Our Story
In my home village, the injustice was quiet but deeply rooted: fewer than 1% of the girls
I grew up with were able to complete primary education. By their teenage years—often before
turning 17—they were already considered women, burdened with responsibilities and robbed of
their dreams.
At the time, I didn’t have the language to call it injustice. But as I grew older, I came
to recognize this as a symptom of deeper systemic violence—a complex web of gender
inequality, harmful traditions, and structural exclusion. Women Concern (WOCO) was born
from this reality in 2016. It is our response to the injustices experienced by women and
girls—not only in times of war, but through the ongoing legacy of patriarchy embedded in
our traditions, laws, and systems of governance.
We exist to dismantle the barriers that exclude women and girls from fully participating
in society—economically, socially, culturally, and politically. WOCO is a movement to
restore dignity to women, the very foundation of humanity. We believe that the future of
our country depends on the full inclusion and empowerment of women and girls.
