Women for Change

Women for Change WfC is a gender focused organisation working to empower rural communities especially women and girls achieve sustainable human development

Community Dialogues | Kapiri Mposhi District | UCC Project*The Women for Change [WfC] team is currently implementing act...
26/06/2026

Community Dialogues | Kapiri Mposhi District | UCC Project*

The Women for Change [WfC] team is currently implementing activities in Kapiri Mposhi District under the United Church of Canada [UCC] Project.

WfC has conducted community meetings in Makafu, Ntasa-Chalengamina, Chitutukutu, and Mondwa-Mpika villages.

The dialogues centered on the roles and responsibilities of women and men in natural resource management and climate change response. A key emphasis was placed on equal participation and collaboration as critical factors in building sustainable and resilient communities.

In line with its mandate, WfC utilizes participatory education methodologies. This approach enables participants to engage in deeper reflection and analysis of issues affecting people in their communities.

To enhance understanding and ensure inclusive participation, the sessions are facilitated through interactive drawing and writing exercises. These tools allowed community members to visually and collectively explore challenges, share perspectives, and identify community-led solutions.

The engagements aim to strengthen community understanding that climate resilience is achieved when both women and men participate equallyin protecting and managing natural resources.

Women for Change, through Executive Director Ms. Lumba Siyanga, joined the women’s movement led by Ms. Beauty Katebe to ...
18/06/2026

Women for Change, through Executive Director Ms. Lumba Siyanga, joined the women’s movement led by Ms. Beauty Katebe to pay last respects to the late Mrs. Petronella Kawandami Chisanga at her Funeral Mass and burial at Memorial Park today. She passed on 13th June at age 82.
Petronella was an educationist whose contribution to the women’s movement is immense. Her vision and tireless advocacy helped strengthen women’s leadership, education, and collective organizing in Zambia.
Her legacy will live on. Our heartfelt condolences to her family.
MHSRIEP

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WOMEN FOR CHANGE STATEMENT TO COMMEMORATE THE DAY OF THE AFRICAN CHILD 2026 Theme: “Ensuring Universal Access to Water, ...
16/06/2026

WOMEN FOR CHANGE STATEMENT TO COMMEMORATE THE DAY OF THE AFRICAN CHILD 2026

Theme: “Ensuring Universal Access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Every Child in Africa”

Today, Women for Change joins the rest of Africa in commemorating the Day of the African Child. We honor the resilience, potential, and rights of every African child, with a special focus on girls in rural communities.

This year’s theme speaks directly to a barrier that continues to hold back girls’ education and health in Zambia: lack of clean water, sanitation, and hygiene. For many rural girls, walking long distances for water, missing school during menstruation due to poor WASH facilities, and facing safety risks around unprotected water points are daily realities. Without WASH, we cannot have full, equal participation of girls in education or community life.

As an organization that builds the capacities of rural communities, especially women and girls, for sustainable development, Women for Change calls on government, partners, and communities to:

1. *Prioritize WASH in rural schools* – Safe, private, and girl-friendly toilets with menstrual hygiene management are not a luxury. They are a right that keeps girls in school.
2. *Invest in community water solutions* – Bringing clean, safe water closer to homes reduces girls’ unpaid care work and protects them from harm.
3. *Engage women and girls as leaders* – Women and girls must be at the center of planning, managing, and monitoring WASH solutions in their communities.

When every child, especially every girl, has access to water, sanitation and hygiene, we unlock health, dignity, education, and long-term development for entire communities.

On this Day of the African Child, Women for Change reaffirms its commitment to work with rural communities to build a Zambia where no girl is left behind because of WASH.

For every girl, for every child – WASH for dignity, WASH for education, WASH for the future.

Issued by:
Women for Change – WfC
Lusaka, Zambia

WOMEN FOR CHANGE STATEMENT TO COMMEMORATE THE DAY OF THE AFRICAN CHILD 2026Theme: “Ensuring Universal Access to Water, S...
16/06/2026

WOMEN FOR CHANGE STATEMENT TO COMMEMORATE THE DAY OF THE AFRICAN CHILD 2026

Theme: “Ensuring Universal Access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Every Child in Africa”

Today, Women for Change joins the rest of Africa in commemorating the Day of the African Child. We honor the resilience, potential, and rights of every African child, with a special focus on girls in rural communities.

This year’s theme speaks directly to a barrier that continues to hold back girls’ education and health in Zambia: lack of clean water, sanitation, and hygiene. For many rural girls, walking long distances for water, missing school during menstruation due to poor WASH facilities, and facing safety risks around unprotected water points are daily realities. Without WASH, we cannot have full, equal participation of girls in education or community life.

As an organization that builds the capacities of rural communities, especially women and girls, for sustainable development, Women for Change calls on government, partners, and communities to:

1. *Prioritize WASH in rural schools* – Safe, private, and girl-friendly toilets with menstrual hygiene management are not a luxury. They are a right that keeps girls in school.
2. *Invest in community water solutions* – Bringing clean, safe water closer to homes reduces girls’ unpaid care work and protects them from harm.
3. *Engage women and girls as leaders* – Women and girls must be at the center of planning, managing, and monitoring WASH solutions in their communities.

When every child, especially every girl, has access to water, sanitation and hygiene, we unlock health, dignity, education, and long-term development for entire communities.

On this Day of the African Child, Women for Change reaffirms its commitment to work with rural communities to build a Zambia where no girl is left behind because of WASH.

*For every girl, for every child – WASH for dignity, WASH for education, WASH for the future.*

Issued by
Women for Change – WfC

Lusaka, Zambia

STATEMENT BY WOMEN FOR CHANGEWomen for Change Commends President Hakainde Hichilema for Assenting to the Access to Educa...
05/06/2026

STATEMENT BY WOMEN FOR CHANGE

Women for Change Commends President Hakainde Hichilema for Assenting to the Access to Education Bill and 4 Other Progressive Bills*

Women for Change congratulates His Excellency President Hakainde Hichilema for assenting yesterday, June 4, 2026, to the Access to Education Bill and four other progressive bills.

The President’s assent to the Access to Education Bill is a historic milestone for every Zambian girl. By making education free and equitable, the law removes barriers of poverty, early pregnancy, and discrimination that have kept girls out of school. When girls learn, families grow stronger, communities become healthier, and Zambia’s future is more prosperous.

We commend Government for this clear demonstration of political will toward dignity, inclusion, and human rights. Assent to law is the start; implementation delivers change. Women for Change therefore commits to working with Government, traditional leaders, schools, and communities to ensure these laws move from policy to practice in every district.

Yesterday Zambia chose progress through assent. Today we begin the work of making it real. Women for Change stands ready to play its part.

For and behalf of
Women for Change
Lumba Siyanga
Executive Director
Lusaka, June 5, 2026

Women for Change recently trained 120 teachers, health workers, and community volunteers in effective handwashing and M...
05/06/2026

Women for Change recently trained 120 teachers, health workers, and community volunteers in effective handwashing and Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM).

71 women + 49 men from Gwembe, Namwala, Sinazongwe, Kalabo, Mongu & Kaoma districts now have practical, culturally respectful skills to:
1. Teach proper handwashing and prevent disease
2. Break the silence around menstrual health
3. Keep girls in school and communities healthy

By equipping educators, health workers, and volunteers, Women for Change is building sustainable hygiene habits and making sure health + dignity are a right for all, not a privilege. The project is being implemented in partnership with Oxfam Zambia/ Canada with financial support from Global Affairs Canada.

*Stronger communities start with knowledge. Healthier futures start with dignity.*

Women for Change recently held an educational session with community members in Namwala focused on human rights and how ...
02/06/2026

Women for Change recently held an educational session with community members in Namwala focused on human rights and how they connect to daily life. The session placed special emphasis on the right to adequate shelter.

Participants were reminded that every person deserves decent, dignified housing. A proper home is more than walls and a roof — it’s a place to rest safely, protection from rain and cold, and security from intruders.

To make the message real, the facilitator invited a participant to the front and held up a chitenge cloth. She used it to show a common practice in many homes: hanging fabric as a makeshift wall to divide living spaces.

The facilitator explained why this matters. A chitenge cannot give parents and their grown children the privacy they need. Conversations are overheard. Personal space disappears. Without proper walls and doors, families lose dignity, comfort, and a sense of security in their own homes.

Participants immediately connected with the example. Many nodded and shared that this is a real challenge in their community. The demonstration turned an abstract right into something they could see and feel — and it sparked honest discussion about what dignified housing should look like for every family in Namwala.
The workshop is part of the ongoing implementation of the ICSP project supported by the Irish Government through Oxfam Zambia

Message of Condelences We, at Women for Change, are deeply saddened by the passing of His Royal Highness Mpezeni IV, Pa...
01/06/2026

Message of Condelences

We, at Women for Change, are deeply saddened by the passing of His Royal Highness Mpezeni IV, Paramount Chief of the Ngoni speaking people of Eastern Province.

Women for Change had the privilege of working closely with His Royal Highness in the early 2000s when we trained all the chiefs in Eastern Province on gender, human rights, and children’s rights. Even then, he stood out as a leader with vision and courage.

He became a true champion in the fight against early marriages and other harmful cultural practices. His voice and influence brought dignity and protection to countless girls and women in Eastern Province. He proved that culture and human rights can walk together when leadership is rooted in compassion.

To the Royal Establishment, the Ngoni people, the family, and all those mourning him, we extend our heartfelt condolences. Zambia has lost a custodian of culture, a defender of the vulnerable, and a beacon of transformative leadership.

May his soul rest in eternal peace, and may his legacy continue to inspire generations to come.

Rest in peace, Inkosi yamaKosi!

With deepest sympathy,

Lumba Siyanga
Executive Director
Women for Change

KEEPING GIRLS AND BOYS IN SCHOOL.Recently, the Women for Change (WfC) team concluded a two-day distribution of school r...
27/05/2026

KEEPING GIRLS AND BOYS IN SCHOOL.

Recently, the Women for Change (WfC) team concluded a two-day distribution of school requisites to selected intelligent and vulnerable learners in schools within Chisamba and Kapiri Mposhi Districts. The exercise reached learners at Bruneli, Mukochi and Chibwe Secondary Schools, who were identified by school authorities based on academic performance and need.

The items distributed were supported by the United Church of Canada (UCC), and included school uniforms, school bags, school shoes, and assorted groceries to ease the burden on families. The initiative was aimed at helping both girls and boys remain in school, reducing the risk of early marriages, and minimizing the effects of poverty that often force vulnerable learners to drop out.

Teachers and parents at the beneficiary schools welcomed the support, noting that the lack of basic school requirements had been a major barrier to consistent attendance. The WfC team encouraged the learners to remain focused on their studies and use the support as motivation to excel academically.

HELP US CELEBRATE!Women for Change is proud to congratulate its Programmes Monitoring and Evaluation Manager, Ms. K***a ...
22/05/2026

HELP US CELEBRATE!

Women for Change is proud to congratulate its Programmes Monitoring and Evaluation Manager, Ms. K***a Lubingu who graduated yesterday with a Master of Business Administration, majoring in Project Management!

Your hard work, resilience, and commitment to growth inspire us all. We know you’ll use these skills to drive even greater impact for women and girls in our communities.

Join us in celebrating this incredible milestone. Congratulations!

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