Thematic Areas: Child protection, Family Re-unification, Gender based violence, and Legal
assistance.

Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment.

Women for Peace, Justice and Climate Action (WOPCA) is committed to collaborating with communities and partners to bridge gender inequality in gaps in our communities and to advance inclusive growth, by strengthening economic empowerment of women’s and girls’ voices in
decision making, and leadership. Both men and women have equal opportunity to benefit from and contribute to economic, social, cultural and political development; enjoy socially valued resources and rewards; and realize theirhuman rights.

 Child Protection
Of all the things for children to grow up at their full potential, one of the most urgent is safety from harm. Yet millions of children across the world over still experience abuse, neglect,
exploitation and other forms of violence that derail their development. Harm to children can be physical, mental, emotional or sexual. It knows no ethnic, religious or cultural boundaries, and it can happen at the hands of anyone in a child’s life: strangers or teachers, peers or parents.

How do we support children?
We support families to promote their children’s well-being within safe environments. This means
educating caregivers about how to interact with their children in healthy ways, as well as helping bolster families’ socioeconomic stability so they can consistently make choices in their children’s best interests.
We educate communities about children’s need for protection, supporting them to create and sustain child protection committees that know how to respond appropriately to abuse, neglect, exploitation and other forms of violence.

We empower children to understand and embrace their own right to protection, helping them find and raise their voices against violence.

We advocate alongside them at the local, national and
international levels for policy changes that make protecting children a priority.