Our Mission
Global Rights for Women works with leaders around the world to advance women and girls’ human right to live free from violence through legal reform and institutional and social change.
At least 1 in 3 women in the world are victims of domestic and sexual assault.
WHO, Violence against women prevalence estimates, 2018.
Global Rights for Women and BWJP Merger Announcement
A Powerful New Partnership
Global Rights for Women (GRW) has officially merged with the Battered Women’s Justice Project (BWJP), becoming the Center on Global Rights for Women—the latest specialized center under the BWJP umbrella. This strategic alignment strengthens the collective mission to end gender-based violence and enhances the capacity to support survivors both domestically and globally.
Global Rights for Women Ten Year Impact
Global Impact
Ten years in, Global Rights for Women is driving change to improve the lives and ensure the safety of 100 million women and girls around the world. We thank you for your support for this past decade for providing tools, resources, and training to legal professionals, advocates and people in communities working to address the root causes of violence against women.
Women’s Bodies as Targets for Aggression: Statement on Gender-Based Violence in Israel-Hamas War
In the News
Global Rights for Women demands an end to patriarchal supremacy that perpetuates conflict and inequality through violent aggression and war. The women of the world, all of them, need all of us to continue to advocate for global change that recognizes the human right to live free from violence.
the need for global collaboration among feminists is essential
Systems Advocacy
Many thanks to the organzations and individuals who so generously shared their wisdom, and for their commitment to further improve collaboration in the fight for gender equality worldwide. Their perspectives on collaborations between Western and African feminists are an invaluable resource for those working to promote women’s human rights globally.
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Anita Hill, Professor, Attorney, Survivor
“The work that Global Rights for Women is doing is indispensable. Joining with Global Rights for Women is a way that each of us can be the change that we are waiting for, what the world needs, and that women deserve. Thank you.”
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