{"id":3568,"date":"2019-06-06T11:13:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T09:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/?p=3568"},"modified":"2025-08-11T11:08:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T09:08:50","slug":"women-fighting-their-rights-rainforest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/articles\/women-fighting-their-rights-rainforest\/","title":{"rendered":"Women fighting for their rights in the rainforest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-92f16597 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Women fighting for their rights in the rainforest<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-normal-font-size is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4b827052 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-fa7dab4be3bbf058023c896d023e2439 wp-block-post-date has-text-color has-dark-green-color has-normal-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2019-06-06T11:13:00+02:00\">06.06.2019<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-co-authors-plus-coauthors is-layout-flow wp-block-co-authors-plus-coauthors-is-layout-flow\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\"><span class=\"wp-block-co-authors-plus-coauthors__prefix\">By <\/span><div class=\"wp-block-co-authors-plus-coauthor\"><p class=\"wp-block-co-authors-plus-name\">Rikke Hovn Poulsen<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/kvindekamp-i-regnskoven-01.jpg\" alt=\"Lowinre T Wehayee, Liberia\" class=\"wp-image-3569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/kvindekamp-i-regnskoven-01.jpg 730w, https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/kvindekamp-i-regnskoven-01-610x407.jpg 610w, https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/07\/kvindekamp-i-regnskoven-01-488x325.jpg 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lowinre T Wehayee, Liberia <br>Photo: Lotte \u00c6rs\u00f8e<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Until a few years ago, women&#8217;s rights were not discussed in the village of Janzon in Liberia. Then the strong women of the village joined forces, and now they are demanding more influence and equality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strong women of Liberia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Lowinre T. Wehayee&#8217;s marriage was never happy. Her husband beat her when he was drunk &#8211; and he often was. He helped neither in the house nor in the field. And in the end, he left her and their four children for another woman. &#8220;I spent many years being unhappy and worrying about how to manage without a man,&#8221; says Lowinre T. Wehayee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That changed when Oxfam&#8217;s partner, the Foundation for Community Initiative (FCI), started a women&#8217;s group in Janzon two years ago to fight violence against women and strengthen their participation in community life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the beginning, it was not so much the message of women&#8217;s rights that attracted Lowinre T Wehayee show up. I \u2013 it was the teaching of trade and agricultural techniques, another part of the package. This gave the women some concrete tools that they could use right away to make more money, and it sparked interest in what else FCI had to offer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI became a better farmer and a better businesswoman. And it dawned on me that I could handle a lot of things myself,\u201d says Lowinre T. Wehayee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Women helping women<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Self-confidence spread among the women of the village. They started to pool their savings, and make loans to help each other out when they were in need. The women began to talk about gender roles and the violence they almost all experienced, but had never before spoken about. It dawned on them that the distribution of work in the homes was not fair \u2013 the men should help more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNow the women stand together. If we hear of a man beating his wife, we go to him and say it&#8217;s forbidden and he risks going to jail. Of course, there are some men who get angry with us. But the violence has diminished and the men respect us, \u201dexplains Lowinre T. Wehayee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Somewhere in the process, a fire was lit in Lowinre. She realized that she actually had a lot of options. She was good at creating support and togetherness. When asked if she wanted to be the leader of the women&#8217;s group, she was in no doubt. \u201cI have become a leader in creating change. And it has dawned on me that everything a man can do, so can a woman,\u201d she emphasizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lowinre T. Wehayee is a woman of ambition. It shines through as she shows off the clay huts on her small plot: \u201cThis is my house where I live with my children. The cabin over there is mine too. And the goats. And then I am saving up for a house in town that I can rent out,\u201d she says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here in Janzon, owning all this is something of a feat for a single woman. But the 45-year-old farmer and businesswoman wants more than that: \u201cI plan to put myself forward the next time we choose the chief in the village. I know I have many supporters. I will probably succeed,\u201d she declares confidently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lowinre T. Wehayee has power, and she is politically tough. She has succeeded in turning a hopeless situation into an extraordinary success story. Her village is several days&#8217; journey from the capital on dirt roads that are often impassable. Equality is not traditionally at the top of the agenda in such remote areas, to put it mildly. But it is now, thanks to Lowinre and her cool sisters in the village&#8217;s women&#8217;s group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Women&#8217;s time is over\u2019<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in the early 2000s, Liberia was one of the African countries that really moved on the equality front. After 14 years of civil war, the women&#8217;s movement was one of the main forces behind the peace process, culminating in the first free, democratic elections in 2005. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was elected president &#8211; the first woman president in the African continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a fantastic victory for the women&#8217;s movement that had helped to carry \u2018Ma Ellen\u2019 forward. One of her election promises was, of course, to fight for women&#8217;s rights. But when she came to power, she was bogged down in other issues. Liberia is one of the poorest countries in the world, with mounting problems from corruption to lack of schools and hospitals to the miserable roads that make it impossible to travel from one city to another during the rainy season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Ma Ellen left the presidential post last year, there had not been many improvements for Liberia&#8217;s women. Some even think the situation has gone backwards. Violence is still part of everyday life and women are highly under-represented in political life, from village councils to parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Many Liberians were disappointed with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and said &#8216;women&#8217;s time is over&#8217; &#8211; they would never vote for a woman again. If she had been a man, it would have been his personal failure. But now this attitude is affecting opportunities for all the country\u2019s women,\u201d says Lisa Kindervater, who works for Oxfam&#8217;s equality program in Liberia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Together with her colleagues, she struggles every day to improve those opportunities. She believes she will succeed \u2013 but it requires a showdown with some deeply rooted traditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Women are kept away from power<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Although modern institutions such as the police and judiciary are gaining ground across the country, Liberia&#8217;s traditional leaders and chieftains still have great power outside the capital Monrovia. These leaders are overwhelmingly men &#8211; and in many places women are banned from the forums where decisions are made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a vicious cycle. When women are not part of public life, they cannot help to make things better,\u201d explains Lisa Kindervater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an example, she cites the religious devil masks for which many Liberians have deep respect. Each tribe has its own mask, with associated rules and traditions. In the 2017 election campaign, the masks became a political instrument: tradition calls for women to stay indoors when the male mask appears, and in many places men brought out the masks when female candidates came to the village to hold election meetings. In one village, when a female candidate insisted on conducting her campaign meeting anyway, the men put her in a canoe and pushed her out on the river, saying that a woman should not come from outside thinking she can defy their traditions and religion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLiberia is a very male-dominated society. But this is not a law of nature. Gender roles and repressive norms can easily be changed &#8211; we see this every single day in Oxfam as we help women demand their rights and have greater influence, from parliament to the village councils,\u201d explains Lisa Kindervater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the programme<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Title:<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8220;Women, adolescents and girls in Guatemala, Liberia and Burundi live a life free of violence and as active citizens\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Grant total:<\/strong>&nbsp;10.646.144 Euro<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Grant period:<\/strong>&nbsp;5&nbsp;years (from January 1st 2016 to December 31st 2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Funded by:<\/strong>&nbsp;The Dutch Ministry for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperationet m\u00e5l for uligheden mellem m\u00e6nd og kvinder, ligger Liberia nummer 154 ud af 160 lande. Kun hvert tiende parlamentsmedlem er kvinde. Mere end 40 procent af Liberias kvinder har v\u00e6ret udsat for partnervold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-has-slider news has-beige-light-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-db94192d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:8vh;padding-right:5vw;padding-bottom:8vh;padding-left:5vw\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-green-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0968660e8449625e53242e364044115b\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">Read more about Liberia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"columns-2 wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-02493678 wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-2201 projekter type-projekter status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry category-eu category-projects tag-eu tag-gender-based-violence tag-ghana tag-liberia tag-mali tag-womens-rights\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/projects\/enough-eu\/\"    class=\"wp-block-tiptip-hyperlink-group-block\" >\n<article class=\"wp-block-group story is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-353c4f5a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-98bb686d wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-tiny-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b371d99e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:800;text-transform:uppercase\">\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-green-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-26aa9606fa2f9d5ff89a8b4eaba2ea1b\">Project<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>|<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date has-tiny-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2024-07-07T19:08:00+02:00\">07.07.2024<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\">Enough!<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Violence is faced by women and girls across the world every day. One in three women experience some form of gender-based violence in their lifetime. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group read-more has-dark-green-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-bb756fb566950cb25e4aee5d02bf7edc is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c0d5ccf6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:800;text-transform:uppercase\">\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-outermost-icon-block\"><div class=\"icon-container has-icon-color has-dark-green-color\" style=\"color:#336114;width:28px;transform:rotate(0deg) scaleX(1) scaleY(1)\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M10.6 6L9.4 7l4.6 5-4.6 5 1.2 1 5.4-6z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/a>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-3318 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-articles tag-feminism tag-gender-based-violence tag-liberia tag-sexism tag-womens-rights\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/oxfam.dk\/en\/articles\/frontline-fighters-justice\/\"    class=\"wp-block-tiptip-hyperlink-group-block\" >\n<article class=\"wp-block-group story is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-353c4f5a wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-98bb686d wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-tiny-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b371d99e wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:800;text-transform:uppercase\">\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"align wp-elements-ea0557fba02be80197312c24abd877fe wp-elements-eae975ac62d57771adc712759dd7f382 wp-block-acf-category-singular has-text-color has-dark-green-color\">\n\tArticle<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>|<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date has-tiny-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2019-10-01T11:43:00+02:00\">01.10.2019<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\">Frontline fighters for justice<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Oxfam Danmark afholder i samarbejde med lokale organisationer kurser og individuel tr\u00e6ning for sygeplejersker, socialr\u00e5dgivere og politifolk i Liberia. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group read-more has-dark-green-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-bb756fb566950cb25e4aee5d02bf7edc is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c0d5ccf6 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:800;text-transform:uppercase\">\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-outermost-icon-block\"><div class=\"icon-container has-icon-color has-dark-green-color\" style=\"color:#336114;width:28px;transform:rotate(0deg) scaleX(1) scaleY(1)\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M10.6 6L9.4 7l4.6 5-4.6 5 1.2 1 5.4-6z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/a>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Until just a few years ago, women\u2019s rights were not a topic of discussion in the village of Janzon in Liberia. 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