The Women's Dignity Project (WDP) was established to prevent and manage obstetric fistula, enhance the dignity and rights of those living with fistula, and promote gender and health equity. We mobilize action to address fistula and advocate for the health and rights of the poor, within a human rights framework.

Obstetric fistula is a devastating childbirth injury that leaves girls and women leaking urine and/or feces continuously from the vagina. It is preventable and occurs almost entirely in Africa and South Asia. Currently up to 4 million girls and women may live with fistula, and an additional 50,000-100,000 cases occur each year.

WDP believes that girls and women have the right to live without fear of death or disability in childbirth, and to be cured of fistula when it occurs. WDP also believes that all people living in poverty have the right to affordable, accessible and high quality health care so that conditions like fistula - and others affecting the poor - cease to exist. WDP works in close collaboration with communities, health care providers, human rights advocates, governments and donors to promote these rights.

The Women's Dignity Project is located in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and works on local, regional and international levels.