Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO)
OVERVIEW & CHALLENGES FACED
- To provide temporary refuge services, on request to women and their children suffering from mental, physical and sexual abuse, so that this help empowers and enables women to determine their own future.
- To offer emotional and social support to any women who requests it, resident or otherwise, and offer support and after-care.
- To undertake and encourage research into any of the factors that contributed to the inequality and subordination of women.
- To undertake and advocate with government and non-government organisations for the eradication of factors that contribute to the inequality and subordination of women through law, policy and institutional reforms.
- To create an awareness and better understanding among individuals, public and relevant agencies on the issues of violence against women and the underlying inequalities.
PROJECTS WITH MIRM
- Supported in getting a new home renovated as WAO’s new Domestic Violence Shelter
- 2017 Volunteer Workshop
- 2018 Videography projects with IACT
- 2018 Crisis Support Offficer Training
- 2015 Can you Keep a Secret? : Ceramic Art Installation
- MIRM assist in providing room rentals and catering arrangements during their events
- Assistance in terms of brainstorming ideas