Empowering Girls & Women

Meet One of the Wonder Women of Uganda

Today, I have four children. They are all HIV-negative. I live in a happy home. The HIV-positive women we employ at mothers2mothers (m2m) are true ...

Clean Cooking: the golden thread that runs through the Global Goals

Cooking shouldn’t kill. In many countries, women and families cook meals over open fires. This is one of the world’s most pressing health and environmental ...

Celebrating 72 Years of Global Service

More than ever we must educate and advocate for a sustainable world for all in which the role of women and families is respected and ...

Helping the Voices of Girls Be Heard

No one should be left behind in the development process and it is the time for the silenced to speak up. This week, we caught ...

Why Girls Are Worth More Than the World Tells Them

This International Day of the Girl, let’s recommit to valuing every girl around us as equally as we value our boys.  Today marks the International ...

Empowering Women by Engaging Men

What would the world look like if men were eager to work together with women to fight for gender equality? When you walk into a ...

Transforming #HerFuture, Together

Too many of the women, men and young people who will shape our future grapple with displacement or searing poverty with few – or no ...

Why climate change is a feminist issue… and what you can do about it.

Climate change is a global challenge that burdens all humanity, but not equally. When ocean levels rise, when harvests fail, when natural disasters disrupt communities ...

Putting Girls on the Global Agenda

“We need to ensure that the girl agenda is on the global agenda. Girls themselves must lead this process.”  At last month’s Families +SocialGood, we ...

Girls’ Empowerment Starts with Family

Strong and loving families are crucial to the future success of children, especially for girls.  Women and girls hold immense potential, yet they continue to ...