{"id":116192,"date":"2021-05-10T13:59:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T10:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/?page_id=116192"},"modified":"2025-01-14T16:43:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T14:43:25","slug":"gender","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/en\/work\/gender\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class=\"block-hero full-width id-block\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Peace_group_01-scaled.jpg');\">\n\n\t<div class=\"bg-mobile\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Peace_group_01-1024x683.jpg');\"><\/div>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"curtain\"><\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"inner-blocks entry-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"is-style-brush\" ><span class=\"bg\">\nWorking for <span class=\"is-highlighted\">gender equality<\/span>\n<\/span><\/h2><h2 class=\"is-style-brush mobile\" ><span class=\"bg\">Working<\/span><span class=\"bg\">for<\/span><span class=\"is-highlighted\"><span class=\"bg\">gender<\/span><span class=\"bg\">equality<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"subpage-navigation id-block full-width\">\n    <div class=\"container-lg\">\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col\">\n                <ul class=\"pages\">\n                                        <li class=\"page ancestor\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/en\/work\/\">What we do<\/a>\n                    <\/li>\n                    \n                                        <li class=\"page\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/en\/work\/advocacy-work\/\">Advocacy<\/a>\n                    <\/li>\n                                        <li class=\"page current\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/en\/work\/gender\/\">Gender<\/a>\n                    <\/li>\n                                        <li class=\"page\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/en\/work\/humanitarian-assistance\/\">Humanitarian Assistance<\/a>\n                    <\/li>\n                                        <li class=\"page\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/en\/work\/education\/\">Right to Education<\/a>\n                    <\/li>\n                                        <li class=\"page\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/en\/work\/right-livelihood\/\">Right to Livelihood<\/a>\n                    <\/li>\n                                        <li class=\"page\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/en\/work\/right-to-peace\/\">Right to Peace<\/a>\n                    <\/li>\n                                        <li class=\"page\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkonulkomaanapu.fi\/en\/work\/sustainable-development-goals\/\">Sustainable Development Goals<\/a>\n                    <\/li>\n                                    <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Research shows that improving women&#8217;s status and livelihoods&nbsp;are two of the most critical ways&nbsp;of eradicating poverty and improving the general standard of living.&nbsp;Improving their position correlates with the prosperity of the whole family, community and society.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&nbsp;promote the&nbsp;UN Sustainable Development Goal 5&nbsp;on&nbsp;Gender&nbsp;Equality,&nbsp;a cross-cutting theme&nbsp;in all&nbsp;our&nbsp;programmes. All our projects are preceded by a gender analysis&nbsp;aiming to include and enable&nbsp;women\u2019s social, political,&nbsp;and economic participation in their respective contexts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We work:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>for the education\u00a0of girls and women\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>for the\u00a0employment and entrepreneurship of women\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>for women\u2019s political participation\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>against sexual and gender-based violence\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>against child-marriage\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>against unequal power structures\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Finn Church Aid (FCA)&nbsp;manages&nbsp;Women\u2019s Bank&nbsp;that was founded in 2007&nbsp;to strengthen&nbsp;women\u2019s right&nbsp;to&nbsp;education and&nbsp;livelihoods&nbsp;in fragile countries.&nbsp;Its livelihood activities offer training in entrepreneurship, marketing and managing finances. Creating cooperatives and savings groups are central to the projects, and the cooperatives support their members\u2019 business activities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The livelihood projects also strengthen women\u2019s rights in other ways. Participating in cooperatives and their management builds confidence and experience that support women in becoming involved in broader decision-making structures. The cooperatives also offer interventions and solutions to issues, such as domestic violence and other forms of gender-based violence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The education of girls is one of the most efficient ways of securing sustainable&nbsp;development&nbsp;for entire communities.&nbsp;We raise local awareness about the benefits of sending girls to school&nbsp;and address the practical challenges girls face in&nbsp;schools, such as access to sanitary pads and safe lavatories.&nbsp;Offering quality education to girls is also meant to prevent harmful traditions, such as&nbsp;child marriage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Educated women are more likely to send their children to school, and education is the key to&nbsp;self-determination and&nbsp;living&nbsp;an independent life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research shows that improving women&#8217;s status and livelihoods&nbsp;are two of the most critical ways&nbsp;of eradicating poverty and improving the general standard of living.&nbsp;Improving their position correlates with the prosperity of the whole family, community and society.\u202f&nbsp; We&nbsp;promote the&nbsp;UN Sustainable Development Goal 5&nbsp;on&nbsp;Gender&nbsp;Equality,&nbsp;a cross-cutting theme&nbsp;in all&nbsp;our&nbsp;programmes. 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