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Kvinna till Kvinna: What we do

Women's rights, advocacy and research

The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation promotes women’s rights in conflict-affected areas. We do so by supporting and cooperating with more than 130 local partner organisations.

Our partners work with gender-based violence prevention, equal participation, economic empowerment and women, peace and security. They are based in the MENA region, Africa, Europe and the South Caucasus.

Kvinna till Kvinna also promotes research and does advocacy work at the national, regional and global level.

Our four focus issues:

  • Preventing and stopping gender-based violence
  • Promoting women’s equal participation in society
  • Strengthening peace, security and women’s participation in peace processes
  • Empowering women economically

Our areas of expertise

Gender-based violence

We work to prevent and stop gender-based violence, and support victims and survivors. Because until women can live their lives free from the threat of violence, equality, lasting peace and security remain out of reach for us all.
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Equal participation

Across the world, women are underrepresented in politics, economic decision-making, peace processes and the public debate. We advocate for women’s full, effective and equal participation in society.
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Women, peace and security

We call for equal participation of women in peace processes and for security policy to be based on the concept of human security. We also work with individual activists to navigate security risks.
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Economic empowerment

We strengthen women’s economic rights and opportunities to find decent and safe work, gain access to resources and land, become financially independent and get recognition for unpaid care and household work.
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Our advocacy work

Advocacy is an important part of our mandate. Together with our partners, we advocate for legislative and policy protection of women’s rights. Where discriminatory attitudes and structures persist, we call for change.

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The Gemaket programme

Our Gemaket programme in Sweden allows young women who have newly arrived in the country to meet others who grew up in Sweden. Participants talk about women’s rights, can apply for funding to start a project and receive support from a mentor.

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