Preventing and responding effectively to gender-based violence is critical to the well-being of women, girls, and entire communities. We design and implement programs that address harmful social norms and build the capacity of governments and civil society to prevent and respond to gender-based violence. Our experience has shown that it is critical to help women and girls to know and exercise their rights and to address men’s and boys’ harmful ideas of masculinity that contribute to this violence.
Celebrating the International Day of the Girl Child with the MAMPU program - To celebrate this year’s International Day of the Girl Child, we are highlighting the important advocacy work of the Australian-Indonesia Partnership for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (MAMPU Program) around […]
Approaches to addressing gender-based violence: Lessons from the field - Gender-based Violence (GBV) is a violation of an individual’s rights, undermining their safety, security, health and dignity. GBV also has widespread ramifications for families and communities, and increases pressure on […]
New program to end violence against women and promote disability inclusiveness in Cambodia - Cowater is implementing a new initiative in Cambodia titled, Australia-Cambodia Cooperation for Equitable Sustainable Services (ACCESS). Funded by Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, ACCESS is a three year […]
