Friends Women’s Association JUNE 2024 Report

In the month of November 2023 , in the context of the project “Connecting the Global to the Local: Strengthening Women’s Leadership for the Localization of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on “Women, Peace and Security”, seven psychologists and 132 psychologists’ assistants have been receiving gender-based violence survivors for both listening and…

“I have a case of a young girl who has been sent away by one of their neighbors (not her parents) because she was pregnant. What can we do as mediators? Answer: you need to do deep investigations to understand why the neighbour is taking decision to send away the preganant girl. Or if the…

Ciella was born from an HIV positive mother, she was suffering from malnutrition. Under the support of Red Cross Burundi, FWA was able to give milk to her. Esperance, one of the FWA health mediators, took the initiative to raise her from her own home………………………..

COVID-19 AND NTASEKA CLINIC In the month March 2021, Friends Women’s Association has continued to apply Covid-19 restrictions at Ntaseka Clinic for both the staff and the beneficiaries’ protection. MARCH 8, 2021 On March 12, 2021, as women-led organization which works for women, the FWA joined the world to celebrate the international women’s day.

My name is Nadine. I am from the indigenous people, I was told that in our ethnic group we do not study and I was discouraged when I attended school. When I was 10th grade, I was really discouraged until I gave up. During their home visits, FWA GBV accompanists found me and advised me…

My name is Claire. We use these principles as the SHGs’ leaders. Through this meeting, we have learned clearly what to do and help people with non-violence but what we find is that the leaders of the SHGs need to learn about both these principles and strategies of UCP. Actually, they need to be nonpartisan…