Engaging women to change the world since 2001
Vienna, Austria
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1/4 Celebrating our MotherSchools & FatherSchools Parenting for Peace graduates in Kempten and Munich: a shared success and true bridge-building between parents, community members, and policy shapers...
3/4 We heard from our local implementing partner Ayla Inan (SmF Kempten), Dr. Christiane Nischler-Leibl (@BayStMAS), and Edit Schlaffer, founder of Women without Borders. Parents and teachers shared their own stories, and music filled the room!
4/4 But graduation isn't an ending. What they've learned goes home with them, into their families & communities.
The MotherSchools & FatherSchools projects in Kempten & Munich are made possible by the generous support from @BayStMAS.
1/3 As today marks the #InternationalDayOfPeace we’re reminded of the role models who hold up the pillars of global stability and strengthen our collective social fabric for a more peaceful future...
2/3 In today’s increasingly volatile world, let’s all do what we can in our corners of the world to uphold & practice respect and kindness 🌏
Last weekend, WwB & our longstanding partner @JahjagaFdn hosted a Training of the Teachers workshop in Pristina for the 6th generation...
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Was an honour to attend and moderate a panel and discussion with 🇦🇫 Ambassador @ManizhaBakhtari on the tragic and ongoing Women Right’s crisis in 🇦🇫 and the aftermath of the ban on girls’ education.
Gender equality remains one of our main priorities.
1/3 A warm congratulations to the graduates of our 'Women Know How' programme in Vienna! These role models came together and created safe spaces built on trust and shared experiences...
2/3 Together, they broke through the isolation that so often surrounds violence, and reclaimed the confidence it can so often take away.
This marks the second roll-out of the programme in Vienna, delivered in partnership with Verein Nachbarinnen...
3/3 Thank you to the Austrian Federal Ministry of Social Affairs for their continued support, and to the @AlbertinaMuseum for hosting the graduation and welcoming the group to tour the "Care Matters" exhibition with curator Dr. Gabriele Schor.
1/4 Last month, Women without Borders held our first-ever international Parenting for Peace Academy in Kerala, India!
The Academy was developed to expand our pool of WwB Trainers who deliver MotherSchools Train the Trainer workshops...
3/4 A key stepping stone to expanding and advancing our long-term commitment to sustainable, locally-led capacity building in security and gender-based peacebuilding.
Next stop: the Training of the Teachers workshop in July, led by our newly certified Academy trainers in Kerala!
4/4 A wholehearted thanks to our steadfast partners in Kerala, Fourth Wave Foundation. And to the L’Oréal Fund for Women (@LOrealGroupe) for making this project possible.
1/3 Fathers are joining the Parenting for Peace movement in Frankfurt and Marburg!
After 5 years of implementing MotherSchools in #Hessen, Women without Borders is proud to launch FatherSchools here for the first time, in partnership with Rumi imPuls e.V...
2/3 Our core philosophy? Peace at home is everyone's responsibility. We believe that raising peaceful, resilient children is not a mother's responsibility alone. Fathers are equally powerful role models!
We kicked things off with a Training of the Teachers workshop...
3/3 ...preparing FatherSchools trainers to bring the programme to their own communities. Roll-out begins in a few weeks!
The FatherSchools in Hessen are funded through the programme "Hessen - aktiv für Demokratie und gegen Extremismus” (@RegHessen)
1/3 On the heels of the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, and at a moment when democratic and legal protections for women and girls are under pressure worldwide, Women without Borders continues its work where it matters most: in communities.
2/3 1 in 3 women globally will experience domestic violence in her lifetime. Our GBV prevention programme 'Women Know How: Ending Gender-Based Violence' empowers women to break the taboo surrounding violence, question the silence & challenge the stigma that allows it to persist.