Help to empower women and girls
Gender equality is a fundamental human right and an essential component for long-term peace.
Gender equality is a fundamental human right and an essential component for long-term peace
All of HART’s programmes depend on the expertise and resilience of women, many of whom are the focal point of development in their community. We celebrate their work to promote and protect human rights. We also highlight issues that continue to affect women and girls disproportionately, including sexual violence, political participation and access to education.
Health facilities in Shan state are severely under-resourced. There is no health education in schools and many families live in remote villages far away from the limited number of clinics. The Women’s Wellbeing Programme, led by Shan Women’s Action Network, helps to bridge the gap. Their team of Community Health Workers show mothers how to look after their children. They teach about family planning, malaria, diarrhoea, fever, food and nutrition, personal hygiene and child health.
Our partnership with the Maaloula Women’s Project began in 2018, four years after the town was badly destroyed in the Syrian war. The partnership helps to empower local women, who are tasked with preparing and conserving excess seasonal food for hundreds of vulnerable families, or who sell their produce to generate income. Materials are purchased from the nearby market, helping to support the local economy. Their success has contributed to the return of displaced families, who are incentivised to re-invest in their town.
The Marol Academy is known locally as a ‘girls school, which boys may attend’. It grew out of a vision to provide education in a safe and accessible environment for children in Marol village, especially girls. The school has grown from a chalkboard under a tree in 2007 to seven buildings and 18 full-time teachers supporting 1,100 students.
Our mission would not be able to be implemented without HART’s support. SWAN is one of the strongest feminist organisations that acts against the dominant practices of the patriarchal society in Burma.
Nang Morn Kaein, former Country Director of Shan Women’s Action Network (SWAN)
We ladies were treated like rubbish, but you have honoured us.
Tarika Women’s Centre, Bangalore
HART’s support empowers women and enables them to generate an income. With the situation of inflation and a shortage of fuel, it is not enough for one person per household to be working. Now, the women work as hard as the men to support the financial needs of their family.
Bishop Boutros Kassis, General Manager of EPDC
I am a girl and yet I am being educated… I may be married by now if I didn’t have access to school. Thank you HART and [Baroness Cox] for the love.
Hassana, aged 13, on a scholarship at Bari School in Nigeria
Women do not generally have a strong voice in their own communities, but their time with HIAM Health inspires and empowers them to be agents of change.
Therese McGillon, HIAM Health in Timor-Leste
Help to empower women and girls
Gender equality is a fundamental human right and an essential component for long-term peace.