Women

CHF’s development finance institution in Afghanistan, established in March 2004, has made more than 3,200 loans to low-income men and women in the rural provinces, helping them establish or expand small businesses, such as tailoring, food services, and manufacturing. more

By funding the participation of a West African woman for six months of Tostan’s Community Empowerment Program, you will change the life of one woman, her family, and her community through our respectful, positive methods of sustainable social transformation. more

By funding the participation of a West African woman for one year of Tostan’s Community Empowerment Program, you will change the life of one woman, her family, and her community through our respectful, positive methods of sustainable social transformation. more

Your gift will equip women like Francisca with all they need to catch fish every day for their families. She also receives the business education to turn her fishing skills into a self-sufficient, small business for her community. more

With a $100 loan, a Haitian woman can rent a market stall and increase her income two-fold. And you're providing a self-employment loan, not a gift. Your donation will build discipline, responsibility, and self-confidence as women create their own business. 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

Your donation will help thousands of pregnant women realize safe and healthy pregnancies by training ten OB/GYNs on how to better serve patients who are pregnant and their newborns. more

We cannot allow the destruction of women and girls' education to continue, with education so crucial to long-term empowerment. The Feminist Majority Foundation is working to keep Afghan girls' schools open, as well as to reopen those schools that have been closed. more

Your donation will train 10 supervisors, supplying companies with appropriate resources for working women who are in abusive situations at home. The Family Violence Prevention Fund provides employers with model programs, policies, awareness materials (brochures, posters, information cards, etc. more

Your donation will help support Alam Simsim, the Egyptian version of Sesame Street., helping children learn about health and hygiene, the environment, letters, and numbers in fun and engaging ways. more

Your gift will help provide a disadvantaged woman with their first Dress for Success experience, which includes an interview suit, a one-on-one session with a personal shopper and access to our Career Center. more

Your gift of $60 buys 10 midwife supply kits for graduates of Women for Women International’s Health Training Workshops. more