Program “Resisting gender-based violence in the name of culture and religion”

Program "Resisting gender-based violence in the name of the culture and religion"

In connection with the growing influence of fundamentalism, women’s human rights defenders are becoming more active and organized to find a solution to the problem of the destructive requirements of fundamentalism, to protect the rights of women and girls, both in law and in society itself, to conduct alternative dialogues based on gender equality. Using religion or culture as an excuse, conservative groups promote reactionary laws and traditional practices that degrade women and keep criminals from getting punished. The rapid and intensified mobilization of forces against women’s rights in the name of culture and religion and the further justification for violent actions against their rights and bodies can only be overcome and defeated only by a stronger, determined and strategic alliance of women’s rights organizations and activists.

The program goals

  • Mutual support for women's organizations, women's groups, women activists to be better prepared to confront gender-based violence in the name of culture and religion
  • Collective struggle for social transformation and respect for all human rights of women.

The program implementation

  • Public women’s organizations and women’s groups are united in a single network within the framework of the program
  • Joint collection of information, meetings, interviews, focus groups and surveys to analyze the situation
  • Development of recommendations on further priorities and strategies for both government agencies and public organizations
  • Joint collection of information, meetings, interviews, focus groups and surveys to analyze the situation
  • Raising awareness of women’s organizations, interested state bodies, local governments, women, the population about the negative impact of fundamentalism
  • Joint lobbying of power structures and other interested organizations in order to improve the status of women associated with the influence of fundamentalism
  • Within the framework of the program, public women’s organizations and women’s groups increase their potential in the field of combating fundamentalism

The “Resisting gender-based violence in the name of the culture and religion” platform webpage

www.resistingvawinca.kg