Our Evidence

We know how valuable it can be to use learning and evidence to support our advocacy work. Here you can find our evidence hub, containing all of our published briefings, reports, situational assessments, research and data on the range of issues we work on.

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Participant at Women for Women International training centre in Kawrgosk refugee camp, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Photo Credit: Sabua
Participant at Women for Women International training centre in Kawrgosk refugee camp, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Photo Credit: Sabua

Listen to Women

Nigera, Iraq, Research, Recommendations, Participation

Identifying Barriers to and Opportunities for Women’s Participation and Leadership in Nigeria and Iraq. Written in partnership with Baghdad Women's Association (BWA) and Women Advocates, Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC).

Cover photo: Norwegian Afghanistan Committee Design: Tonje M. Viken
Cover photo: Norwegian Afghanistan Committee Design: Tonje M. Viken

Lost in Consultation

Research, Consultation, International Community

The international community is failing at meaningful engagement with Afghan women. The 'Lost in Consultation' report reveals the international community’s lack of willingness to engage Afghan women in discussions about their future. Compiled from responses of 213 women-led organisations across Afghanistan, this report sheds light on the urgent need for accountability and transparency.

Programme participants at the Women for Women International agriculture training site in Yei, South Sudan. Photo credit: Charles Atiki Lomodong
Programme participants at the Women for Women International agriculture training site in Yei, South Sudan. Photo credit: Charles Atiki Lomodong

CULTIVATING A MORE ENABLING ENVIRONMENT

Situational assessment, policy brief, climate change

Around the world, climate change crises and conflicts are on the rise, and it is women and girls who are disproportionately impacted. The most climate-vulnerable communities are also some of the most affected by conflict and economic insecurity; communities that have contributed the least to the climate crisis. 

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Funded by the UK’s Conflict, Stability and Security Fund, our ‘Resourcing Change’ project is in partnership with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) and Saferworld. Photo credit: Jenn Warren

RESOURCING CHANGE

Research Brief, Flexible Funding

This funding has enabled them to continue responding to their self-identified community needs even when these change unexpectedly, strengthen their organisational capacities to work independently and allowed them to come together and learn from each other. Access to core and flexible funding – in recognition of women’s rights organisations’ greater knowledge and experience of their contexts – enables them to prioritise and respond to what’s needed.

Women for Women International programme participants in South Sudan. Photo Credit: Brian Sokol
At Women for Women International, our holistic approach to programming strives to reduce the incidence of violence against women (VAW) by raising awareness of women’s rights and strengthening whole-of-community action against VAW. Photo Credit: Brian Sokol

COMMUNITY ATTITUDES TOWARDS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Global, Violence Against Women, Policy Briefs

Globally, one third of women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence, especially in fragile and conflict-affected states. We spoke to women around the world about their attitudes towards violence against women. Read our policy briefs, highlighting community views and amplifying the experiences of the most marginalised.

"WHERE I AM GOING AND WHERE I AM"

Afghanistan, Research and Recommendations

Hear from Afghan women Human Rights Defenders outside Afghanistan as they discuss the personal and professional opportunities and challenges they face.

“WHAT OF OUR UNFULFILLED PROMISES?”

Situational Assessment, Research, in Syria and Iraq

Situational Assessment and Policy Brief on Syrian women refugees’ experiences in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Syrian refugees living in Iraq share their experiences, challenges and calls for action.

The international community still has an important role to play in supporting Afghan women’s rights.
The international community still has an important role to play in supporting Afghan women’s rights. Credit: Hossein Fatemi

NO ONE HEARS OUR VOICES: AFGHANISTAN REPORT

Afghanistan, Research and Policy Brief

Afghan women share their hopes and fears. In their own words, Afghan women call for women's rights, inclusion in public life, urgent economic relief and for the international community to step in solidarity with them.

A new graduate receives her certificate at a COVID compliant graduation ceremony in northern Nigeria. Photo: Women for Women International
A new graduate receives her certificate at a COVID compliant graduation ceremony in northern Nigeria. Photo: Women for Women International

GENDERED IMPACT OF COVID-19

Research, Partnership, GAPS, COVID-19

Now and the Future - Pandemics and Crisis: Gender Equality, Peace and Security in a COVID-19 World and Beyond has 22 partners and is based on consultation with over 200 organisations in 10 countries. Women for Women International is proud to be one of the partners who participated in the research, sharing findings from Nigeria and Afghanistan.

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The Global Goals

SDGs, Data, Evidence

We have committed to using the Sustainable Development Goals as a framework for sharing our data and our contribution towards the implementation of the Goals. Alongside our printed and digital report cards, we have created an interactive dataset to illustrate the impact of our programme on targets within the Global Goals. Explore our data to see our contribution towards the implementation of the Goals.

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COVID-19 is amplifying inequalities and power disparities. Poverty, insecurity and gender-based violence are spiralling – and those who are already unheard and unseen will be hit the hardest. Photo credit: Ryan Carter

UNHEARD. UNSEEN.

Global, Research, Recommendations

Our Agenda for Action for 2020 and beyond. Marginalised women in fragile and conflict-affected states have been left behind in the progress and ambitions of world leaders’ commitments. Our Agenda for Action sets out the five priority areas where we are calling for urgent action to achieve the changes needed for marginalised women affected by conflict.

Our Policy and Advocacy Commentary

Nisha Singh, Senior Global Policy and Advocacy Manager, explains why Women for Women International uses a climate ‘justice’ lens to approach our programming and advocacy to strengthen women’s resilience at the intersection of conflict and climate shocks. 


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The following recommendations developed by the Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS) network are to inspire swift, cost-effective and necessary action from the UK on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) during the first 100 days of office.


Conflict and crises disproportionately impact women and girls – particularly their access to power and decision-making. Policymakers and donors should embed meaningful partnerships as the foundation for future feminist approaches to foreign or development policy interventions. Read this policy brief that we developed in partnership with GAPS that sets our recommendations for meaningful partnerships.


Last week, global leaders met for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Summit, part of the annual United Nations General Assembly. These high-level talks mark the halfway point to the 2030 deadline of achieving the SDGs. Read about how our work aligns with the Goals, and where our data helps to paint a more nuanced picture of global progress.


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The UK Government recently published two long-awaited policies, reflecting how collective and sustained advocacy - anchored in women’s experiences - can contribute to small wins in a broader context of a global rollback on women’s rights, no matter how painstaking those advocacy efforts or granular those wins may feel. So, what are those small wins, and are they worth celebrating?


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2022 saw the midpoint of the UN’s 15-year 2030 Agenda, which, at its inception, was celebrated for recognising the centrality of gender equality to the entire Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): that achieving gender equality (SDG 5) would be contingent on progress made across the other 16 goals. Read this blog co-authored by Rachel Boketa and Stephanie Siddall on how women in the DRC are paving the way for other women to claim their rights.


The realities and experiences of the most marginalised women affected by conflict are unlikely to be captured in official, national-level data. That's why we started publishing data from the women in our programmes in 2017 - increasing their visibility. Read our top 10 highlights from our monitoring and evaluation data on how our work aligns with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. 


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The realities and experiences of the most marginalised women affected by conflict are unlikely to be captured in official, national-level data. That's why we started publishing data from the women in our programmes in 2017 - increasing their visibility. Read our top 10 highlights from our monitoring and evaluation data on how our work aligns with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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Our Policy and Advocacy Archive

Towards an effective approach for Women, Peace and Security

subtitle: This 2016 report summarises key findings from a study commissioned by Women for Women International (WfWI) into the effects of its work in Afghanistan and Kosovo on women’s social cohesion and economic resilience.

This 2016 report summarises key findings from a study commissioned by Women for Women International (WfWI) into the effects of its work in Afghanistan and Kosovo on women’s social cohesion and economic resilience. 


Last week, Heads of State and Government descended on New York to meet for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Summit, as part of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Along with members of our Global Advocacy Team, I travelled to New York to represent Women for Women International at the Summit.


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Our Global Advocacy Manager, Stephanie Siddall, discusses global progress towards gender equality and what more we must do to ensure that the most marginalised women and girls aren't left behind.


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Carron Mann, Head of Policy and Advocacy, highlights our engagement with the UN’s 63rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, a key space for us to share our evidence and amplify the voices of the women we serve with key influencers.

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Our Global Policy and Advocacy Work

Click to learn more about our approach to global policy and advocacy. You can read our theory of change for policy and advocacy as well as navigate to find out more about our approach to partnerships and community advocacy.