Women's Global Adds
Senegal Scholarships
Women's Global adds 20 full scholarships and 55 mini scholarships to Senegal program, bringing our total number of Senegal scholars to 175...READ MORE
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Circumcision with Words:
129 girls say "No!" to female genital mutilation through our alternative rite of passage program in Kenya
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CONGRATULATIONS, Scholars!
21 Women's Global Senegal scholars finished school year 2008 at the top of their class...READ MORE
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Making a difference in Senegal
Women's Global Senegal partner UDEN measures the impact of our programs on girls' education in their region...READ MORE
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Kenya program participates in leadership training
Women's Global
thanks
Dick Alton and International Consultants and Associates, and longtime
Women's Global supporter Molly Waite, for providing our Kenya program
with
leadership training
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Congratulations, Adji!
Women's Global Senegal Project Coordinator Adji Senghor is recognized by local leaders for her work in girls' education...READ MORE
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Women's Global is now
on Global Giving
Women's Global wins permanent spot on
Global Giving, one of the nation's top online philanthropy sites! Thank
you for your support...READ MORE
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Chicago Life Magazine
Women's Global was included in
The New York Times' Chicago Life
magazine Annual Philanthropy
Guide 2008...BROWSE ISSUE
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Our Impact
Last year, Women's Global reached more than 3,000 girls, women, family members,
village leaders, and community members through our programs in Senegal and Kenya for girls' education!...READ MORE
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Why is education for girls
so important in fighting global poverty?
Research shows that girls' education is key to a nation's economic success. This is because educating a girl has a multiplier effect that empowers not just the
individual girl, but also her family, community and region. Girls who receive an education:
- Are able to earn a better living for themselves and their families
- Show improved health outcomes throughout their lives, including prevention of HIV/AIDS
- Are less likely to marry as teenagers and start a family too early
- Are better prepared to protect themselves and their children against violence, abuse, exploitation, or trafficking
- Have healthier pregnancies and are less likely to die in childbirth
- Have fewer but healthier children
- Are more likely to educate their children
- Are more active in their communities
- Can better access the resources they need to build a
brighter economic future for themselves, their communities and our
world as a whole
Women's Global Education Project focuses our programs for
girls’ education on sub-Saharan Africa,
where poverty rates are among the highest in the world and,
correspondingly, girls’ school attendance rates are among the lowest.
Our flagship program, Sisters to School, currently operates in Senegal and Kenya to help girls and their families access life-changing opportunities for education.
Learn more about our programs at Women's Global Education Project.
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