UN Women is the UN organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide. WEBSITE: www.unwomen.org
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The Gender Violence Recovery Centre (GVRC) is a non-profit making, non-partisan, charitable trust of the Nairobi Women’s Hospital. GVRC main purpose is to mobilize resources to provide free medical treatment and psychosocial support to survivors of gender based violence. WEBSITE: http://www.gvrc.or.ke
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The Nairobi Women’s Hospital is among the leading private hospitals in Kenya, providing holistic healthcare services to the whole family with a view to be the largest hospital group in Eastern Africa. WEBSITE: http://www.nwch.co.ke
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The Ford Foundation was established on Jan. 15, 1936, with an initial gift of $25,000 from Edsel Ford, whose father Henry, founded the Ford Motor Company. During its early years, the foundation operated in Michigan under the leadership of Ford family members. Since the founding charter stated that resources should be used “for scientific, educational and charitable purposes, all for the public welfare,” the foundation made grants to many kinds of organizations. WEBSITE: www.fordfoundation.org
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The Wangu Kanja Foundation (K) was born from challenges that the founder Wangu Kanja went through after she was raped in a carjacking incidence in 2002. Her traumatic experience in the hands of the rapist, family, friends and the public led to her realization that she needed to take action to provide hope and healing for, survivors of sexual violence. WEBSITE: www.wangukanjafoundation.org
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I’M WORTH DEFENDING [IWD] is an International non-profit NGO with a mandate to operate in different parts of the world. This program is designed to empower women, girls and children from being raped through education and Self-Defense training, to counsel rape survivors and to sensitize teenage boys to responsible and respectful behavior towards women and girls. WEBSITE: www.imworthdefendingafrica.org
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Launched in 2008, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign is a multi-year effort aimed at preventing and eliminating violence against women and girls in all parts of the world. UNiTE calls on governments, civil society, women’s organizations, young people, the private sector, the media and the entire UN system to join forces in addressing the global pandemic of violence against women and girls. WEBSITE: www.endviolence.un.org
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The MHRRC works with civil society organizations to effectively support the developing democracy in the country. MHRRC contributes towards the consolidation of channels of free expression and other rights for the citizens by working with and building the capacity of NGOs and CSOs working on human rights. WEBSITE: www.humanrights.mw
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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.WEBSITE: www.covaw.or.ke
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The African Women's Development and Communication NetworkFEMNET aims to strengthen the role and contribution of African NGOs focusing on women's development, equality and other human rights. It also aims to provide a channel through which these NGOs can reach one another and share experiences, information and strategies to as to improve their work on African women's development, equality and other human rights. WEBSITE: www.femnet.or.ke