Corporate funding streams allow us to create innovative solutions for emerging problems impacting the individuals we work with and build up our education fund for our service users to enable them to engage in further education.
Financial support has been provided by the Community Foundation of Ireland. Ruhama’s partnerships organisations including eir and Clear Channel, Microsoft, Google, Codec Limited, Abbey Capitol, The Conrad Hotel
Contact us if you would like to support Ruhama as a corporate partner.
Employers act as partners and facilitators in the Bridge to Work Programme. Getting involved in this programme is an opportunity to transform the lives of marginalised women who are eager to learn and expand their skillset. Previous employers have worked with Ruhama in providing;
Specific employment pathways
Our service users bring a variety of professional and personal experience to the workplace that greatly benefits a company’s culture by enriching its diversity, inclusiveness and accessibility. The employer can also act as a mentor for a service user on the job to nurture their natural abilities and professional experience in a way that greatly mutually benefits both the service user and the organisation.
There are many benefits associated with the Bridge to Work programme for the employer. Similar to other access programmes, such as graduate programmes, individuals complete placements and internships with detailed knowledge of an organisation, pre-existing relationships with the workforce, and an enhanced sense of organisation loyalty and buy-in.
Additionally, many of the organisations who have worked with the Bridge to Work programme have noted that Ruhama service users are ambitious, relatable, eager to learn and committed.
Our ‘Bridge to Work’ programme is run by coordinator Kim, who acts as a support and contact throughout the programme and during placements of participants. If you are interested in hearing more, contact Kim by email (kim@ruhama.ie) or phone her directly: +353 (0)86 045 4903.
All enquiries are treated in confidence and without obligation.
Irish Observatory on Violence Against Women
Ruhama is a proud and active member of the Observatory on Violence Against Women, which is chaired by the National Women’s Council of Ireland. NWCI is the leading national representative organisation for women and women’s groups in Ireland. A non-governmental, not-for-profit organisation, founded in 1973, it seeks to achieve equality for women. Ruhama is a member organisation of the NWCI. The Observatory, which was established in 2002, is an independent network of grassroots and national organisations that come together quarterly to monitor progress on violence against women in Ireland. It’s a space for organisations to work on better policies and improved service provision. It also monitors government commitments at national and international level, providing relevant data to bodies. The Irish Observatory also links into the European Women’s Lobby (EWL)
The Men’s Development Network is a not for profit organisation based in Waterford whose aim is to work with men towards achieving beneficial societal change and equality. A key aspect of that work is aiding men’s development in a number of areas and helping them become positive leaders in their local communities. As part of their work on the White Ribbon Campaign in Ireland and as key members of the Turn Off The Red Light group, The Men’s Development Network plays an important role in working alongside Ruhama in the fight against commercial sexual exploitation. The organisation is an important ally in helping shape, develop and change men’s attitudes in relation to the purchase of sex and the commodification of women in prostitution, most notably via their work collaborating on the national ‘We Don’t Buy It’ Campaign.
Ruhama is part of the Coalition for the Abolition of Prostitution (CAP International) , an advocacy vehicle for frontline NGOs and a global convener for change. The fundamental objective of CAP International is to:
CAP International empowers its members in their capacity to obtain progressive legal reforms in their countries and to be heard internationally. As an active member of CAP International, Ruhama has a voting right within its General Assembly.
CATW – Coalition Against Trafficking in Women
CATW is one of the oldest non-governmental organisations working to end the trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of women and girls worldwide. Through an abolitionist approach rooted in women’s rights and human rights principles, they advocate for strong laws and policies, work to raise public awareness and support survivor leadership locally, nationally and internationally. CATW is an important ally in our domestic and international advocacy work to combat sexual exploitation. We are proud members of the 5.2 Global Partnership to End the Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation of Women and Girls initiated by CATW, which works together with grassroots networks, United Nations Member States, the UN, its agencies and regional bodies to accelerate action and investments to end violence against women and girls, in particular human trafficking and sexual exploitation, sexual violence, and sexual harassment.
The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) brings together the women’s movement in Europe to influence the general public and European Institutions in support of women’s human rights and equality between women and men. EWL is the largest European umbrella network of women’s associations representing a total of more than 2000 organisations in all EU Member States and Candidate Countries, as well as 19 European-wide organisations representing the diversity of women and girls in Europe. As part of its work combating violence against women and girls, EWL leads on the vital abolitionist campaign Together for a Europe Free From Prostitution. EWL is an important ally of Ruhama’s in our international advocacy work to combat sexual exploitation.
