Our work
KULU – Women and Development believes it is crucial to strengthen women’s networks and organizations to ensure that women’s rights are prioritized internationally, regionally, and locally. Women in developing countries are the backbone of their communities.
They take responsibility for children, families, and local society. Therefore, empowering women in their daily lives and in society matters. Women can break the cycle of poverty if they receive rights, resources, and influence.
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 FEMNET-Mali and Femmes pour la Paix et les Droits Humains (FPDH) in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
In Mali, KULU – Women and Development has established a project partnership focused on strengthening women’s networks and influence in society and equipping girls with education and awareness of their rights.
KULU and FEMNET-Mali collaborate on campaigns addressing critical issues such as delaying marriage and childbirth. The “Giv en pige ret” (Give a Girl Her Rights) campaign also provides Malian girls and women with official documents, allowing them to attend school and vote. So far, over 1,000 girls and women have received birth certificates, ID cards, and marriage certificates through the campaign.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), KULU – Women and Development is working to combat sexual violence in South Kivu, in the eastern part of Congo—an area that has been plagued by conflicts, lawlessness, and violence for decades. 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 trained 30 women to work in various villages as advocates for women’s and human rights, and to educate on how these rights can protect individual women.