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Women’s movement building and feminist movement building are important for bringing together diverse women’s rights organisations (WROs), activists, feminists, grassroots organisers and allies to achieve change on a larger scale. Movement building helps identify common goals, share lessons and networks, and moves away from working in siloes. Movement building also helps to amplify the voices of structurally marginalised and discriminated groups of women and girls, including women and girls of different ages, ethnicities or religions, disabilities, sexual orientations and gender identities, and…

Autonomous women’s and feminist movements are essential to advancing progressive policies and action to end violence against women and girls (VAWG) and, more broadly, to creating long-term societal transformations towards equality and justice. They usually grow from the grassroots, have a strong grasp of the problems faced within communities and are well placed to empower and mobilise women to come together to tackle the root causes of inequality and violence. They also have the experience, legitimacy and capacities to drive policy change, demand reforms, and hold duty-bearers accountable…

Coalition building involves strengthening and supporting coordination across civil society organisations (CSOs), women’s rights organisations (WROs), broader women’s movements - and sometimes other actors - to address VAWG. This coordination supports collective strategies for change around a specific agenda. 

When these stakeholders come together to share learning, networks, resources and expertise, they are less likely to work in siloes and more likely to achieve change on a larger scale. Coalitions are able to draw on the diverse expertise and networks of different organisations to…

Capacity strengthening initiatives are a key way to support women’s rights organisations (WROs) and civil society organisations (CSOs) to carry out their work to end violence against women and girls (VAWG). It is important to design capacity building activities collaboratively with the organisations and people they aim to support. Such efforts should recognise the existing expertise and priorities of local organisations, rather than making assumptions about what they “lack”.

Capacity building efforts should not exclusively focus on building the capacity of WROs and CSOs to access grants by…

Women’s rights organisations (WROs) are at the forefront of efforts to address violence against women and girls (VAWG) and are often the first responders in situations of crisis. They have pioneered innovative approaches that have been effective in supporting survivors, such as women-led police stations, family courts, and shelters.

They have engaged in community-level work to raise awareness of VAWG and promote changes in the attitudes, behaviours and norms that sustain violence. With their deep knowledge of the needs and priorities of women and girls, they are uniquely placed to develop…