Gender equality and empowerment

Based on ASURED International’s commitment to the rights of all people to live free from poverty, we promote the empowerment of women and girls, and engage with men and boys, to transform unequal power relationships and address gender inequality. We place particular emphasis on strengthening the voice of women and girls and enabling them to influence the decisions that affect their lives. We support women’s struggles to achieve their full and equal human rights.
ASURED International therefore advocates for laws that protect women and respect their rights and dignity, offer support to those exposed to abuse and work with men and women to prevent gender-based violence (GBV), helps women to achieve their basic needs and to earn a living; And work to build women’s leadership and support their equal participation in decision-making at all levels.
We seek to amplify women’s voices at higher decision-making levels. We also focus on preventing sexual and gender-based violence and providing support and counselling to women survivors
In all, women empowerment is achieved through approaches that empower both women and men; the GALS methodology (Gender action and learning system-GALS is a community-led empowerment approach that uses visual diagrammatic tools to give women and men more control over their lives)