Juana Azurduy de Padilla

What Juana Azurduy de Padilla does

Centro Juana Azurduy is a non-profit feminist civil society organization founded in 1989 in Sucre, Chuquisaca, Bolivia, operating as Centro Juana Azurduy with 23 employees. The organization delivers services through four core programs — Incidencia Cultural (cultural advocacy), Defensoría de la Mujer (women's defense and violence response), Acción Política de Mujeres (political empowerment), and Juventud Trabajadora (technical education for working youth) — serving women in situations of violence, women seeking political participation, working youth, and rural communities across the 29 municipalities of Chuquisaca department.

The organization's core operational technology is Participatory Action Research (IAP) combined with transmedia and audiovisual production methodology. Under IAP, affected women and youth conduct their own research on gender issues, producing actionable knowledge and policy recommendations. Outputs span publications, research studies, mini-series (Arminda, El Q'epi, Soy Viral, Tóxica, Sin Retorno, La Amenaza, La Herencia, La Marca, Tarjeta roja a la violencia), radio novels, and street mobilizations. The GAVVI guide, formally recognized by Ministerial Resolution No. 498 of December 13, 2005, represents institutional validation of the organization's methodological contribution to Bolivia's violence response infrastructure.

Centro Juana Azurduy operates on a non-profit grant-funded model with no revenue disclosure. Programs are delivered free of charge to beneficiaries. Funding flows from international development cooperation partners including AECID (Spain), Oxfam, the Embassy of Sweden in Bolivia, and Weltfriedensdienst e.V. (Germany). Distribution occurs through direct program services, free website downloads of publications and audiovisual content, and community mobilizations. Customer/go-to-market segmentation splits between donor funders (a concentrated set of international agencies) and program beneficiaries (broad, distributed reach across Chuquisaca and select expansion into Santa Cruz and Tarija).

Name

Juana Azurduy de Padilla

Legal name

Centro Juana Azurduy

Website

https://centrojuanaazurduy.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Centro Juana Azurduy is a Bolivian feminist non-profit founded in 1989 in Sucre, delivering four programs (cultural advocacy, women's defense, political empowerment, technical education) using Participatory Action Research to serve women, youth, and rural communities across Chuquisaca's 29 municipalities, funded by international development grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Women's Rights Advocacy Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Human Rights Organizations (813311), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment (BPAGABAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Gender Equality & Women’s Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAD), Gender Equality & Women’s Rights (BPADAGAF), Community Center Education Programs (EDAAAFAB)

Keywords

• Gender equality programs
• Women's rights advocacy
• Gender violence support
• Vocational training youth
• Feminist research methodology

Headquarters

HQ city

Sucre

HQ country

Bolivia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. International Development Cooperation Funding: The organization operates as a non-profit civil society entity funded primarily through grants and cooperation agreements with international development organizations, foreign governments, and multilateral agencies that support gender equality and women's rights programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Centro Juana Azurduy is a non-profit feminist civil society organization that delivers programs and advocacy on gender-based violence, women's political participation, cultural transformation, and economic empowerment for working youth. Its core offerings include direct support services for women victims of violence, political empowerment training, vocational technical education for youth, transmedia awareness campaigns, audiovisual series, and downloadable research publications. All services and content are provided free of charge to beneficiaries across the Chuquisaca department of Bolivia.

Product overview

Centro Juana Azurduy is a feminist civil society organization founded in 1989 in Sucre, Bolivia, focused on depatriarchalization through four core programs: Incidencia Cultural (cultural advocacy), Defensoría de la Mujer (women's defense services), Acción Política de Mujeres (political empowerment), and Juventud Trabajadora (working youth technical education). The organization produces transmedia campaigns, audiovisual content (mini-series, short films, testimonies), research publications, and conducts Participatory Action Research (IAP) with youth and women investigators. It engages in street mobilizations and advocacy for women's rights, combining grassroots organizing with educational and cultural production to address gender-based violence, political exclusion, economic inequality, and colonial legacies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CEA Juventud Trabajadora: Centro de Educación Alternativa (Alternative Education Center) offering technical training programs for youth.
• IAP Jaya Warmis
• IAP Atrévete

Products and services

• Programa Incidencia Cultural Program that addresses racist and sexist cultural domination through advocacy campaigns, audiovisual content, and awareness initiatives targeting patriarchal norms and racial discrimination in Chuquisaca, Bolivia.
• Programa Defensoría de la Mujer Program providing direct services to women victims of violence in Chuquisaca, including psychological support, legal advice, and shelter referral to address intersectional violence against women.
• Programa Acción Política de Mujeres Program addressing political exclusion based on gender, class, and ethnicity through political empowerment initiatives, leadership development, and advocacy training for women in Chuquisaca.
• Programa Juventud Trabajadora (CEA Juventud Trabajadora) Alternative Education Center (CEA) offering technical vocational training and entrepreneurship support in metal mechanics, carpentry, upholstery, and computing for youth empowerment in Chuquisaca, Bolivia.
• Audiovisuales y Series Mini-series, short films, testimonies, and transmedia campaigns addressing gender violence, romantic love myths, sexuality, political participation, and youth empowerment, distributed through YouTube and social media.
• Publicaciones Downloadable PDF research publications and books covering gender violence, political participation, economic rights, colonialism, and care responsibility, freely available through the organization website.

Quantifiable outcome

• Research involving 1,000 women surveyed on violence incidence in Sucre, exceeding national statistics.
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Weltfriedensdienst e.V. (WFD)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023German peace organization (WFD) partnered with Centro Juana Azurduy and other Bolivian organizations (ACLO, ISALP) for the joint campaign 'Que el buen trato sea costumbre' (Violencia Invisible), a communication campaign promoting a culture of peace and non-violence targeting psychological partner violence.
• Coordinadora de la MujercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023National women's coordination body partnering in the project 'Participación Política de las Mujeres: Medidas y Políticas Públicas desde las Organizaciones de Mujeres en el Contexto del COVID-19 en Bolivia', implemented in Santa Cruz, Chuquisaca, and Tarija departments.
• Casa de la MujercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Women's organization collaborating in the women's political participation project addressing COVID-19 impacts and promoting public policies from women's organizations.
• Fundación Acción Cultural Loyola (ACLO)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal partner organization co-implementing the 'Violencia Invisible - Que el buen trato sea costumbre' campaign in southern Bolivia, addressing psychological violence and promoting peaceful relationships.
• Investigación Social y Asesoramiento Legal Potosí (ISALP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization from Potosí department collaborating in the 'Violencia Invisible' communication campaign addressing gender-based violence and promoting conflict transformation.
• Enraíza tus DerechossupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerHuman rights organization providing technical collaboration in the women's political participation project across three Bolivian departments.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Coordinadora de la Mujer: Bolivian national umbrella coalition of women's organizations. Directly comparable because CJA is an active member and partner (co-implementing the AECID-funded 'Participación Política de las Mujeres' project); both serve overlapping CSO constituencies on gender equality and women's political participation in Bolivia.
• Casa de la Mujer: Bolivian feminist NGO explicitly listed as a direct co-implementing partner of CJA on the same AECID-funded political participation project. Comparable mission, beneficiary base, and donor relationships in women's rights advocacy.
• Fundación ACLO: Bolivian NGO and explicit CJA partner on the 'Violencia Invisible / Que el buen trato sea costumbre' campaign. Comparable as a Southern Bolivian civil society organization running gender-based violence campaigns and community-led communications.
• Enraíza tus Derechos: Bolivian human rights organization listed as a technical/implementation partner on CJA's women's political participation project. Directly comparable in mission (human rights + gender) and Bolivian operating context.

Broad incumbents

• Centro de la Mujer Peruana Flora Tristán: Peruvian feminist NGO comparable in methodology (participatory action research, transmedia campaigns, policy advocacy on gender-based violence and political participation). Serves as an Andean regional counterpart with overlapping programmatic and methodological approaches.
• CLADEM: Latin American Committee for the Defense of Women's Rights — a regional feminist legal-advocacy network. Comparable in mission (women's rights, gender-based violence, political participation) but operates at a multi-country scale, providing a regional counterpart.
• Oxfam Bolivia: International development organization that has funded CJA's research on care work distribution. Comparable as a major international actor on gender and economic justice in Bolivia, with significantly broader thematic and geographic scope.
• UN Women Bolivia: UN entity advancing gender equality and women's empowerment globally. Comparable as a multilateral actor setting the funding and policy agenda that CJA's programs operate within; potential future funder and policy partner.

Others

• AECID Bolivia: Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation — primary institutional funder of CJA's political participation project. Relevant as the donor counterpart shaping CJA's programmatic priorities and scale.

Regional players

• Colectivo Rebeldía: Bolivian feminist communications collective known for transmedia and audiovisual campaigns on gender issues. Comparable in modality (transmedia feminist advocacy) and Bolivian context, but operates more as a communications-focused collective than a multi-program NGO.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Centro-Juana-Azurduy-Bolivia-269393446440891
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/juana-azurduy-de-padilla

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