builds women’s individual and collective conscious raising Building on temporary women’s information centres set up in the around their rights, and supports the formation of women’s aftermath of the cyclone, which provided a space for more than 12,000 collectives, which link women up at village, provincial, national and women to access information and mobilise around their protection regional leve. [...] WITTT Sunshine, which focuses on the unique needs and • To build a movement that is inclusive of young women and women concerns of women with disabilities and supports their collective with disabilities and builds a resilient future for all women. [...] ActionAid Vanuatu and the WITTT network are also part of the regional Through WITTT circles, ActionAid has been supporting the piloting of its Shifting the Power Coalition, which brings together 13 women-led Women-Led Community Based Protection model, which is a world- organisations and the Pacific Disability Network to promote first in supporting women from crisis affected communities to the lead. [...] The overarching goal of Women I Tok Tok Tugeta is to create a locally led, national platform for diverse Ni-Vanuatu women to organise and mobilise around their rights and resilience to climate change and disasters. [...] Impact to Date Since 2015, the network has already achieved significant impact, including: • Establishment of women’s information centres and safe spaces on 3 islands which reached 12,000 women and ignited the WITTT movement • Successful lobbying for the establishment of a police post in order to protect women and their children from violence , and the waiving of school fees during times of crisis.
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