Women

When you help a woman with few prospects to earn an income or establish her independence, you are, in fact, buying her a future. Goat husbandry is practiced around the world, from tsunami-wracked villages in Indonesia to earthquake-damaged mountainside settlements in Pakistan. more

Ms. is often the only link to the outside world for women in prison. The Ms. Prison Program empowers women prisoners, bringing them news, investigative journalism, and other relevant information concerning the well-being of women. We’ve received dozens of letters from women prisoners, thanking us for inspiring them. more

$360 empowers 378 mothers like Raimuni with the knowledge and social support they need to guide their daughters to a better future. more

Battered immigrant women face a unique set of challenges as they struggle for safety in the United States. more

Your gift can train one woman to produce a highly nutritious food supplement to fight hunger. Everybody knows the adage of giving a man a fish versus teaching a man to fish. When IMC teaches a woman to grow, harvest, process, and sell therapeutic food, the result is that entire communities "learn to fish. more

With $98, a woman can start a paper maché business and find the strength to recover from a personal tragedy. more

Leading a women’s fund is never easy. Equipping an international woman to lead such an endeavor truly takes a global village. WFN prioritizes bringing leaders from the around the world to our Member Conference for several reasons. more

Your donation will allow a mentor in the radio production/engineering field to conduct a training workshop for low-income women of color. The workshop will give low-income women the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with audio engineering equipment such as microphones, mini-disc players, equalizers and the m-box. more

Your gift will focus on providing a clean and safe delivery for mother and child. A clean delivery kit, with sterile gloves, gauze, scissors and antibiotic ointment, will greatly reduce the chances of infection. And continuing care after delivery will ensure that mother and child stay healthy. more

Your gift will provide safehouse supplies for one month, making sure women and children don't suffer further attacks. A safehouse provides them with protection from their attackers. There they can recover, receive medical treatment and counseling and pursue justice, if they so choose. more

The members of The Fair Trade Zone are working to avoid that fate. This Nicaraguan cooperative was formed after Hurricane Mitch by a group of 11 women facing the loss of all of their belongings. more

A gift of $50 will allow a group like the Union for the Emancipation of Indigenous Women to provide school supplies and school fees for 100 indigenous girls, daughters of the displaced survivors of the Rwandan Genocide, in the South-Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. more