16 Days of Activism
Futures Thanks 16 Days of Activism Honorees
December 11, 2011 Our heartfelt gratitude to the individuals and organizations that allowed us to highlight their accomplishments during our 16 Days of Activism salute. During the past few weeks, we've been inspired by the great work being done worldwide at the crossroads of health and gender based violence. In the year ahead, we look foward to featuring even more examples of courageous efforts helping to prevent and end violence against women and children. [more...]
KOFAVIV, Haiti
December 10, 2011 After losing their homes and possessions in the January 2010 earthquake, Haiti’s KOFAVIV reconstituted their organization in one of the sprawling, makeshift camps of Port-au-Prince. [more...]
Project Alert, Nigeria
December 9, 2011 Defending the human rights of women and young girls, Project Alert on Violence Against Women, is a non-governmental organization in Lagos, Nigeria established by Josephine Effah-Chukwuma in January 1999. [more...]
Professors Jane Koziol-McLain and Denise Wilson, New Zealand
December 8, 2011 Offering bi-cultural support and assistance to Māori abused women and children across New Zealand, Professors Jane Koziol-McLain and Denise Wilson have been leaders in the work to create a health care system that is culturally competent. [more...]
Virginia Project Connect, Virginia
December 7, 2011 Transforming the way that home visitation programs and family planning clinics respond to victims of domestic violence and their children, Virginia State’s Department of Health provided safety and support for nearly 85,000 women in 2010. [more...]
Foundation Rama Levina (FORAL), Democratic Republic of the Congo
December 6, 2011 Foundation Rama Levina (FORAL) provides free health care services to girls and women, and facilitates innovative solidarity groups that engage gender based violence survivors with other village women in microfinance activities. [more...]
Promundo, Brazil
December 5, 2011 Engaging men and boys around the world, Promundo is a non-governmental organization founded in 1997 that seeks to promote gender equality and end violence against women, children and youth. [more...]
National Domestic Violence Hotline, Texas
December 4, 2011 The National Domestic Violence Hotline receives approximately 23,500 calls each month and offers toll-free, confidential and anonymous services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, in more than 170 different languages. [more...]
Dilaasa, India
December 3, 2011 Applying an innovative approach, Dilaasa is a hospital-based crisis centre operating in partnership with the public health system in Mumbai, India. [more...]
Hearty Sendai, Japan
December 2, 2011 Hearty Sendai is a non-governmental organization that provides shelter and counseling for battered women in Sendai, capital of Miyagi Prefecture. [more...]
Dr. Claudia Garcia Moreno, World Health Organization
December 1, 2011 Leading the World Health Organization’s (WHO) efforts to address gender based violence (GBV), Dr. Claudia Garcia-Moreno, M.D., coordinated the first ever WHO Multi-Country Study on Women’s Health and Domestic Violence Against Women in 2005. [more...]
KMG, Ethiopia
November 30, 2011 KMG Ethiopia, an indigenous civil society organization founded in 1997 by Bogaletch and Fikirte Gebre, opened the area’s first clinic to improve not just women’s health, but their economic empowerment and education. [more...]
Dr. Natalia Lokhmatkina, Russia
November 29, 2011 Advocate, researcher and physician, Dr. Natalia Lokhmatkina founded Women's and Children's Crisis Center Anastasia, the first hotline for abused women and children in the Russian Far East. [more...]
Buklod Center & Nagkakaisang Kababaihan (NAGKA), Philippines
November 28, 2011 These sister organizations have provided assistance to victims and survivors of military sexual exploitation and trafficking in the "red light" districts of Olongapo City and Angeles City. [more...]
Jane Root, Maine
Nov 27, 2011 Jane Root has been instrumental in the transformation of the health care response to domestic violence on the tribal lands of the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians in Maine. [more...]
Dr. Nguyen Thi Hoai Duc, Vietnam
Nov 26, 2011 Dr. Nguyen Thi Hoai Duc is an obstetrician and gynecologist whose work has helped shape the maternal health landscape in Vietnam. She is a specialist and national training expert on gender, reproductive health and social and community health. [more...]
Sebastiana Vásquez Gómez, México
Nov 25, 2011 Sebastiana Vásquez Gómez is a community educator and midwife in Chiapas, México whose training of birth attendants and efforts to battle domestic abuse has transformed the indigenous Tzotzil community of Chalchihuitan. [more...]
Futures Celebrates the 16 Days of Activism
Beginning November 25, Futures Without Violence will recognize and honor 16 individuals and organizations for their innovative projects that deepen the link between promoting women's health and ending gender based violence (GBV). These advocates are being saluted for their ground-breaking work in GBV health education and intervention, reproductive or maternal health care, HIV/AIDS prevention, and services in post-conflict situations and natural disasters. [more...]
