Empowering women - projects worldwide: Misereor

Strong women find ways out of hardship, oppression and violence. All over the world, they are taking their lives into their own hands.

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Continent

Africa

Asia

Latin & Central America

Middle East

Thematic focus:

Protecting human rights and facilitating peace

Many girls experience a hard, unfree life right from birth. They are often not allowed to go to school or take up a profession and do not grow up unscathed. They experience their mothers' fear of violence, homelessness and hunger. This inequality affects women and girls worldwide, especially in poor regions.

But hope is growing. With your help! Misereor partner organisations around the world empower women. They help them to protect themselves and demand their rights. Everyone wins: health, good food, more income for families and peaceful, respectful coexistence.

Women and girls around the world are fighting discrimination in education, health, labour and politics. Despite the human right to equality, they often do not have the same opportunities as men.

In many cultures, women and girls are assigned a lower social status than men and boys. The consequences are different. For example, they cannot earn their own income and are dependent on their husbands. They are also underrepresented at a political level. Their needs and interests often go unheard.

Strengthening women's rights and equality through education, healthcare and economic opportunities is crucial for their independence and social role.

Misereor is committed to strengthening women's rights and working towards a world in which women and girls have the same opportunities and possibilities as men and boys.

Three continents, one goal: safety, a future and self-determination for women and girls!

Bolivia and Colombia

Violence against women and girls is still the order of the day. Moreover, poverty here is particularly female: women are excluded from professions with good income opportunities and tied down by unpaid labour. Help to put this injustice on the political agenda and finally overcome it!

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We women know that life will win out in the end. That's why we find a thousand ways and possibilities to survive socially, emotionally and economically.

Peky Rubín de Celis Méndez
Psychologist and director of a women's rights organisation, Bolivia

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Mali

Circumcision is still practised in many African countries. Education and counselling help to combat this cruel tradition.

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I am happy and proud that I did not have my daughters circumcised. They live their family life without having to suffer the consequences.

Thérèse Coulibaly
Workshop leader and activist, Mali

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Timor-Leste

Girls and women in Timor-Leste are often affected by oppression and social marginalisation by male family members. It is hardly possible for them to lead a self-determined life. There is often a lack of education and vocational training. But the young women seize their opportunity when it presents itself.

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I strive to be a strong woman. A woman who is able to empower other women. So that they develop the courage to speak up and make decisions for their own lives.

Domingas Amaral Afonso
Deputy Director of a women's aid organisation, Timor-Leste

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50 €

185 €

200 €

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50 euros help a former circumciser in Mali to learn a new profession.

For donations by bank transfer, please state the project number "P65011" in the reference.

Sometimes we receive more donations for a project than was granted to the legal holder of the respective project. The projects listed here are examples of the work Misereor supports all over the world. If donations for a project exceed the amount granted to its legal holder, we allocate the surplus to other projects with a similar concept.