Raha Moharrak, a 27-year-old graphic designer, is the first Saudi woman to reach the top of Mount Everest. She wants to change the world’s opinion of her country and countrywomen, and to help Saudi women change their opinions of themselves –– “to step outside of their comfort zones and dream –– try to push your limits,” Raha says.
Kassar Al Naem, 50, originally from a village around Gebanit, Blue Nile, arrived at the Yusif Batil refugee camp in late October 2012. In June 2012, militia attacked her village, shot at her fellow villagers while they were harvesting, and kidnapped three people, including two women. She and other villagers had wanted to flee before October but they fell captive because militia had blocked the only road out of the mountain.
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The sitting Congress has the most women of any in history. Artist Emily Nemens is capturing each of them in paint, and using their likenesses in graphics to show how far we still have to go to bring gender equality to Washington.
The women of Congress, in fabulous watercolor infographics
Seeking an alternative to Disney princesses, this mom took pictures of her daughter dressed as real life women such as Susan B. Anthony.
By 2012, more than 6,000 communities in Africa had publicly committed to abandon female genital mutilation –– a result of grassroots, community-led change facilitated by Tostan through their Community Empowerment Program. With your help, Tostan can expand their proven program into new communities and improve the lives of thousands more women and girls.
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CARE is on the front lines in the fight against global poverty, providing low income parents with the skills and resources to create better futures for themselves and their children.
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In 2004, Kennedy Odede was a boy with 20 cents and a soccer ball when he founded Shining Hope for Communities, one of the largest community-run organizations in Kibera, Africa’s biggest slum. Kennedy sold peanuts starting at age 7 to put his family through school, but despite his efforts, two of his sisters had to drop out after becoming teenage mothers. Through his organization, which has expanded to include tuition-free education for girls at the Kibera School for Girls, he provides opportunities that his sisters and mother never had.
Today we are rallying to provide education for the girls of Kibera. Just $10 provides a student with a uniform for one year. Donate here
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Linda Kamau, a software developer and social entrepreneur from Kenya, won $10,000 in this year’s Students Rebuild Awards. She plans to use the money to bring more young women from the sums of Nairobi into her training program, where they will learn computer literacy and be given mentoring to find jobs in the IT industry. Read more.
Women’s World Banking: Investing in Women, Transforming Lives proves that profit does not have to trump social mission. Through their network of 39 microfinance institutions in 28 countries, they give low-income women access to microloans and the financial knowledge to start their own businesses and lift themselves and their families out of poverty.
For just $20, you can provide one girl with a piggy bank and the financial knowledge to set her on a path towards financial independence.
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Mothers play crucial, often unheralded roles in shaping great leaders. What has your mom done? Want to help a mom? www.raiseforwomen.com
Moms help others before themselves. Want to help a mom?
Eunice Kennedy Shriver gave her daughter Maria Shriver the gift of possibility — a gift she also gave to children with disabilities and their moms by creating the Special Olympics.
What gift did your mother give you?
Tomorrow is Mother’s Day — or as we like to call it, Mothers’ Day. If you’re still thinking of a way to honor your mom, consider a gift that could benefit moms around the world — or maybe even the mom across the street: www.raiseforwomen.com
“A quiet revolution is taking place in Afghanistan. It is taking place in Learning Centers for women –– centers that have been requested and are supported by the community.” Says Afghan Institute of Learning Execuive Director Dr. Sakena Yacoobi.
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Donate to Afghan Institute of Learning. $50 enables 30 women to learn to read.
