RISING GRANTS SOL
For over 17 years, V-Day has been in solidarity with
extraordinary grassroots activists, groups and projects
on the ground.
PROMOTING WOMEN CAPABILITIES BY EDUCATION
LEADERSHIP CENTER (KABUL, AFGHANISTAN)
V-Day has committed to supporting PWCE
(Promoting Women Capabilities by Education) to run an extraordinary leadership
center in the heart of Kabul. The center
is providing free, non-formal education
in literacy, science, computers, family
planning and English for Afghan women
and girls, as well as legal, psychosocial
and counseling support. Originally the
center had planned to serve 250 women,
but demand was so high that they are now serving 300 women, aged 15-30, in three
groups. Most of the women come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds and
many have experienced violence, forced marriage and depression. Additionally, a series
of seminars on issues such as domestic violence, legal rights, rape within marriage, birth
control and pregnancy have proven to be incredibly powerful experiences for women participants. A new class of women began the program in February 2015.
DALIT WOMEN’S SELF RESPECT
MOVEMENT (INDIA)
The Dalit Women’s Self-Respect March/Dalit Mahila Swabihmaan
Yatra is the largest historic challenge to caste-based sexual violence in Indian history. The brainchild of the All India Dalit Women’s Rights Forum/All India Dalit Mahila ADHIKAAR MANCH, survi32