To celebrate #InternationalWomensDay, we are spotlighting one of our Community Partners, Healing to Action (HTA). HTA is ending gender-based violence by building the leadership and collective power of the communities who are most impacted, transforming the narrative of survivors from vulnerable “victims” to powerful leaders in the movement to end gender-based violence.

Reflecting on their work and its need today, HTA noted that:

“Gender-based violence (GBV) means violence against a person because of their gender. This includes physical and psychological violence by intimate partners, sexual assault, rape, and stalking among other forms of violence. This disproportionately affects women because violence

is used in attempts to control and confine women to traditional stereotypes around gender roles. GBV also disproportionately affects queer, trans, and gender non-conforming people for not conforming to traditional gender roles.”

To support HTA, check out the Survivor Power Institute (SPI), a training program for organizers, advocates, and leaders across different movements to explore the root causes of GBV, build concrete skills for supporting survivors, and imagine ways for their organizations to engage in survivor-led work; applications will open in early summer. Readers can also follow them on social media to stay up to date on SPI and HTA’s other work.