VOAW has raised awareness about Harmful Traditional Practices (HTP) since 2010. HTP are forms of violence which are accepted as part of the cultural practice in specific countries and contexts. Examples of HTP…
VOAW aims to integrate vulnerable women and girls into the Dutch society from the beginning in 2010. This project aims to support women in a short trajectory of three months. In this short…
Voice of All Women has participated in youth exchanges since 2015.
Youth exchanges allow groups of young people from different countries to meet, live together and work on shared projects for short periods.…
VOAW set a first step into the international development sector by implementing a project in Afghanistan between 2018 and 2020, named Key Agents for Peace.
The project aims to address the issue…
Ik heb blauwe plekken op mijn ziel die niet helen
en trauma die zich heeft gevestigd in mijn botten.
Ik heb in mijn lichaam geschuild zelfs toen
mijn lichaam niet veilig was zelfs toen,
mijn lichaam op…
In her article ‘Under Western Eyes Revisited’, Mohanty (2003) states that ‘’Privilege
nurtures blindness to those without the same privileges’’ (p. 510). The issue that Mohanty
addresses here is part of what motivates…
Catalystas is delighted to be working with Voice of Afghan Wo=Men, a fantastic Rotterdam-based activist group focusing on gender equality and ending harmful traditional practices in diaspora communities. The organisation is now moving…
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