The Foundation for
Women
The
Foundation for Women (FFW) is a non-governmental organization
providing services to women and based in Bangkok,
Thailand.
FFW implements activities by applying
human rights principles aiming at respecting, protecting
and promoting the rights of individual women and girl
child.
Background
FFW was formed in 1984 when we established
a Women's Information Centre, providing advice to
Thai women who were to go abroad. In 1986, we opened
a women's shelter for victims of domestic violence.
In 1988, FFW expanded its activities
with the launch of a community-based education project
(Kamla) to inform people about the problems of child
prostitution and to counter the propaganda spread
by agents working for international and national trafficking
networks. The Kamla project was illustrated in the
UN Plan of Action Combating the Sale of Children,
Child Prostitution and Child Pornography in 1992 as
an example to combating child prostitution by launching
public education.
In 1991, the experience gained from
the community-based work led to the launch of the
"Weaving New Life" project. The project
combined the public education/media production work
of FFW with the training of village residents as volunteer
development workers to assist women and children in
their communities.
While working
for gender equality/equity and social justice, FFW
encourages the participation of women and community
in solving their problems and collaborating with authorities
at all levels in shaping plans and policies that affect
the lives of women and children.
FFW respects the right to self determination of
individual women and aims to assist women to achieve
equality and justice by providing information and
support to enabling them to make informed decision
and take control of their life. FFW produces educational
material to publicise and promote the recognition
of women's human rights.
While the services at FFW are available to everyone,
we give a special emphasis in our work to rural women,
young women, women workers, women and children vulnerable
to forced prostitution and international trafficking,
victims of domestic and sexual violence.
At FFW, our
activities are led by the following principles:
The social position of women will be changed through
the combined efforts of women and men but women will
play decisive role in this transformation.
Our work will attend to those women who are most disadvantaged
and be based on equal participation and mutual learning
We will cooperate with governmental and non-governmental
groups nationally and internationally to achieve the
best results.
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