Organization Spotlight

Around the globe women face barriers to equality whether that be fighting for pay equity or fighting sexual and gender-based violence even in their own home. These barriers become even more extreme for women and girls who live in deep poverty and/ or in conflict-affected countries.  We’ve witnessed this quite deeply over the last year in Sudan, Afghanistan, and now...

In 2009, Gina Chavez and Jodi Granado were teaching English in El Salvador at the Maria Auxiliadora, a Catholic all-girls school that aims to educate the “poorest of the poor.” One day, they asked their senior class who wanted to go to college. Every hand shot up. Then they asked who was planning to attend college. Every hand dropped Even...

VOICE is a cutting-edge feminist organization working to end violence against women and girls in conflict, crisis, and disaster settings around the world. Co-founded by Mendy Marsh and Emma Fulu, the VOICE team is comprised of skilled humanitarians with extensive experience working on violence against women and girls in emergency contexts. They have seen that the humanitarian aid sector itself...