Women On Farms Project, Stellenbosch

Women on Farms Project WFP is a registered South African non-governmental organisation NGO working with women in commercial agriculture, mainly in the Western Cape Province The project grew out of a 1992 Lawyers for Human Rights LHR initiative aimed at meeting the specialized needs of women who live and work on farms farmwomen WFP was formally registered as an independent NGO in 1996 Historically, WFP operated through a network of Vroue Regte Groepe VRG or womens rights groups on farms However, by the late 1990s, there was a growing awareness of the vulnerability of donor-funded NGOs which forced the organisation to grapple with the critical question What will be left behind if we close our doors tomorrow.