Women without Borders

3/3 ...preparing FatherSchools trainers to bring the programme to their own communities. Roll-out begins in a few weeks! The FatherSchools in Hessen are funded through the programme "Hessen - aktiv für Demokratie und gegen Extremismus” (@RegHessen)

2/3 Our core philosophy? Peace at home is everyone's responsibility. We believe that raising peaceful, resilient children is not a mother's responsibility alone. Fathers are equally powerful role models! We kicked things off with a Training of the Teachers workshop...

1/3 Fathers are joining the Parenting for Peace movement in Frankfurt and Marburg! After 5 years of implementing MotherSchools in #Hessen, Women without Borders is proud to launch FatherSchools here for the first time, in partnership with Rumi imPuls e.V...

3/3 We recently held a training session ahead of our upcoming roll-out with our Vienna partners, Verein Nachbarinnen, equipping Women Know How Trainers with the tools to lead workshops. This project is possible through the support of the Austrian Ministry of Social Affairs.

2/3 1 in 3 women globally will experience domestic violence in her lifetime. Our GBV prevention programme 'Women Know How: Ending Gender-Based Violence' empowers women to break the taboo surrounding violence, question the silence & challenge the stigma that allows it to persist.

1/3 On the heels of the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, and at a moment when democratic and legal protections for women and girls are under pressure worldwide, Women without Borders continues its work where it matters most: in communities.

In his keynote address, Richard Bennett, UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan, emphasized the urgent need for a comprehensive international response to the long‑term exclusion of girls and women from education. @OSCE 🔗: osce.org/news/partners-…

3/3 Yet, as our speakers emphasised, now is not the time to despair. It's the time to act, to disrupt & to reclaim the space every person rightfully deserves. Because every day is a day to celebrate women & all that has been achieved & to continue the work that still lies ahead.

2/3 The evening began with a stark reminder and warning: when authoritarian regimes rise, the consequences of patriarchy follow: the roll-back and dismantling of equality and of hard-won human and women’s rights...

1/3 Consequences of Patriarchy: On the occasion of #InternationalWomenDay2026, WwB hosted two pioneering women’s rights activists, Amb @ManizhaBakhtari & Dr. Jaleh Lackner-Gohari, for a conversation on the alarming status of women & girls in Afghanistan, Iran, & beyond...

2/2 ...and we remain committed to advancing peace where it matters most: in families and local communities. Thank you to our partners at Sozialdienst muslimischer Frauen e.V. in Kempten and to our sponsors, @BayStMAS.

1/2 New year, new roll-out 🚀 At the end of January, we trained 23 Teachers and Notetakers for the upcoming MotherSchools and FatherSchools in Kempten and Munich. Family-based prevention has been at the heart of our work in Bavaria since 2017...

3/3 Warmest thanks go to our incredible partners, @JahjagaFdn, for their unwavering dedication to the programme. Thank you as well to the L’Oréal Fund for Women for their continuous support of MotherSchools Kosovo.

2/3 Over 10 weeks of sessions, the mothers convened to share their concerns, gain knowledge on positive communication and parenting, and elevate their self-confidence and courage. We are so proud of the journey you have all undertaken and can’t wait to see where you go next! 👏

1/3 🎓 Hats off to the MotherSchools Kosovo 2025 graduates! Another cohort of peacebuilders joins the ever-growing global community of MotherSchools role models, ready to take the lead in their communities and safeguard their families with strength and compassion.

3/3 ...by prioritising political and economic interests over women’s rights. Read the original article here: diepresse.com/20389903/wie-w… And the English translation here: bit.ly/48WkoKW

2/3 leaders condemn violence against women yet they continue to strike deals with regimes & tech powers that enable it. They argue that governments, democracies & corporations are complicit in normalising global violence against women...

1/3 ‘Doing Business with Misogynists’ | Women without Borders' founder and chair Edit Schlaffer and research director Rafael Kropiunigg wrote a guest commentary piece in the Austrian newspaper @DiePressecom. In the article, they expose a core hypocrisy of Western foreign policy..

5/5 ...capability, and emotional competence, while raising their awareness about violent ideologies. MotherSchools India is part of a multi-country project funded by the L'Oréal Fund for Women. #OurEveryDayRights #HumanRightsDay #16Days #16DaysOfActivism #OrangeTheWorld

4/5 Over the past 5 years, MotherSchools India has inspired 500 mothers across Kerala, who have joined the global Parenting for Peace movement now 7,000 strong. The weekly sessions provided a safe space in which Participants could strengthen their individual capacity, ...

1/5 #MotherSchools India: Parenting for Peace in Kerala 2025 🎥 On the occasion of International Human Rights Day and the end of this year’s 16 Days of Activism campaign against gender-based violence, we are proud to present the MotherSchools India 2025 film produced by...