About Us

COFEM is committed to ensuring:

Women and girl-led movements and activism are at the forefront of efforts to end violence against women and girls, and this is reflected in GBV initiatives, programmes and research.

Feminist-informed experts working to address violence against women and girls are engaged in decision-making processes around GBV funding, programme design and implementation progress.

Men and boys are engaged in work to end their perpetration of violence against women and girls and to support structural changes in support of gender equality in ways that are accountable to women and girls.

The language of ‘gender’ as well as ‘gender-based violence’ focuses on the political project of ending structural gender inequalities that perpetuate violence against women and girls.

Practitioners, researchers, donors and policy-makers recognise the distinct drivers and impacts of violence against women and girls, and insist on specialized programming, services and responses to address this violence and support gender equality.

Partnerships and networks are formed with communities working on violence driven by other factors in order to cultivate a spirit of collective action rather than ‘victimhood competition.’