IBUKA (Women & Girl Empowerment)
We enhance the livelihoods, resilience and dignity of women and girls with disabilities.
IBUKA (Women & Girl Empowerment)
We enhance the livelihoods, resilience and dignity of women and girls with disabilities.
Through the IBUKA Program, The Action Foundation works towards enhancing the livelihoods, resilience and dignity of women and girls with disabilities. Women & girls with disabilities are less likely to access economic resources compared to their peers without disabilities. The situation is dire for women and girls in urban and rural informal settlements and is exacerbated by poverty and inaccessibility of education and training opportunities. They face heightened risks of sexual gender-based violence amongst other forms of violence owing to their vulnerability, retrogressive cultural belief & norm systems, stigma & discrimination in the community.
We work with women and girls with disabilities to address the root causes which make them vulnerable to disproportionately higher rates of violence compared to their peers. Our Program provides mentorship, psychosocial support, capacity building to support the women and girls to respond to and prevent Gender Based Violence, and engage with community influencers to promote their rights.
Participation in the labor force reduces the vulnerability of women and girls with disabilities to exploitation and violence. We work with young girls and women with disabilities to support them with skills, mentorship and information on careers and business success.
Through the IBUKA STEM Mentorship Program, we provide adolescent girls with disabilities with STEM Education with the goal of increasing their participation in technology related fields. The IBUKA Skills Program equips women with disabilities and female caregivers of children with disabilities with vocational skills to start and run their own businesses.
Ibuka Stories
I Can Help Others Through STEM
Narration by Mildred Atieno While technology has become more present in all our lives, girls with disabilities are more likely to face digital exclusion due to the lack of gender inclusivity, accessibility, and user consideration within the digital ecosystem....
Menstrual Health for Girls with Intellectual Disabilities in Low Income Communities
Girls with disabilities are subject to double discrimination, as they grapple both with being female, and having a disability. They are less likely to be able to access health information and services and their disabilities also exclude them from regular peer support...
I Can Help Others Through STEM
Narration by Mildred Atieno While technology has become more present in all our lives, girls with disabilities are more likely to face digital exclusion due to the lack of gender inclusivity, accessibility, and user consideration within the digital ecosystem....
Menstrual Health for Girls with Intellectual Disabilities in Low Income Communities
Girls with disabilities are subject to double discrimination, as they grapple both with being female, and having a disability. They are less likely to be able to access health information and services and their disabilities also exclude them from regular peer support...