FXB is committed to protecting the rights of women and children and preventing any form of violence and insecurity against them. It promotes gender equality and considers the empowerment of women as a key factor in the fight against poverty.
Context
While progress has been made on gender equality in achieving the Millennium Development Goals, women and girls continue to face violence and discrimination in all regions of the world. 35% of women have experienced at least once physical and/or sexual abuse by an intimate partner or sexual abuse by another person. Adult women account for almost half of all victims of trafficking in human beings worldwide.
FXB in action
Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but also a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world.
Our goal is to promote inclusive and peaceful societies. Each of our programmes is intended to respond to the implementation – in the daily lives of children – of their rights as defined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 20 November 1989. For the first time, rights had been recognized for all children throughout the world, the right to survival, development, protection and participation.
FXB also aims to combat gender discrimination and to balance relations between men and women so that women, who are more exposed to poverty, can access the same economic and social opportunities.
Ensuring equal access for women and girls to education, health care, decent work and representation in political and economic decision-making processes will foster sustainable economies and benefit societies and humanity as a whole.
Our current programs
The promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women and the fight against trafficking in human beings and all forms of violence against women and children are essential for promoting peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development.
These are the objectives of our VillageFXB programs and our protection programs. These actions also strengthen the capacity to develop communities in which we intervene