An NGO striving for an Africa in which all women have secure access to resources for life and livelihood and can exercise full control over their bodies and development choices.
In partnership with national partners and networks, WoMin works to deepen resistance to specific destructive extractive projects. They support women and their communities to articulate their development alternatives. As a feminist organization, they focus on women’s organizing, consciousness-raising and leadership. They also work to build a body of information and knowledge to support community activists, with a focus on women.
Paradigmatic
Yes, implicit in their analysis and change approach is an understanding of the interrelatedness of women’s empowerment, renewable energy, climate change, and socio-economic justice, for example.
Integrated
They seem largely focused on cultural and systemic change. It seems likely that their approach to supporting women in leadership, for example, includes some attention on the inner dimension, but it is not made explicit.
Pragmatic
Yes, among multiple initiatives, they are helping women and communities to organize and advocate for the health of their communities and themselves. For example, they support women to organize renewable energy projects, and to organize opposition to extractive mining projects that are harming their communities.
Additional Notes
They support multiple initiatives in multiple countries in Africa, focusing on women’s organizing, consciousness-raising and leadership