KULUs work
KULU – Women and Development believes it is crucial to strengthen women’s networks and organizations to ensure that women’s rights in development are prioritized internationally, regionally, locally and in Denmark. Women in developing countries are the backbone of their communities.
They take responsibility for children, families, and local society. Therefore, by empowering women in their daily lives and societal matters and enabling them to access rights, resources and influence, women can break the cycle of poverty.
KULU works with development projects and the following thematic areas: Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action+30, ” Women’s/girls’ rights in climate and environmental issues, Migrant women in Denmark and Europe, Women, peace, security, UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, and Financing for Development, Youth Ambassadors for Beijing+30 project, and UN Commission on the Status of Women and other relevant UN processes.
Our partners
KULU – Women and Development has engaged in extensive project collaborations with both large and small women’s organizations and networks in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Currently, KULU is partnering with MUSONET in Mali and Femmes pour la Paix et les Droits Humains (FPDH) in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Mali
| In Mali, KULU – Women and Development has established a partnership focused on strengthening women’s networks and influence in society and equiping girls and women with education and awareness of their rights. KULU and MUSONET collaborate on campaigns addressing critical issues such as stopping child marriages and child births. The “Giv en pige ret” (Enable Girls’ and Women’s Rights in Mali) campaign also provides Malian girls and women with official documents, allowing them to attend school, vote, and other rights. So far over 12,800 girls and women have received birth certificates, ID cards, and marriage certificates through the campaign. |
Congo
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), KULU – Women and Development is working to combat sexual violence in South and North Kivu, in the eastern part of Congo—an area that has been plagued by conflicts, lawlessness, and violence for decades and is presently experiencing extreme violence. Women are particularly victimized, with sexual assault and rape occurring with impunity.
Since 2011, KULU has partnered with the Congolese women’s organization Femmes pour la Paix et les Droits Humains (FPDH). The project has established six (6) health centers and trained 30 women to work in various villages of the Mwenga province as advocates for women’s and human rights, to educate on how these rights can protect individual women and girls, to provide psycho-social counseling, and to educate local and regional authorities. FPDH has offices in Bukavu, South Kivu and Goma, North Kivu, where they monitor and document sexual assaults and rape. FPDH continues to work in the current, escalated conflict situation. KULU also fundraises for post-rape kits to aid this work.
