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Our Impact

A decade of feminist leadership translated into measurable, transformative change for vulnerable women and girls across Kenya's Coast region.

10 Years of Impact

Impact at a glance

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Affiliated Grassroots Groups
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Counties in Coast Region
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Years of Grassroots Leadership
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Donations Go to Programs
Program Reach

Impact Across Our Seven Pillars

Feminist Leadership & Development

Investing in the knowledge, skills, and confidence of women and adolescent girls to engage in civic processes, influence decision-making, and hold institutions accountable.

300+
Girls supported annually
50+
Leadership graduates
⚖️

GBV Prevention & Access to Justice

A comprehensive prevention–response–justice continuum addressing intimate partner violence, sexual violence, femicide, harmful practices, trafficking, and state-perpetrated violence.

850+
GBV survivors supported
120+
Community paralegals trained
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Sexual & Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) Justice

Advancing sexual and reproductive health rights, mental wellbeing, and bodily autonomy across the life-cycle — with deliberate focus on adolescent girls and young women.

2,000+
Women reached annually
7
Safe spaces operated
🌱

Economic Empowerment & Livelihoods

Strengthening livelihoods, economic agency, asset ownership, and financial resilience for vulnerable women — particularly those in informal economies or exiting situations of violence.

42
Cooperatives supported
1,400+
Women in VSLA groups
🌍

Climate Justice & Natural Resource Governance

Integrating climate vulnerability with women's rights — supporting women's leadership in climate action and strengthening community resilience across coastal communities.

25+
Climate resilience groups
6
Counties covered
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Movement Building & Alliance Strengthening

Strengthening grassroots women's movements through coalition building, alliance facilitation, peer learning, and tailored capacity strengthening for member groups.

50+
Affiliated member groups
6
Counties in network
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Research, Documentation & Policy Influence

Generating evidence from lived experience and translating it into advocacy at county, national, and global policy levels.

20+
Policy engagements
4
Global platforms
Our Approach

Theory of Change

1

Reach

We identify and connect with marginalised women and girls through community networks and 50+ affiliated groups.

2

Engage

Women and girls participate in programs tailored to their intersecting needs — legal, economic, health, or movement-building.

3

Transform

Women and girls gain knowledge, confidence, skills, and support networks that fundamentally shift their lived realities.

4

Lead

Women and girls become advocates, trainers, policymakers, and leaders — multiplying impact across Coast Kenya.

Our Constituencies

Who We Serve

COSWA serves vulnerable women and girls in all their intersecting diversities across Kenya's Coast region.

Adolescent girls & young women
GBV survivors & femicide-affected families
Women living with HIV
Women with disabilities
Climate-displaced women & girls
Migrant women & refugees
Women in the informal economy
Women who use drugs
Female sex workers
Single mothers & widows
Ageing women
Women in cross-border communities
Global Reach

Policy Influence & Global Partnerships

COSWA influences policies and public discourse at county, national, and global levels through strategic partnerships.

Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
Beijing+30
International AIDS Society
Africa Sex Workers Alliance
Maputo Protocol Monitoring
CIVICUS
HIVOS
IPPF
Transparency

Annual Reports & Financials

2024

Annual Impact Report

Full programmatic and financial review across all seven strategic priorities

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2023

Annual Impact Report

Full programmatic and financial review across all seven strategic priorities

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2022

Annual Impact Report

Full programmatic and financial review across all seven strategic priorities

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Help us deepen this impact

Every shilling you give advances these numbers. 97% goes directly to programs for women and girls.

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