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‘We Cannot Wait’ Movement

@wecannotwait

A consortium with SIHA Network, FIDA Uganda, EWLA, NAGAAD Network & Musawah building an inclusive women’s mov't in the Horn of Africa. ✊🏿 🇸🇸🇸🇩🇺🇬🇪🇹🇸🇴

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🚨 #GenderAlert | #JusticeForFahimaAndFarah On 13 June 2025, in the town of Lascanood, near the disputed border between Somalia and Somaliland, two sisters - Fahima (16) and Farah Mohamoud (17) were brutally beaten and gang-raped by 25 men. Today, they remain in critical

🚨 #GenderAlert | #JusticeForFahimaAndFarah
On 13 June 2025, in the town of Lascanood, near the disputed border between Somalia and Somaliland, two sisters - Fahima (16) and Farah Mohamoud (17) were brutally beaten and gang-raped by 25 men. Today, they remain in critical
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📑 In her new piece for The New Humanitarian, our Regional Director, Hala Al-Karib issues, a stark warning: "Amidst the escalating conflict in Sudan, particularly in Darfur and Al-Jazira, increasing violence, especially against women, has left frontline groups in urgent need of

📑 In her new piece for The New Humanitarian, our Regional Director, Hala Al-Karib issues, a stark warning: "Amidst the escalating conflict in Sudan, particularly in Darfur and Al-Jazira, increasing violence, especially against women, has left frontline groups in urgent need of
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🎗️ The world’s first memorial dedicated to all survivors of conflict-related sexual violence was recently unveiled at the British Ambassador’s Residence in The Hague! Petrified Survivors, a powerful sculpture by Rebecca Hawkins, was created in collaboration with over 20

🎗️ The world’s first memorial dedicated to all survivors of conflict-related sexual violence was recently unveiled at the British Ambassador’s Residence in The Hague!
 
Petrified Survivors, a powerful sculpture by Rebecca Hawkins, was created in collaboration with over 20
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Sharon Achan, Chairperson of Kacel Watwero Women Group in Gulu, shares how FIDA-Uganda, supported by ‘We Cannot Wait’ Movement, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇳🇱, and SIHA Network, is equipping women cooperatives with financial literacy and linking them to grant opportunities. “Our main vision is to increase household

Sharon Achan, Chairperson of Kacel Watwero Women Group in Gulu, shares how FIDA-Uganda, supported by <a href="/wecannotwait/">‘We Cannot Wait’ Movement</a>, <a href="/DutchMFA/">Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇳🇱</a>, and <a href="/Sihanet/">SIHA Network</a>, is equipping women cooperatives with financial literacy and linking them to grant opportunities.

“Our main vision is to increase household
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From Kampala’s streets to the markets of West Nile, women in Uganda’s informal economy are the backbone of families, communities, and local economies. THEIR IMPACT IS PROFOUND! #MakeHerVisible #WomenUganda2025+ ------------- Embassy of the Netherlands in Uganda UNDP Uganda Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Sharifah Buzeki

From Kampala’s streets to the markets of West Nile, women in Uganda’s informal economy are the backbone of families, communities, and local economies. THEIR IMPACT IS PROFOUND!

#MakeHerVisible #WomenUganda2025+

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<a href="/NLinUganda/">Embassy of the Netherlands in Uganda</a> <a href="/UNDPUganda/">UNDP Uganda</a> <a href="/KCCAUG/">Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA)</a> <a href="/KCCAED/">Sharifah Buzeki</a>
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🚨 Mark your calendar for one powerful day of giving! On Wednesday, July 16, you have the chance to stand with women in Darfur, Sudan who, amid an ongoing war, are leading community kitchens in North Darfur by preparing over 200 meals a day, often with barely enough to keep

🚨 Mark your calendar for one powerful day of giving! 

On Wednesday, July 16, you have the chance to stand with women in Darfur, Sudan who, amid an ongoing war, are leading community kitchens in North Darfur by preparing over 200 meals a day, often with barely enough to keep
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🟩 أهل الخير، نسوان دارفور في عز الحرب شغالين يطبخوا لأكتر من 200 شخص في اليوم .. أي تبرع بين 100 و1000 دولار حيكون عليه دعم مضاعف من GlobalGiving لمدة 24 ساعة بس! بكرة يوم 16 يوليو، الساعه 4 العصر بتوقيت السودان. ياريت نقيف معاهم وندعمهم … الرابط في التغريدة بالأسفل ..

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🚨 TOMORROW is the day! On Wednesday, July 16, you have a chance to stand with the incredible women of North Darfur, Sudan, who are running community kitchens in the midst of war, by preparing over 200 meals a day for families displaced by the conflict. 💥 For 24 hours only,

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Pls support grassroots women's organizations, the heart and soul of humanitarian response in #Sudan. Urgent funding is needed for kitchens and support to survivors of gender-based violence #globalgiving #julybonusday #KeepEyesOnSudan SIHA Network Zeinab Badawi EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid 🇪🇺 NorwayUN

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🚨 Today’s the day. One act of generosity can ripple across war-torn, hunger-stricken Darfur! Starting at 10 A.M. EDT / 5 PM EAT / 4 PM CAT (Sudan), the 24-hour matching campaign will kick off! Every donation of $100 or more will be matched through GlobalGiving’s #JulyBonusDay

🚨 Today’s the day. One act of generosity can ripple across war-torn, hunger-stricken Darfur! 

Starting at 10 A.M. EDT / 5 PM EAT / 4 PM CAT (Sudan), the 24-hour matching campaign will kick off! Every donation of $100 or more will be matched through GlobalGiving’s #JulyBonusDay
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To everyone standing in #SolidarityWithSudan, please donate to this noble cause: globalgiving.org/projects/padsf…, and also share the call far and wide with your friends and networks ⤵️ Every donation of $100 or more will be matched through GlobalGiving's #JulyBonusDay to the unlock

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🚨 Only a few hours left to wrap up GlobalGiving’s #JulyBonusDay! GIVE BY 2:00 PM GMT / 10:00 AM EDT / 5:00 PM EAT / 4:00 PM CAT TODAY: globalgiving.org/projects/padsf… to help unlock bonus funds for women-led community kitchens in North Darfur, Sudan that are feeding thousands of

🚨 Only a few hours left to wrap up <a href="/GlobalGiving/">GlobalGiving</a>’s #JulyBonusDay!

GIVE BY 2:00 PM GMT / 10:00 AM EDT / 5:00 PM EAT / 4:00 PM CAT TODAY: globalgiving.org/projects/padsf…  to help unlock bonus funds for women-led community kitchens in North Darfur, Sudan that are feeding thousands of
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Every day, women market and street vendors work long hours, to provide for their families, often in unsafe, unsupported environments. Yet they are often excluded from decision-making by state and non stated actors, and denied the space, safety, and support they deserve. Now is

Every day, women market and street vendors work long hours, to provide for their families, often in unsafe, unsupported environments. Yet they are often excluded from decision-making by state and non stated actors, and denied the space, safety, and support they deserve. 

Now is
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📰 Our latest newsletter is here! 🔗 Get inspired by accounts of how women and girls across the Greater Horn of Africa are resisting, rebuilding, and redefining power amid conflict and shrinking civic space: mailchi.mp/961a85edb488/e… --------------- SOAWR Womankind Worldwide

📰 Our latest newsletter is here!

🔗  Get inspired by accounts of how women and girls across the Greater Horn of Africa are resisting, rebuilding, and redefining power amid conflict and shrinking civic space: mailchi.mp/961a85edb488/e…

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<a href="/SOAWR/">SOAWR</a>  <a href="/woman_kind/">Womankind Worldwide</a>
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The anti-gender movement didn’t appear overnight, it has always existed, but today it has become louder and more shameless, emboldened by the global political environment ~ Hala Y Alkarib, Regional Director of Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA Network).

The anti-gender movement didn’t appear overnight, it has always existed, but today it has become louder and more shameless, emboldened by the global political environment ~ <a href="/Halayalkarib/">Hala Y Alkarib</a>, Regional Director of Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (<a href="/Sihanet/">SIHA Network</a>).
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Today, we officially kick off our training program for women candidates in preparation for the 2026 elections 🗳️. This is a pivotal step in strengthening inclusive leadership and increasing women's representation in political decision-making spaces. The Project Coordinator, Ms.

Today, we officially kick off our training program for women candidates in preparation for the 2026 elections 🗳️. This is a pivotal step in strengthening inclusive leadership and increasing women's representation in political decision-making spaces.

The Project Coordinator, Ms.
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Ms. Perry Aritua, Executive Director of the Women’s Democracy Network Uganda, WDN-Uganda, officially opened the training with an engaging and thought-provoking presentation. She covered a wide range of critical topics, including electoral processes, the roles and responsibilities

Ms. <a href="/PerryAritua/">Perry Aritua</a>, Executive Director of the Women’s Democracy Network Uganda, <a href="/WDNUganda/">WDN-Uganda</a>, officially opened the training with an engaging and thought-provoking presentation. She covered a wide range of critical topics, including electoral processes, the roles and responsibilities
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Empowered & ready! 💪 Day 1 of our Women Candidates Training equipped us with strategies, skills & solidarity to run safe, issue-based campaigns and protect every vote. 🗳✨ ‘We Cannot Wait’ Movement FIDA Uganda FOWODE

Empowered &amp; ready! 💪 Day 1 of our Women Candidates Training equipped us with strategies, skills &amp; solidarity to run safe, issue-based campaigns and protect every vote. 🗳✨
<a href="/wecannotwait/">‘We Cannot Wait’ Movement</a> <a href="/FIDA_Uganda/">FIDA Uganda</a> 
<a href="/FOWODE_UGANDA/">FOWODE</a>
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✨ Under the ‘We Cannot Wait’ Movement project, we supported women activists in Lira to form the Lira Women’s Rights Activists Group, a coalition championing women’s rights and equality. Since its inception in 2021 with just 15 members, the group has grown to train over 200 people on human

✨ Under the <a href="/wecannotwait/">‘We Cannot Wait’ Movement</a> project, we supported women activists in Lira to form the Lira Women’s Rights Activists Group, a coalition championing women’s rights and equality.

Since its inception in 2021 with just 15 members, the group has grown to train over 200 people on human