A NEW STITCH IN TIME

NEARLY 500 MILLION WOMEN WORLDWIDE CAN’T READ.

For millions of girls and women around the world, the future is set before they ever get a say. They’re expected to leave school earlier than their brothers and grow into women whose work goes unseen and unpaid.

This systemic inequality follows these women their entire lives, limiting and leaving them vulnerable to abuse, violence and illness. They lack basic access to healthcare and education, unable to earn their own wages and robbed of their decision-making abilities.

Education is the key to breaking these cycles. In Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, gifts made through the Giving Catalog made it possible for 62 women to be trained in sewing and certified in financial literacy, entrepreneurship and business management. Most are now running businesses out of their homes, and two have even been elected to leadership positions in their communities.

There are women and girls in every corner of the world who are waiting to do the same. When you support the Giving Catalog, you’re helping women step into their power, embrace their independence and lead future generations into greater freedom than ever before.

When we think of inequality, our minds go to laws and policies. The rules and structures that are put in place to keep women from owning land, opening accounts or even seeking medical care. Those barriers are all too real.

And they all begin with access to education. Without education, a woman’s options narrow in every direction at once. She can’t read a contract or challenge a land claim. She can’t run a business and build wealth. Her daughters grow up watching her and expecting more of the same for themselves.

Together, we can help women gain access to education and independence. And that future starts right now, with gifts made through the Giving Catalog.