Victims of intimate partner violence lose a total of 8 million days of paid work each year.
Journal of Occupational Health Policy, How employment helps female victims of intimate partner violence: A qualitative study, 2007
Global Rights for Women provides legal reform and systems change support through a survivor-centered coordinated community response that prioritizes equality and safety, in order to effectively end gender-based violence against women and girls.
International and Domestic partner collaborations
Global Rights for Women has worked with more than 60+ international partners to identify obstacles to justice and safety for survivors or violence, with the goal of improving law, policy and practice so that women have improved safety and equality within a Coordinated Community Response to gender-based violence.
Global Rights for Women works at the invitation of national and international partners around the world to advance a survivor-centered approach to law, policy and systems change tailored to our partners specific needs, making it highly adaptable and collaborative.
SURVIVOR-CENTERED LEGAL AND SYSTEMS REFORM
About the work
Engaging with Global Rights for Women is not a one-size-fits-all approach. We take the time to listen to our partner’s needs and provide customized feedback and solutions based on their unique situation.
We combine resources to create a customized approach based on survivor and community needs. Every project requires thoughtful engagement, including listening to survivors to inform law, policies and systems change.
Usually our project partnerships engage multiple stakeholders at all levels of community with a Coordinated Community Response, including leaders of government or civil society organizations, survivors, advocates, systems personnel and law enforcement.
Listening to Survivors
The foundation of this approach is the recognition that gender-based violence is a manifestation of gender and racial inequality, and is deeply rooted in patriarchy. We use focus groups and interviews to engage survivors in identifying gaps in the system response to violence against women and girls.
Global Rights for Women’s works at the invitation of national and international partners around the world to advance a survivor-centered approach to law, policy and systems change tailored to our partners specific needs, making it highly adaptable and collaborative.
Nonviolence Programs
Responding to a critical need for remote batterer intervention programs during the pandemic, GRW began offering the direct service program, Pathways to Family Peace in 2020. This spoke to GRW’s innovation when survivors face increased violence. Since then, other providers have started remote programs. As part of our plan for strategic growth in year 10 and staying true to our focus on systemic reform, GRW will discontinue the Pathways to Family Peace program. Thank you to Melissa Scaia and Jon Heath for their vision in creating Pathways to Family Peace, and huge thanks to our donor community for supporting this programming when communities needed it most.
To signup or continue participating in domestic violence education classes, we recommend
either Domestic Abuse Project (DAP) in Minneapolis or Domestic Abuse Intervention Program (DAIP) in Duluth. Both offer both remote and in-person class options. Both
will give current Pathways participants credit for classes previously completed through Pathways.
Legal and Policy Reform
Global Rights for Women understands that multiple forms and systems of oppression, especially law and policy, affect women and girls ability to be free from violence.
We provide a framework for systems change and legal reform to end gender-based violence that includes a survivor-centered coordinated community response, prioritizing equality and safety for women and girls, and accountability for abusers.
Each project we do is customized to both the local communities and global context of violence against women and girls. Our legal and policy reform work is grounded in survivor-centered research, data and tested strategies from around the world.
Training and Education
We work to shift the narrative regarding gender-based violence and work to eradicate it at all levels of society.
We know that addressing gender-based violence effectively is possible. Global Rights for Women provides educational tools, resources and training that act as a roadmap for effective societal and systems change.
We provide international, national and local training to demonstrate how the justice system and community leaders can work together to create policies and procedures to respond effectively to gender-based violence, understand survivor needs and hold offenders accountable.
Kirri de Marco, men’s behavior change facilitator, Brisbane, Australia
Our Partners
Our work together improves law, policy and practice to achieve safety and equality for women and girls in our community and numerous countries globally, having a ripple effect around the world.
INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC PARTNER COLLABORATIONS
Global Rights for Women works at the invitation of national and international partners around the world to advance a survivor-centered approach to law, policy and systems change tailored to our partners specific needs, making it highly adaptable and collaborative.
Khamsavath Chanthavysouk, Policy Specialist, UN Women
Explore Collaborations
Project Reports
Philippines: Systemic Advocacy Learning Lab (SALL)
Global Rights for Women is supporting activists and service providers in applying the concepts and techniques of systemic advocacy to challenges they see survivors face in getting support and safety.
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United States, North Dakota: Statewide Needs Assessment for Survivors of Domestic Violence
Workshops and training focused on systemic advocacy through the Duluth Model and a Coordinated Community Response.
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Bahamas: Developing and Conducting a Gender-Based Violence Prevalence Study
Using survivor-centered, trauma-informed approaches to gather data for The Bahamas first nationwide survey of gender-based violence.
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Vietnam: Prosecuting Cases of Domestic and Sexual Violence, A Survivor Centered Approach to Prosecution Training
Training designed to increase the capacity of prosecutors to apply a survivor-centered approach to prosecution of domestic and sexual violence cases.
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Greece: Developing a Nationwide Domestic Violence Risk Assessment
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Georgia: Improving Delivery of Survivor Services
This collaboration is an initiative under the “Unite to Fight Violence Against Women” project funded by the European Union.
Ending violence against women and girls within the Georgia using state and victim- services agency intervention.
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Georgia: GRADA Risk Assessment
Ending violence against women and girls within the Georgia by improving mechanisms for detecting women who are at-risk of further violence.
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