Strategic Direction and Objectives
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Support Services
Refers to the assistance provided to individual women who come to the association and report cases of abuse or a violation of their civil rights. These women will receive counselling, legal advice and be assisted in filing cases with the police or through the courts.
Programme Objective: To help women to heal from abuse and to provide them with the necessary support.
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Women’s Leadership Development
Is the knowledge, skills and capacity building programme that builds on the work already done by SWDF. This programme will continue to focus on educating women on the constitution, the laws of Somalia as well as providing knowledge about international human rights instruments such as Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
Programme Objective: To facilitate women’s access to decision-making positions and to develop their leadership capacity.
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Advocacy
is a programme aimed at changing laws, policies and government programmes which discriminate against women and girls. An important part of advocacy is the documenting of violations as well as reporting on such violations. SWDF will document the experiences of women and use opportunities such as Shadow Reporting to bring national and world attention to the plight of Somali women.
Programme Objective: To change the thinking and behaviour of decision makers in order to prevent the violation of women’s rights, and to protect and promote the rights of women.