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Friendship

Runa Khan, Sarke Parthe, Wasama Doja, Abdus Sabur Chowdhury, William Lebedel, Tiphaine Degoute.

Friendship’s mission is to develop and support humanitarian and development programmes in Bangladesh while raising public awareness on the challenges facing the country.

Céline Thomas – Plan International

As an NGO, Plan International has been working for 80 years in 56 developing countries for a more just and equitable world, through the promotion of children’s rights and gender equality.

Laurence Gillois – UN Women Brussels Office

UN Women is the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, UN Women was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide.

Paula Aramayo – Asociacion Pro Arte y Cultura

Under the slogan “We all deserve better and equal opportunities”, APAC has supported and encouraged the creation of 15 music schools for children and adolescents as well as 20 theatre groups in Bolivia.

Instituto Update Brasil

Instituto Update’s research aims at strengthening democracy and political innovation in the impoverished areas of Brazil.

COMUNIDADE JARDIM IBIRAPUERA

A social residence for refugees and the homeless in a favela of Sao Paulo.

HUTUKARA ASSOCIAÇAO YANOMAMI

This organisation works to defend the rights of the Yanomami people.

INSTITUTO SOCIOAMBIENTAL

This institute works for the protection of the environment and defends the land rights of the indigenous people.

MALE DEBALÊ

This dance association from the Itapuã district of Salvador has been active in the Bahia Music scene for three decades. The group was created to fight racism and give more visibility to the Afro-Brazilian population.

DIDA ESCOLA DE MÚSICA

A non-profit organisation introducing women to music and helping them improve their self-esteem.

BAHIANA DO ACARAJÉ

Typical Bahia association. Its name refers to the women, traditionally dressed in white, who walk the streets selling food like the “acarajé”, a Bahia specialty.

BATEKOO

An Afrocentric and LGBTQ+ collective organising parties to empower women and minorities to fight against racism through dance.

NEOM – Bordadeiras da Chapada dos Guimarães

Association of women artisans in the Central-West rural region of Brazil.

Sally Rhoads-Heinrich – Surrogacy in Canada Online

Surrogacy in Canada Online helps provide information, reference and support to future parents and surrogate mothers since 2001. Surrogacy is a legal and very effective method for those who have had difficulties or need help to start their own family.

Shericka Bennett – Canadian Cancer Society

The Canadian Cancer Society is a national, community-based charitable organisation of volunteers whose mission is to eradicate cancer and improve the quality of life of people living with the disease.

Glenys Robinson – International Society of Women Airline Pilots

A non-profit, charitable organisation composed of career women airline pilots whose mission is to support informational exchange and social interaction among its members in a healthy environment, provide aviation scholarship opportunities for career-seeking women and inspire future generations of women aviators.

Anna Skorupsky – Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre

Through its museums and programmes, the Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre disseminates information to improve knowledge of the Holocaust. It serves as a basis for a conversation about civil society for present and future generations.

Johanna Bahamon, Nicolas Martinez – Fundacion Accion Interna
Organisation that aims to empower and improve the quality of life of the prison and post-prison population in Colombia. Its objective is to transform and reconcile the prison population with civil society.

Fundacion Capital
The foundation works to improve the financial lives of people living in poverty around the world, partnering with governments and the private sector to design and deliver solutions that increase the economic opportunities of millions of people.

Joyce Ventura – Colectivo de Pensamiento y Accion Mujeres, Paz y Seguridad
This Pact is an autonomous citizen initiative promoted by the Collective Thought and Action on Women, Peace and Security which proposes an ethical revolution for a transformative, just and lasting peace-building process.

Big Bang Unity
Big Bang Unity organises responsible and ethical excursions in the Omo Valley, using the funds raised to support health education programmes in local communities.

Ritva Holmberg – The Sámi Education Institute
The purpose of the Sámi Education Institute is to provide education suited to the needs of the Sámi Area, to maintain and develop Sámi culture and nature-based occupations, and to promote the production of educational material published in Sámi.

Virva Hepolampi – Feminist Association Unioni
Unioni works to advance women’s rights, fight against discrimination and raise awareness around gender issues in Finnish society.

ANEF

Jean Eyssartier, Cecile Colombe, Laurent Kupferman, Marjolaine Fraysse, Severine Delaville

ANEF is an association fighting exclusion through prevention, educational and social reintegration.

Giovanna Rincon – ACCEPTESS-T
Acceptess-T stands for of Concrete Actions Conciliating Education, Prevention, Work, Equity, Health and Sport for Transgender People. Based in Paris, this Trans NGO works to defend the rights of the most vulnerable transgender people through intersectionality.

Élise Moison – Association Force Femmes
Recognised of public interest, Force Femmes is an association whose objective is to support and assist unemployed women over the age of 45 in their efforts to return to work and start a business.

Association Joséphine
The Joséphine non-profit association is committed to fighting isolation and breaking down barriers to essential care. According to its conception of beauty, all women should be able to have access to beauty care and time for well-being. The services provided in its salons reinforce self-esteem and empowers women towards a more dignified life.

Association Les Amis du Bus des Femmes
Based in Paris, the Bus des Femmes provides a community-based public health services to prostitutes. The Bus des Femmes operates in the prostitution areas of the Paris Region with 8 weekly tours: 4 by day and 4 by night.

CARE France
Philippe Levêque, Emmanuela Croce, Laury Anne Bellessa
CARE is one of the world’s leading humanitarian organisations. It fights extreme poverty and addresses the rights of all vulnerable groups regardless of race, creed or nationality. Women and girls are at the heart of both its emergency response and long-term development programs.

Sophie Gergaud – De la plume à l’écran
De la plume à l’écran is an association that promotes Indigenous cinema, it also imagines, develops, produces and hosts events fighting stereotypes regarding Indigenous peoples.

Elle’s imagine’nt
Elle’s IMAGINE’nt is an organisation dedicated to fighting domestic violence against women.

Louise Delavier – En Avant Toutes
En avant toute(s) campaigns for gender equality. It works to prevent and combat domestic violence as well as inequalities within the couple or the family. It offers help, support and counselling in order to sensitise young people to gender-based violence.

Isabelle Gillette-Faye – GAMS National Federation
The GAMS National Federation is committed to combating all forms of violence against women and girls. It is taking action against female genital mutilation, child marriage, forced marriage and any other harmful traditional practices affecting the health of women and girls.

FDFA Femmes pour le dire, Femmes pour agir
This association primarily brings together women with disabilities, regardless of their singularity. Its aim is to address the double discrimination linked to being both a woman and a disabled person.

JALMALV
JALMALV provides assistance, attention and care to end-of-life patients, as well as their families.

Les Dégommeuses
Les Dégommeuses is a soccer team mainly composed of lesbians and trans people whose objective is to fight against discrimination in sports, through sport.

Mouvement du Nid
Mouvement du Nid is an association of popular education that focuses on the causes and consequences of prostitution. Established throughout France, the Mouvement du Nid is both a grassroots association and a social movement. It has been approved as a training organisation by the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

Julien Beauhaire, Yvan Savy, Juliette Benet – Plan International France
As an NGO, Plan International has been working for 80 years in 56 developing countries for a more just and equitable world, through the promotion of children’s rights and gender equality.

Ghada Hatem – Women’s House of St Denis
The Women’s House of St Denis welcomes all women who have been victims of violence or find themselves in a situation of vulnerability. Depending on their needs, this organisation offers the most appropriate and up-to-date care, from contraceptive methods to the request of an abortion or the treatment of female genital mutilation. It also provides care for rape victims and women victims of physical or psychological domestic violence.

Singa
Singa is an international network that aims to create a link between refugees and host society. Its ambition is to build a society rich in its diversity, where everyone, whatever their origin, can live up to their true potential.

Thierry Schaffauser – STRASS – Syndicat du travail sexuel
Self-managed union defending the rights of sex workers since 2009, which includes mainly prostitutes but also pornographic performers and phone sex operators.

Voix de Femmes
The general objective of the Voix de Femmes association is to fight against forced marriage, so-called honour killings and any other violence related to the control of partner choice and sexuality. It carries out prevention actions for a variety of actors: professionals, schools, families, etc.

Sandrine Valenduc – Centre Social de l’Alma
The Alma Social Centre supports a social development project for all the inhabitants of the Alma-Fosses aux Chênes district. It upholds values of human dignity, solidarity, democracy, participation, equality and secularism.

Aurélie Petit – Centre social de l’Hommelet
The L’Hommelet Social Centre fights against exclusion and supports the population in their educational, civic and personal development.

Ghislaine Parent – Centre Social Fresnoy-Mackellerie
A community centre for families and children in the Fresnoy-Mackellerie district.

Fatiha Dahmina – Centre Social du Pile
The Pile Social Centre offers day-care services, homework assistance and computer training.

Franck Larère, Audrey Geeraert – Le Non-Lieu
An artistic centre that promotes community cohesion through the organisation of cultural events.

Fehmi Yavuz – Association d’Education et de Prévention
This organisation is specialised in dropout prevention as well as addiction rehabilitation. It provides support to disenfranchised and marginalised youth, to help them build back their self-esteem and regain power over their lives.

Stéphane Ekker – Essor Espoir
Through ironing, sewing and cleaning work, Essor Espoir encourages social inclusion for people in need.

Chœur de femmes
To promote community cohesion and bring together women from Roubaix and elsewhere who share the same values of solidarity and citizenship in order to better live together.

Martine Sehailia – Association La Rose
This association works to promote breast cancer awareness through prevention campaigns and punctual events, in Roubaix and its surroundings.

Nawal Badaoui – La Solidarité de Roubaix
La Solidarité is a safe space of solidarity and popular education, fostering mutual aid through charity sales and the collective sharing of knowledge and means.

Georges Dubois, Paul Podgorski – Les Amis de la Lainière
Association of preservation of the memory and spirit of the Lainière de Roubaix, the famous wool mill and the legacy of the textile industry in the region.

RoseUp Association – Rose Magazine
The association campaigns for cancer awareness and defends the rights of women affected by cancer during and after the disease.

Khabat Kedir – Ezidis Worldwide
Ezidis Worldwide defends the Human Rights of the Yazidi and Christian minorities who are being targeted and persecuted by ISIS in Northern Iraq.

Women Association of KHAKSHAL VILLAGE
Women Association of TUKCHA
Women Association of SKAMPARI AREA
Women Association of ZANSKAR
Women Association of AARYAN VALLEY
Women Association of CHUSHOT VILLAGE
Women Association of CHANGTANG VALLEY
Women Association of TIBETAN COMMUNITIES
Women Association of SHESTANG VILLAGE
Women Association of GONPA VILLAGE
Women Association of CHOKLAMSAR AREA
Women Association of BASGO VILLAGE

Indira Pancholi – MAHILA Jan Adihkar Samiti (MJAS) & HAQ
The Centre for Child Rights dedicates itself to the recognition, promotion and protection of the rights of all children.

Madan – Vinita – Sulabh international
Sulabh international fights against the exclusion of the poorest classes (particularly Untouchables and widows in Vrindavan). It works towards a social transformation of society and the preservation of the environment.

Abhay Singh – Chhanv Foundation
The Chhanv Foundation works to eliminate acid attacks against women. It also dedicates itself to the protection and rehabilitation of acid attack survivors.

Tania – Make love not scars
Make love not scars is a charitable organisation that works for the rehabilitation of acid attack survivors.

Jagmati Sangwan – AIDWA
The All India Democratic Women’s Association is a movement of independent women committed to achieving democracy, equality and women’s empowerment.

Silvana Campagnuolo – Donne di Benin City
In Palermo, Sicily, the NGO “Donne di Benin City” fights against the human trafficking of young Nigerian girls who are very often forced into prostitution. First by offering a safe place and practical assistance, then by helping them to find financial independence through micro-agriculture and the catering of traditional Nigerian dishes.

Elise Boghossian – Elise Care
Elise Care’s main mission is to provide emergency medical assistance to civilian populations living in conflict zones, particularly in Syria and Iraq, by creating mobile clinics from old buses, as well as fixed community clinics.

Kate Pond – UNHCR
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organisation dedicated to the protection of refugees. Its purpose is to find long-term, durable solutions to their situation and to ensure the application of the 1951 Geneva Convention on Refugees.

Marie-Lyne Smadja – Women Wage Peace
WWP is the largest grassroots movement in Israel whose purpose is to promote a political agreement to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Today the movement has more than 43,000 members.

Parents Circle Families Forum
The Parents Circle – Families Forum (PCFF) is a joint Israeli-Palestinian organisation of over 600 families, all of whom have lost an immediate family member to the ongoing conflict. The PCFF promotes peace and encourages the public and political decision-makers to choose reconciliation and the path to peace rather than violence and war.

UNHCR Dadaab camp
Dating back to 1991, the Dadaab refugee complex is one of the largest in the world. It is home to nearly a quarter of a million people, mostly Somalis, who escaped civil war and famine.

Zoya Jureidini Rouhana – KAFA (enough) Violence & Exploitation
KAFA is working on the issue of human trafficking and sexual slavery as well as forced domestic labour.

Dalal Mawad – UNHCR
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organisation dedicated to the protection of refugees. Its purpose is to find long-term, durable solutions to their situation and to ensure the application of the 1951 Geneva Convention on Refugees.

Vola Tiandraza — Ampela Mitroake
Local association that helps women to develop their professional activity in order to achieve financial independence.

Natalia Parra – Yamuna
YAMUNA encourages international development and proposes Education and Development activities to raise awareness on North-South issues of inequality between rich and poor countries as well as the inequality of opportunities between genders. It also seeks to provide alternatives for responsible consumption.

Bel avenir
Mme Volanjary Madio Hélène, José Luis Guirao, Haingo Randrianasolo

This NGO is part of the international solidarity network “Eau de Coco”, present in 8 countries, which is dedicated to the protection of children’s rights. It operates in Southern Madagascar through social projects focusing on “education as a motor of development”.

Julia Gony, Pierre Gony – Terres en Mêlées
Terres en Mêlées uses rugby as an educational tool and a vehicle for national solidarity. It promotes female emancipation and campaigns against early pregnancies.

Marlène Ladine – La Chrysalide
Chrysalis is a rehabilitation centre for women addicts, including alcoholics and drug addicts, open to sex workers, ex-prisoners and HIV-positive people.

Michel Vieillesse – Kinouété
This project aims to facilitate the process of readaptation and reintegration of teenage girls placed in rehabilitation centres and juvenile correctional centres.

Judite de Jesus – Hixikanwe
An NGO that cares for AIDS victims in Mozambique.

Dr Denis Mukewege Foundation
Malini Laxminarayan, Esther Dingeman, Benjamin Duerr, Debby Gruiters, Apolline Pierson
The Dr Denis Mukwege Foundation is an international organisation working with victims of sexual violence in armed conflict. It helps victims around the world to receive the holistic care they need and to obtain reparations in order to end rape as a weapon of war worldwide.

Cameleon
Laurence Ligier, Winde Ivy Baclas, Ingrid Taracina, Jomer Adolacion, Merlen Pimentel, Maybell Blancaflor, Shaline Gamala, Joy Mae Ambaan, Mary Ann Melancio
Cameleon is an international solidarity association denouncing the violations of children’s rights and dignity. The association’s goal is to raise public awareness, by alerting both the media and the authorities on the many forms of child maltreatment and abuse.

Dr Junice Melgar – Likhaan Center for Women’s Health
This centre helps women and poor communities to make better use of their resources. It also works with the authorities and political representatives to push the government to take action against unfair inequalities.

Panzi Foundation / Maison Dorcas
The Panzi Foundation was founded to support the Panzi hospital who specializes in the treatment of survivors of sexual violence, it also provides them with legal assistance and psycho-social support in its aftercare unit.

Christine Schuler-Deschryver – City of Joy
The City of Joy is a transformational leadership community for women survivors of violence, located in Bukavu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It helps women heal from their past trauma through therapy and life skills programming while providing them with the essential ingredients needed to move forward in life.

Mukankubito Immaculée – Never Again Rwanda
Founded in 2002 in response to the 1994 genocide against Tutsis, NAR is an NGO working to consolidate peace and social justice. Over time, its areas of intervention have expanded and now include: Peacebuilding, Governance & Rights, Education, Research & Advocacy, Sustainable Livelihood, Great Lakes program and Youth engagement.

Ingabire Immaculée – Transparency Rwanda
Present in more than 100 countries, Transparency works in partnership with governments, businesses and civil society to put in place effective anti-corruption measures.

Diack Moussa – Mame Samba Ndem
Local association gathering the villagers of Ndem, concerned with the improvement of living conditions for the local populations, from sustainable management of resources to the creation of basic social and health infrastructure, as well as the creation of income-generating activities.

Ba Aemth – Natangué
Natangué-Sénégal is an international nonprofit organisation dedicated to promoting education, health and combat child mortality. The schools it builds have a dedicated building for the alphabetisation and professional training of mothers.

Mona Chassériaux – La Maison Rose
The mission of “Les Amis de la Maison Rose” is to provide humanist and humanitarian assistance to children and women in vulnerable situations or victims of violence in West African countries.

Valérie Schlumberger – ASAO
ASAO (Association for Senegal and West Africa) contributes to local development to preserve and develop skills and know-how in the community in order to improve human lives, in particular through the renovation of an old cinema in Dakar to create a shelter for street children.

Aminata Bakhoum, Danielle Mérian – SOS Africaines en danger
Born from the discussion between many female genital mutilation survivors and asylum seekers, this NGO advocates for the effective application of human rights by campaigning for the eradication of FGM and forced marriages in Africa.

Anushka Virahsawmy – Gender Links
Gender Links (GL) Based in Johannesburg, Gender Links promotes gender equality across the 15 countries of the Southern African Development Community.

Location Coordinators: Gigi Yoon, Sun Hyeseong

Song Hyung Joo – Daegu Citizen’s Forum for Halmun
Association for the protection and support of victims of sexual slavery.

Oh Seung Hee – The Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance for the Issues of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan
Association seeking to prevent and eradicate sexual violence in wartime.

Kim Dae Wol – House of Sharing
House of sharing is a nursing home in Seoul for women who have been forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese Army. It offers art therapy programs to its residents.

Durebang
Established in March 1986, Durebang assists marginalised women who have been forced to prostitute themselves in camp towns in regaining self-confidence and leading a healthier life.

Saewoom Toe – Solidarity association for sex workers on military bases

Lee Ha Young – Korea Hana Foundation
Organisation that helps North Korean refugees settle down in South Korea and develop their social life.

Kim Keum Hwa , Yoon Chang Geun – West Coast Pungeoje Preservation
Association for the Preservation of Shamanic Cultures in South Korea.

UN WOMEN
Phumzile Mlambo Ngucka, Tia Gordon, Maria Sanchez Aponte, Leonor Gonzalez, Aida Njanja Fassu
UN Women is the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. A global champion for women and girls, the agency was established to accelerate progress on meeting their needs worldwide.

Institutions

• Thuy Hien Nguyen, Nhat Linh Ha
• The Center for Women and Development
• Hoang Phuong Nguyen
• The Center for the Promotion of Young Cinema Talents
• Ha An Dinh
• The Center for Development and Integration

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Julien Guillaume – Association Batik International
Created by two immigrant granddaughters, BATIK International was created in 1998, allowing them to set up solidarity projects in connection with their country of origin. Like the traditional batik cloth, made up of intertwined threads, this association connects actors from Europe, Asia and the Mediterranean.

Smadja Marie-Lyne – Women Wage Peace
WWP is the largest grassroots movement in Israel whose aim is to promote a mutually binding political agreement to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Today, the movement has more than 43,000 members.

Parents Circle Families Forum
PCFF is a joint Israeli-Palestinian organisation of over 600 families, all of whom have lost an immediate family member to the ongoing conflict. The organisation promotes peace and encourages the public and political decision-makers to choose reconciliation and the path to peace.