Our Work and Impact
Our years of experience working with women and girls has taught us that education is the key to unlocking economic empowerment of the world’s women and girls. When women and girls are educated, they have opportunity, choice and power to make healthy decisions for themselves and their families.
How We Do It
Our Dream Programs are primarily delivered locally by our clubs and members in countries across North America, Latin America and the Pacific Rim. They provide the muscle and on-the-ground work that make our programs come alive.
Learn about the importance of education in achieving economic empowerment in our research paper, Education and Economic Empowerment: The Future for Women and Girls.
Education is the key to gender equality, which has yet to be achieved anywhere in the world.
33% of women globally will be subjected to gendered violence in her lifetime (WHO)
In the U.S., over two-thirds (69.4 percent) of Black single mother students did not earn a certificate or degree within six years of enrollment. (Institute for Women’s Policy Research)
Only 51% of teen moms in the U.S. finish their high school diploma by age 22. (National Women’s Law Center)
Women earn $.77 cents for every dollar men earn for work of equal value. (United Nations)
We work to empower women every day.
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