Empowering women and girls is more than securing a better income for families. It’s creating a world where women are less likely to be abused, more likely to be educated, and more likely to have control over their health and reproductive choices. Empowering women enables them not only to advocate for more just policies from their governments, but also in their own families. Education and work opportunities can make a profound difference in changing the role of women in their families, communities, and nations. Supporting women and girls is the most important factor in building healthy communities and a stable global community.
Global Ministries works with partners who empower women and girls in communities, churches, and countries around the world. Gifts for this theme support programs such as education for women and girls, young adult advocacy programs, and income-generating projects.
We invite you to join us in supporting these ministries either by making a general gift for Women's empowerment or to one of the ministries below that make a very real difference in the lives of those they serve.
Resources for sharing International Women's Day in worship
Make your gift an alternative gift of Women's Empowerment and honor a loved one while making a difference in the lives of women around the world.
Africa
| Schools for Angolan Young Women | Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola |
| Microcredit and Savings Project of the CDCC | Community of Disciples of Christ in Congo |
| Survivors of Violent Rape in the Congo | Church of Christ of the Congo |
| Girls Empowerment Clubs | Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana |
| Smoked Fish Microcredit project | Christian Council of Ghana |
| Woman-to-Woman South Africa and Ghana | Theological Education by Extension College and Christian Council of Ghana |
| Gender Equality project | Theological Education by Extension College in Zambia |
| Microcredit Training and Promotion in Mozambique | United Church of Christ in Mozambique |
| Ons Plek | Ons Plek (South Africa) |
| Inanda Seminary | United Congregational Church of Southern Africa - South Africa Synod |
East Asia & the Pacific
| Asian Rural Institue | Asian Rural Institute, Japan |
Latin America & the Caribbean
| Educacion Popular en Salud (EPES) | EPES (Chile) |
| Woman-to-Woman Roundtable for Mission Development in Mexico | Multiple partners in Mexico |
| Woman-to-Woman-Worldwide Cuba Projects | Multiple partners in Cuba |
| Christian Center for Family Counseling | CECAF (Dominican Republic) |
| CEDECOL Women's Network | Council of Evangelical Churches of Colombia |
| National Coordinator of Widows of Guatemala | CONAVIGUA (Guatemala) |
| Ecumenical Christian Council of Guatemala | Consejo Ecumenico Cristiano de Guatemala |
| Guatemalan Cultural Action Group | ACG (Guatemala) |
| FEDICE Priority Projects | Ecumenical Foundation for Integral Development, Training and Education (FEDICE) in Ecuador |
| House of Hope | Ecumenical Foundation for Peace and Justice in Haiti |
Middle East & Europe
| CEOSS Priority Projects | Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS), Egypt |
| Artisan Projects of the YWCA | YWCA of Palestine |
| Woman to Woman Middle East | Orthodox Initiative and Department of Service for Palestinian Refugees |
| Woman-to-Woman-Worldwide Morocco Project | Evangelical Protestant Church of Morocco |
Southern Asia
| Family Village Farm | Family Village Farm (India) |
| Church of North India | Church of North India |
| Lady Doak College | Lady Doak College (India) |
| Evangelical Hospital - Tilda | Church of North India |
| Diocese of Durgapur's Anti-Human Trafficking Program | Church of North India |
| GMIT House of Hope | Evangelical Protestant Church of West Timor (Indonesia) |
