Commitment title:

Address gender-based violence and the harmful practices of child, early and forced marriage and female genital mutilation, committing to fight for

Commitment description:

Work with Afro-Ecuadorian women to raise awareness of violence and different forms of discrimination that are aggravated by ethnic status. Knowledge of national and international legislation

Mode of engagement:
  • Policy and guidance
    Trabajar con las mujeres Afroecuatorianas en la sensibilización sobre violencia y diferentes formas discriminatorias en las que se agrava la problemática por la condición étnica. Conocimiento de la legislación nacional e internacional
Commitment to be actioned in: Ecuador
Submitted from: Ecuador
Submitted by
Fundación de Desarrollo Social Afroecuatoriana Azúcar
Thematic area
Address gender-based violence and the harmful practices of child, early and forced marriages and female genital mutilation
Commitment category

(5) (a) Zero sexual and gender-based violence and harmful practices, including zero child, early and forced marriage, as well as zero female genital mutilation; and (b) Elimination of all forms of discrimination against all women and girls, in order to realize all individuals’ full socio-economic potential.