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  In Bangladesh, 51% of girls are married by the time they turn eighteen (18), and 5 in 10 child brides give birth before age 18 (UNICEF, 2020). This is because the patriarchal culture [...]

Entrepreneurship, protection, connection These three words signify Tunadobees’ and Woord en Daad’s Busy Bees programme [https://www.woordendaad.nl/tag/busybees-oeganda/]. Bees connect. Investing [...]

Sexual Violence in Conflict (SViC) has received increased focus within the political discourse and international aid programming over the past years. In spite of this, the use of sexual violence [...]

    Tearfund is working as part of the Joint Initiative for Strategic Religious Action (JISRA). Working within religious communities to tackle discrimination and extremism and building bridges [...]

According to the United Nations, 35 percent of women worldwide experience sexual or domestic violence in their lives. In order to discuss risks and solutions to this problem, the human rights [...]

BONGA Project. In Tanzania, Dar-es-Salaam district, Stromme Foundation works with the locale partner OCODE. They have activities towards children and youth through supporting schools and the [...]

The number of reported cases of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) has risen sharply in Eastern Africa during and after the spread of the Covid-19 virus and related lockdown measures. Cases [...]

Lisanne van der Steeg works as Policy Advisor for Woord en Daad and is a member of the PCSD working group of CONCORD. Woord en Daad is an NGO active in 22 countries worldwide, helping different [...]

Read | Download the study: EU-CORD and the triple nexus In the network, we have a strong focus on partnership and encouraging close, practical collaboration between our members. When discussing [...]

Close to my office in Brussels, there is a church I’ll withdraw to when I need to reflect or pray during my working day. It’s where I am sitting this morning with a pad and pen to draft this [...]