Name of organisation/institution
ASKV
Email of your focal point
chris@askv.nl
Phone of your focal point
06-17016936
Website URL
Organisation details
Civil Society Organization
Description of your organisation/institution
ASKV contributes expertise in legal support, social assistance, humanitarian care and advocacy for undocumented people, with a strong focus on those in vulnerable and insecure situations, including women affected by conflict and displacement. The organisation has extensive experience in providing access to justice, navigating asylum and migration procedures, and safeguarding rights, which directly supports the protection and participation pillars of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda. Through its close work with people in their own communities, combined with medical and psychosocial support and grassroots advocacy, ASKV has strong, hands-on knowledge of how gender, displacement, insecure legal status and social exclusion affect people’s daily lives. This enables ASKV to meaningfully contribute to NAP 1325 by ensuring that the lived experiences and needs of refugee and undocumented women are represented in policies, prevention strategies, and inclusive peace and security initiatives.
Description of your main WPS related activities
Policy & advocacy: ASKV will contribute evidence-based advocacy rooted in its direct work with undocumented people in vulnerable situations. By translating lived experiences into policy recommendations, ASKV will advocate for rights-based, gender-sensitive and inclusive migration, asylum and protection policies at local and national levels.
Programming: ASKV will contribute practical, community-based programming experience, including legal assistance, social and medical support, and empowerment-oriented services.
Knowledge sharing: ASKV will share practical knowledge and lessons learned from its daily work affected by displacement and insecure legal status. This includes insights into safety risks, obstacles to participation, and what works in engaging communities. By sharing this experience, ASKV contributes to joint learning and helps strengthen Women, Peace and Security approaches within the NAP 1325 partnership.
Which strategic outcome(s) will you contribute to?
Participation and protection
Sub-outcome 1
Support for meaningful participation women- and diaspora organisations, human rights defenders and peace builders who work on women’s rights and gender equality.
Sub-outcome 2
x
Sub-outcome 3
Women and girls have access to security and justice systems.
AND
Gender sensitive, -responsive, -transformative asylum policy.
Sub-outcome 4
Improved physical, mental, psycho-social health of women and girls
Sub-outcome 5
Peace and security personnel gender aware; applies gender lens
Please select one or multiple options
Policy; Advocacy.
Please use this space for any description of or comments on the selected investment and/or outcomes:
We've selected the sub-outcomes that we believe ASKV can contribute to. That's why sub-outcome 2, for example, isn't selected. ASKV’s role in the partnership is to represent and support the perspectives of undocumented people, in vulnerable situations. Through its direct work with these communities, ASKV brings lived experiences into the partnership and helps raise awareness of the challenges they face. The organization contributes by strengthening protection, promoting inclusion and participation, and advocating for more humane and gender-sensitive policies within the Women, Peace and Security framework.
Please list the country(s)/ region(s) of implementation for your pledged WPS investment:
ASKV’s focus is mainly on the position of people in the Netherlands.
What is the time frame for your pledged outcome(s) and investment(s)
7 years