Wife beating, maltreatment and molestation of women were seen as a divine right to men. Until the community sensitization on domestic violence and its associated punishment by ActionAid and CARD, the situation was widely been practice in many households in Ullo and its surrounding communities. However, most of our husbands have now changed and started respecting our views and opinions in household and community issues because of the education we all received on our rights and ...

“ActionAid through CARD has reshaped our lives and unite us as women, and for the first time ever, give us strength to rally behind each other to wind lives and earn incomes for ourselves”. Says by Ama Basing, a 37 year old woman, a wife of the Billaw Koro (Chief) and organizer to the Landmeh Women Group at Billaw

Billaw is a sponsorship community which many women were not effectively organized into groups and their mobilization was difficult hence denied them access to v...