Partnership working is important to IKWRO.
Some of our most important partnerships are:
CHAT
CHAT (Changing Attitude) is a European Union funded project carried out by 6 organisations all specialising in providing support for women. The project is a commitment to promote social change with specific focus on preventing FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) within the affected communities and SME & non-profit organisations.
It provided FGM awareness and prevention training to for participants who then reproduce that training to 20 participants that each gathered within their community. The six partners are:
- l’Albero della Vita (Italy)
- Fundación Wassu (Spain)
- IKWRO (UK)
- African Women’s Organisation (Austria)
- HIMILO Foundation (Netherlands)
- Assoçiasao para o pleneamento da Familía (Portugal)
More information at this link.
Human Rights in Practice
Human Rights in Practice is an educational tool for migrant English learners. It is a language learning pack in five languages with human rights based content to educate the migrant learners on their rights and provide the appropriate vocabulary to be able to communicate and seek appropriate support and opportunities available to them. The project also builds and strengthens relationships with language learning centres which is valuable in connecting NGO’s to potential migrants in need of support.
The six partners operating in five countries are:
- Folkuniversitetet (Sweden)
- Kerigma (Portugal)
- DIMITRA (Larissa, Greece)
- IKWRO (UK)
- Papatya (Berlin, Germany)
- The Centre for Language Studies (Athens, Greece)
More information at this link.
Draw the Line
Draw The Line is a Rights Equality and Citizenship programme funded project with the objective of raising awareness of sexual harassment in the public place and its surrounding issues. 8 women are trained on 6 topics: migrant women and gender based abuse, women’s rights and the Law, psychological and medical aspects of sexual abuse, boundaries, self-esteem, and the consequences of gender stereotypes. They then replicate these to a minimum of eight other women each within their community.
The six partners all operating in a different part of Europe are:
- OMEGA (Austria)
- Feminoteka (Poland)
- Nadja Centre Foundation (Bulgaria)
- IKWRO (UK)
- Xunta De Galicia (Spain)
- EILD: European Institute for Local Development (Greece)
More information at this link.
Co-funded by the European Union within the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (2014-2020)
London Councils 
IKWRO work with specialist organisations which have been funded by London Councils since 2013.
As part of the London Violence against Women and Girls Consortium, we work on Prevention, Advice and Counselling, Domestic and Sexual Violence helplines, Specialist Refuge accommodation, Ending Harmful Practices and Support Service to Organisations. This is a pan London collaboration providing specialist advice and counselling to women and girls aged 16+ affected by gender-based violence.
More information at this link.