€100,000 In Funding Awarded To Local NGOs Fighting Gender-Based Violence
Ten projects led by local NGOs have been awarded funding to help strengthen national efforts against gender-based violence and domestic abuse.
The selected initiatives, receiving between €3,000 and €10,000 each, will be carried out by November 2025 as part of the Together We Empower programme, launched by the Commission on Gender-Based Violence and Domestic Violence in collaboration with the Parliamentary Secretariat for Equality and Reforms.
In total, 17 organisations will be involved, with several of the projects carried out through partnerships between NGOs.
The programme, which amounts to €100,000 in funding, aims to build stronger collaboration between the Commission and the voluntary sector while continuing to raise awareness about domestic violence, Parliamentary Secretary for Equality Rebecca Buttigieg said.
She described the initiative as another step in implementing Malta’s third national strategy against domestic violence, titled Ningħaqdu, Ninvolvu, Nelevaw – which focuses on unity, engagement, and empowerment.
“Through this kind of collaboration, we can work together to bring about a cultural shift — one that breaks stereotypes and challenges abusive dynamics,” Buttigieg said.
Commissioner Samantha Pace Gasan noted that the funded projects will address a wide range of issues tied to domestic violence, including education for children and the elderly, research into hate speech and prostitution, and support for both survivors and individuals at risk.
She added that the Commission will be working closely with each NGO to ensure these efforts contribute meaningfully to national awareness and prevention efforts.
The ten selected projects are:
- Stop the Violence Leader Training: Empowering Girls to Speak Up – Malta Girl Guides
- TAMA – TAMA
- Safe Spaces, Strong Voices: Art for Empowerment – LGBTI+ Gozo (in collaboration with artists Abi MacLeod and Alda Bugeja)
- Be the Voice of Change: Shaping Positive Masculinity and Becoming an Active Bystander – Malta Women’s Lobby (in partnership with Men Against Violence and Aġenzija Żgħażagħ)
- Where Silence Holds – Dar Merħba Bik (with Sejjaħli b’Ismi and curator Elyse Tonna)
- Prostitution and Violence: Unpacking the Demand – Friends of Thouret Dar Hosea (in collaboration with Men Against Violence)
- Care – Community Action to Reduce Elderly Abuse – SOS Malta (with Victim Support Malta)
- Breaking the Cycle: Empowering Change for Perpetrators of Domestic and Gender-Based Violence – YMCA Malta
- Flimkien Kontra l-Vjolenza – Fondazzjoni Sagħtar
- AURORA – Awakening Understanding, Reclaiming our Resilience and Autonomy – St Jeanne Antide Foundation
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