Development and
Cooperation

Gender equality

In order to achieve gender equality, it is necessary to empower women and girls.

“The criminalisation of domestic violence was a milestone”

How years of persistent advocacy, awareness raising and dialogue with government officials led to success: Law professor Kamola Alieva from Uzbekistan talks about the campaign to criminalise violence against women.

Women’s empowerment

Money for women’s businesses

Special grants help poor women in Bangladesh’s urban areas

Politics

“Say no to salt”

In Uganda, women pave their way into politics

Gender

Robbing widows of their land

In Uganda, women work in agriculture, but few own the land they till