A Voice For the Voiceless

The Advocacy Project helps marginalized communities to tell their story, claim their rights and produce social change. We recruit graduate students to volunteer as Peace Fellows with partners.

The Impact of Service

"I look at myself as having the potential to be as strong and caring as the amazing women I met in Kenya."

Kate Cummings (Tufts University) volunteered in 2009 as a Peace Fellow for Vital Voices in Africa.

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Partner Campaigns

AP is able to support a limited number of campaigns. These are initiated by an AP partner. We work together to identify clear goals, develop a work plan, find donors and draft a proposal. The lead will be taken by the partner. AP provides support at every stage. This includes a long-term Peace Fellow, monitoring and evaluation, and international outreach.

	Survivors of the Srebrenica Massacre in Bosnia The weavers of BOSFAM (Bosnian Family) have produced 15 memorial quilts that commemorate the notorious 1995 massacre at Srebrenica. These have been exhibited widely in North America, and were shown at massacre site in Bosnia on the 15th anniversary (July 11, 2010). AP and Bosfam are using the quilts in the campaign for justice and to generate support for a new women's center in Srebrenica. Learn More
	Uterine Prolapse in Nepal The Women’s Reproductive Rights Program (WRRP) has been working since 2000 to curb the condition of uterine prolapse (UP) which affects 600,000 Nepali women and is mainly caused by abuse against women. WRRP has developed an ambitious program in the east to treat and prevent UP by empowering marginalized women. In 2010, AP and WRRP took the message of UP to the annual Women Deliver conference in Washington and met with the US Congress. Learn More
	Combating Sexual Violence in Eastern Congo The war in Eastern Congo has taken a terrible toll on women. AP’s partner, SOS Femmes en Danger (SOSFED), is implementing a program in Fizi Territory, South Kivu, to help rape survivors recover, learn skills and develop practices for avoiding rape. This includes renting communal fields, where women can work together in relative security. Learn More
	Advocacy Quilting Building on the work with the Srebrenica survivors in Bosnia, AP has helped partners to make advocacy quilts in Guatemala, Uganda, Nepal, the DRC, France, Czech Republic, and Kosovo (Roma). Quilting allows women to express themselves. AP then uses the quilts to organize events and promote the work of the partners internationally. Learn More

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