerment – Eastern Africa

I’m very passionate about education in particular of the girl child as I believe if you educate a girl child, the effect is felt throughout the community. As an indigenous woman I work for the empowerment of my community, the enhancement of the capacities of the girl child and the amplification of women’s voices in my community.

Nkamunu Patita, human rights and environmental justice defender, project implementation
Women Coalition for Empowerment – Eastern Africa

Directing power and resources towards local NGOs will further support capacity development of local organizations so that they can lobby for broader social change.

Katosi Women Development Trust, Margaret Nakato, Coordinator

> Katosi

Peru

Las Comunes

Project: Counteracting violence through music

Country: Peru

Project duration: 07/25–07/27, project partner since 2024

Partnerorganisationen: Las Comunes, Peru

> lascomunes.com

> Focus on the project

Women and young people stand up against violence affecting women and children by composing songs and rap music and writing lyrics. Their musical appeals are distributed via social media and aim at breaking up the patriarchal narrative. Las Comunes was founded in 2024 and is breaking new ground in violence prevention with this pilot project.

Brasilien

Instituto Cordilheira

Project: Women fighting for their land

Country: Brasilien

Project duration: 10/23–09/26

Partnerorganisationen: Instituto Cordilheira, Brazil

> institutocordilheira.org.br

> Focus on the project

Extensive mining is threatening the existence of many rural communities in Minas Gerais. The project supports women who are dedicated to human rights and an intact environment. They learn how to deal with the competent authorities and receive assistance in establishing their economic independence in the field of medicinal herbs and aroma therapy.

Kolumbien

CENTRAP and Casa Ernestina Parra

Project: Safety and perspective

Country: Kolumbien

Project duration: 07/23–07/25, project partner since 2021

Partnerorganisationen: CENTRAP and Casa Ernestina Parra, Soacha, Colombia

> centrap.org.co

The women’s collective Casa Ernestina Parra offers women affected by violence a place of refuge and provides them with access to legal and psychosocial support, as well as educational opportunities. Additionally, this small but efficient group carries out awareness-raising work on gender-specific violence in its community and takes the authorities to task.

Brasilien

Casa de Maria

Project: Palm nuts as an opportunity

Country: Brasilien

Project duration: 01/25–12/26, project partner since 2023

Partnerorganisationen: Casa de Maria, Brazil

> facebook.com

Supported by the Casa de Maria cooperative, palm nut pickers, most of whom are single mothers currently living on social welfare, want to develop their home-made licuri and babassu nut oil, as well as other products, for market readiness. Their goal is to improve their economic and social situation. The project also plans to build a support network with women’s cooperatives.

Bolivien

Fundación Machaqa Amawta (FMA)

Project: Strengthening women affected by violence

Country: Bolivien

Project duration: 01/23–12/25

Partnerorganisationen: Fundación Machaqa Amawta (FMA), Bolivia

> fmachaqa.org

The Fundación Machaqa Amawta (FMA) advocates for democracy, justice and equality and wants to counter the ever-present gender-specific violence against women in La Paz. It provides training to 20 women who can become community therapists. They will be able to assist and help women affected by violence in therapy groups. Women are taught their rights and enabled to free themselves from the abusive situation they are in.

Bolivien

Asociación Kay Pacha

Project: Arts and crafts for survival

Country: Bolivien

Project duration: 01/23–12/25

Partnerorganisationen: Asociación Kay Pacha, Bolivia

The women on Lake Poopó were already organized in arts and crafts associations in the past. The Kay Pacha project helps approximately 200 women to improve their products’ quality and to gain market access more easily. A mutual network is being created to strengthen every single women’s organization. Moreover, they are taught their rights as women and as indigenous peoples in workshops.

Bolivien

Fundación Comunidad Plural (C-Plural)

Project: Medicines from the forest

Country: Bolivien

Project duration: 01/23–12/25

Partnerorganisationen: Fundación Comunidad Plural (C-Plural), Bolivia

> facebook.com

Deforestation, mining, and extensive agriculture are a threat to the livelihood of the indigenous Tacana people. Particularly women having a broad knowledge of traditional herbal medicine – that is very widespread in Bolivia – are able to counter this threat. The C-Plural foundation helps the female botanic experts to improve production processes and marketing of their products.

Bolivien

RENACE (Red Nacional de Acción Ecológica)

Project: Strengthening small women entrepreneurs

Country: Bolivien

Project duration: 10/25–09/28, project partner since 2022

Partnerorganisationen: RENACE (Red Nacional de Acción Ecológica), Bolivia

> renacebolivia.org.bo

Since 2004, RENACE has been promoting ecological agriculture among indigenous communities in the Alto Beni region. The project supported by focus women offers training and further education in business management to small women entrepreneurs and producers with the aim to improve the marketing of their local products.

Bolivien

Colectivo CASA

Project: Organic farming instead of mining

Country: Bolivien

Project duration: 01/25–12/26, project partner since 2022

Partnerorganisationen: Colectivo CASA, Bolivia

> colectivocasa.org.bo

After the first project in which the women successfully fought for their right to clean water, the current project focuses on securing their livelihood in the long term. In the mining regions, they are looking for ecological alternatives to mining, receive training in organic farming and are establishing community and school gardens based on their newly acquired knowledge.

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