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Why women?

Gender equality is not only a fundamental human right, but a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world.

Investing in women and girls creates sustainable impact in local communities.

250 million

adolescent girls live in poverty

60%

of chronically hungry people are women and girls

2 cents

Less than 2 cents of every international development dollar goes to girls

Our Stories of impact

We believe in creating equitable and authentic representation of women worldwide

portrait of Asma a girl from Bangladesh

Asma’s story

Asma, a 13-year-old girl from Bangladesh, inspired us to launch the Girls Global Education Fund. In Pooja Khati’s short film Asma, audiences met the determined girl working 18 hours a day in her father’s tea stand. She spoke passionately about her dream of completing her education. Now Asma is realizing that dream through our education fund.

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Hazera’s story

We first met Hazera in Shafiqua Oishi’s award-winning film The Superhero With a Cape. Hazera Begum is determined to give her children the bright future that every child deserves. This Bangladeshi woman is the mother of 40 children, most the children of sex workers in bustling Dhaka.

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Hazera with some of the children she helps
Portrait of Edna Adan

Edna’s story

When she returned to her native Somaliland after a career with the World Health Organization, Edna Adan found the newly independent country in disarray, its health care system destroyed by the civil war with Somalia. She built the Edna Adan Maternity Hospital, where her dedicated staff has saved the lives of countless women and babies.

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portrait of Asma a girl from Bangladesh

Asma’s story

Asma, a 13-year-old girl from Bangladesh, inspired us to launch the Girls Global Education Fund. In Pooja Khati’s short film Asma, audiences met the determined girl working 18 hours a day in her father’s tea stand. She spoke passionately about her dream of completing her education. Now Asma is realizing that dream through our education fund.

SEE THE PROJECT
Hazera with some of the children she helps

Hazera’s story

We first met Hazera in Shafiqua Oishi’s award-winning film The Superhero With a Cape. Hazera Begum is determined to give her children the bright future that every child deserves. This Bangladeshi woman is the mother of 40 children, most the children of sex workers in bustling Dhaka.

SEE THE PROJECT
Portrait of Edna Adan

Edna’s story

When she returned to her native Somaliland after a career with the World Health Organization, Edna Adan found the newly independent country in disarray, its health care system destroyed by the civil war with Somalia. She built the Edna Adan Maternity Hospital, where her dedicated staff has saved the lives of countless women and babies.

SEE THE PROJECT

More stories like this

FEATURED PROJECT

Educate a Girl

In September, when you send your children off to school, take a moment to think about the fate of the 62 million girls around the world who are not in school. In partnership with the Asian University for Women in Bangladesh, we set up a scholarship fund that provides opportunities for several financially challenged girls each year.

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FEATURED FILM

A Film for Gugu

This is a story about how education has saved Gugu and how she believes it can save many more.

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FEATURED PROJECT

Educate a Girl

In September, when you send your children off to school, take a moment to think about the fate of the 62 million girls around the world who are not in school. In partnership with the Asian University for Women in Bangladesh, we set up a scholarship fund that provides opportunities for several financially challenged girls each year.

SEE THE PROJECT

FEATURED FILM

A Film for Gugu

This is a story about how education has saved Gugu and how she believes it can save many more.

WATCH THE FILM
 
DONATE
 

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