Protect Disabled Women from Gender-Based Violence

by GoGreen Environmental Health Sustainability Initiatives
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Protect Disabled Women from Gender-Based Violence

Project Report | Sep 16, 2026
She Is Not Asking for Pity. She Is Asking for Oppo

By JACKSON AMEH | Project Leader

She Is Not Asking for Pity. She Is Asking for Opportunity.

Look at her and see more than a disability.

See a woman who wants to work.

A woman who wants to contribute.

A woman who wants to make her own decisions.

A woman who wants to live safely and with dignity.

A woman with dreams for the future.

Women with disabilities do not lack potential. Too often, what they lack are the opportunities, support systems, and inclusive environments that allow that potential to flourish.

And when economic dependence, discrimination, and social exclusion are combined, vulnerability to gender-based violence can become even greater.

This is why your support matters.

Through GoGreen's Protecting Disabled Women from Gender-Based Violence project, we are working toward a future where women with disabilities can access support, strengthen their voices, participate more fully in their communities, and pursue greater economic self-reliance.

We do not want disability to determine how far a woman can dream or what she can achieve.

We want her to have choices.

The choice to learn.
The choice to earn.
The choice to speak.
The choice to participate.
And the opportunity to live without violence and fear.

Your donation can help create those opportunities.

She is not asking us to feel sorry for her. She is asking to be seen, heard, included, and given a fair chance.

So don't simply see the challenges in front of her.

See the possibilities within her.

Stand with women with disabilities today and invest in their safety, dignity, confidence, and independence.

Donate today—because sometimes one opportunity is all it takes to begin changing a life.

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Project Leader:
Jackson Ameh
MAKURDI , BENUE STATE Nigeria
$1,151 raised of $23,450 goal
 
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