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Ways We Can All Help Advance Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment

Connection Cafe

Women’s and girls’ empowerment is a sweeping topic, defined and shaped by family beliefs and cultural norms in the community and country where one lives. Some people associate the empowerment of women and girls primarily with challenges faced in communities where poverty and lack of access to education determine one’s level of empowerment.

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Hire Fresh Talent—But Before You Shop, Check the Fridge

.orgSource

Even if the job market becomes more advantageous to employers, post-pandemic job seekers are intensely focused on issues that go beyond compensation and benefits. Once we talk through the issues, they realize that there is a current employee, who with the right training and mentoring, would be a great fit for the role.

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How a Community of Long-Term Monthly Donors Make a Long-Term Difference

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Forward-thinking – They believe in creating systemic change that will help solve one of the greatest social challenges of our time, and in doing so address: women’s empowerment, global health, access to education, and economic opportunity. If you share a passion for solving one of the world’s most critical social issues, join them.

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Giving To Women, Girls NPOs Tops $10 Billion

The NonProfit Times

While awareness of gender-focused issues such as pay equity and reproductive rights has grown, overall charitable giving that supports women and girls remains relatively small at 1.9% Women’s and girls’ organizations surpassed $10 billion in giving for the first time, receiving $10.2 billion in philanthropic support during 2021.

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Organizing across generations for civil rights 

Candid

In our case, we found a desire for peer support, community bonding, and empowerment. How can we enable those who were not previously engaged to see themselves in the broader movement? How can the campaigns best meet their needs?

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Youth community service: Belonging, reciprocity, and agency 

Candid

Respondents also said service increased their belief that they can make a positive difference in their community (79%), self-awareness (78%), knowledge about social, political, and civic issues (72%), and ability to collaborate with others (80%).

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Volunteer Woes: Tackling the Top Challenge in School Fundraising

Greater Giving

Let’s delve into the root causes of this issue and explore practical solutions to bolster your volunteer force. Empowerment: Involve volunteers in decision-making processes to make them feel valued and invested. While many challenges arise, one stands out as the most significant: recruiting, training, and retaining volunteers.