Happy Women’s Day ! Today we celebrate, honour and recognize the achievements of inspirational women.

This year theme ‘Accelerate Action’ calls to promote  and advocate for gender equality. UN Women theme “For ALL women and girls. Rights, Equality and Empowerment”; as they mark 30th anniversary- this action calls to empower and create priorities and develop a serious solutions.

So much more needs to be done for Women and girls!   Ending violence against women, creating equal and deserving opportunities, and providing them their rights that they are still fighting and giving them an opportunity to lead a dignified life.  

On International Women’s Day WTG celebrates and recognizes achievements and history of struggles women faced along with their contributions and, we pledge to create opportunities, raise awareness towards women rights and equality with our partners and supporters.

Women That Give(WTG) is dedicated to break down barriers and prevent violence against women and build safer communities.  WTG provides resources, financial aid, education and training to marginalized women and women survivors of GBV and create opportunities for them to become independent and earn economic security.  Our mission is to end violence against women and girls, support women find employment, pursue education, and access resources, including those in shelters.  

To all the Women who have been in our programs, and those who have reached out to us for support.  We thank you for your trust.  WTG celebrates your spirit, and your success, and your will power to overcome challenges to seek a better life. We thank our partners, donors, team and everyone who believes in our work. We also thank the men who have been so supportive of our work.

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Join our Call to Actions ;  Sponsor/Partner with us to enhance lives, and livelihoods of the marginalized women, women in need and women survivors of GBV; increase  partnerships and investment funding for program advancement and outreach expansion. Together we can build a safe future and uplift women from poverty and, work towards achieving economic security.

Take actions with us; 

• • End Gender Based Violence: Advocate for stricter laws to be implemented. Ensure protection for survivors. Call for partnerships and Investments. Increase financial support for groups and orgs working towards ending gender based violence for women and girls.

• • Language Barriers: Increase integration into workplace/job market by having better translation services/ or providing training language tutors. This is barrier, limits their entry into jobs. Refugees and new comers face this challenge while navigating the new environments and systems.

• • Wage:  Women still don’t have similar pay scale as males, take action call out on employers, businesses to address wage discrimination and stipulate policies for equal pay to be in place.

• • Provide women support for Leadership: Encourage participation of women in different areas to develop leadership skills,through mentorships and specific programs to elevate them.

• • Access to Education: Till today women and girls are not getting the education they deserve. Poverty and other socio economic factors lead them to quit school/look for precarious work/early marriage etc. Funded education and skilled training can increase chances to get employed and be independent. Call for action for investments into programs.

• • Workplace safety: Safe and effective policies for protection and preventing harm and discrimination must be in place. Employers must receive training and have policies stipulated.

• • Financial education: Financial literacy is very important for women and senior women for protection from fraud. Organizations should be providing this to new comers especially,to help them navigate the financial systems and protect seniors from financial fraud.

• • Invite government to partner and provide sustainable funding to organizations and groups that are working towards ending VAW and providing economic opportunities to women.

Celebrate the inspirational women and extend your hand to enable others to make it too. Today presents a great opportunity for everyone to come together, participate, lead, raise awareness. Support those who are working towards ending violence against women locally and globally in any way you can.

Happy International Women’s Day.