The WanderSafe Accord is a covenant created to drive action and advocacy between government, private sector, NGOs, influencers, sporting codes, and disruptors on November 25, 2021, UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

Stand with us and against physical, sexual, and psychological, cyber, and financial abuse.

We at WanderSafe, our partners and colleagues are counting on you on this auspicious occasion.

JOIN THE MOVEMENT.

We call on you to use your voice (online, on social media, and in your community, workplace, and household) to educate on the need for reform, advocate for the rights of women and girls, and educate on sexual and domestic violence in the Shadow Pandemic post-COVID19.

We call on you to mobilize political will and resources to address domestic and sexual violence and to celebrate and identify those people and organizations who are actively striving to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Men, Show your Solidarity #HeForShe

We're encouraging men to join this @UNWomen initiative and take an active approach to solidarity and make the HeForShe commitment today and get your HeForShe Words to Actions Guide and join over 2 million people across the globe driving change in their everyday lives for a gender-equal world. HeForShe started as a pathway for men to pledge their support and take action for gender equality. Five years on, the HeForShe movement has transformed into so much more. It has become a platform for all people, regardless of gender, to stand up for a world where we all have equal rights and opportunities..

The WanderSafe Accord

The WanderSafe Accord (WSA) serves as a unifying agreement grounded in the belief that through conscientious and intentional commitments, we will co-create local and global public and private spaces and digital ecosystems that are fundamentally safe and free from gender-based violence.

The principles outlined in the WanderSafe Accord draw upon the mission and ambitions of #GenerationEquality Action Coalitions, in particular, AC#1: Gender-Based Violence and AC#5 Technology and Innovation for Gender Equality.

When we sign our commitment to collective action under the WanderSafe Accord, we will be guided by the fundamental goals of UNSDG#17: Partnership for the Goals, namely, Target 17.17 “Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships to deliver quality data, monitoring and accountability”

Recognising that gender-based violence affects women and girls, in all their diversity, The WanderSafe Accord adopts the definition of gender-based violence (GBV) derived from the 1993 UN Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women, as “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.”

The WanderSafe Accord envisions a world in which women’s rights are recognized as human rights and every woman is able to achieve her full potential. In such a world, no woman and child live in fear of violence.

When women can #WanderSafely, the world will know peace.

We hearby commit to:

We Hereby Commit To:

Utilise gender-responsive technology and digital ecosystems to co-create safe physical and digital spaces through verified and secure data sharing practices;
Provide access to gender-responsive technology and digital ecosystems for vulnerable, disadvantaged and marginalised members of our communities who are at risk of GBV;
Implement initiatives to address sexual harassment and other forms of sexual violence in public spaces, workplaces and homes, and creating WanderSafe havens;
#BeTheBeacon - step up, speak up, report and bear witness in support of vulnerable members of our community that are at risk, or experiencing gender-based violence;
Work together to fund and support access to services, such as mental, physical and sexual health care, post-rape care, and counseling.
Advocate for inclusive, comprehensive and long-term strategies, programmes and resources to prevent and eliminate VAWG in public and private spaces prioritizing the most marginalized women and girls
Improving knowledge and providing guidance on implementing laws, public policies, and restorative programs;
Amplify the success stories by showcasing effective strategies and interventions to inspire all actors to scale up and scale out evidence-based, gender-responsive initiatives.
Promote the leadership of women and girls in their diversity, and their meaningful participation in economic development, policy-making and decision making from global to local levels;
Engage Generation Equality Forum commitment makers in your country or region to collaborate in the implementation of bold new commitments and to inspire further action to deliver progress on the UN’s Gender-Based Violence Action Coalition Blueprint.

On November 25, 2021, we hereby commit to partnering with international bodies, governments, businesses, citizens, charities, civil societies, non-government agencies, philanthropic bodies, sporting codes, and law enforcement to abolish sexual, physical, psychological, digital, and financial gender-based violence.

We, the signatories herein endorse the mission, principles, commitments, and actions to be undertaken under the WanderSafe Accord as outlined in this document.

We, the signatories herein support the value of collaboration and cooperation to progress gender equality and commit to co-create a world where no woman and child lives in fear of violence.

Meet a woman on a mission.

Stephenie Rodriguez is a member of UNWomen Australia and the CEO and Founder of JOZU for WOMEN Inc.

She is a global activist and the inventor of the WanderSafe personal safety device and the free WanderSafe Beacon smartphone application. She is on a mission to impact a billion lives by 2025 and democratize personal safety for women and vulnerable people in support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Ms. Rodriguez is a digital disruptor, a survivor of domestic violence and cerebral malaria, and a social justice warrior advocating for those marginalized, unseen, and underrepresented, including people living with limb differences and disabilities.

#Wethe15