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The 2021 WE Empower UN SDG Challenge honors innovative women leaders committed to solving challenges in their communities through their business by advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development...

For Shapol, much of her work stems from her motivation to uplift other women and inspire sisterhood. Her participation in the 2021 VV GROW Fellowship has reinforced these ideas by introducing her to ...

Today is International Day of The Girl and here at Vital Voices, we honor the role young girls play in building and becoming women leaders all around the world. We know that over the past year so many...

Traveling through the Colombian countryside as a veterinary doctor, Maria Clara Ruiz Zapata became intimately familiar with the economic challenges facing rural communities. Looking to contribute to t...

On Saturday, August 14, 2021 a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck southern Haiti, reducing communities and leaving thousands of casualties in its wake. Just days later, on August 17, Tropical Storm Grace...

September 2021 — At Vital Voices, we are deeply concerned by the ongoing judicial harassment and intimidation of Mozn Hassan and the non-governmental organization she co-founded, Nazra for Feminist St...

Dear WE Empower and Vital Voices Community, With great sadness, we are writing to inform you about the devastating loss of 2020 WE Empower Awardee Mavis Nduchwa, an extraordinary entrepreneur, communi...

August 2021 –As the crisis in Afghanistan escalates, women and girls are increasingly under attack. There has never been a more critical time to act. Taliban forces are sweeping across the country and...

Vital Voices is a 501c3 nonprofit. Our Tax ID is 52-2151557. We will channel 100% of your donation directly to our partners to support emergency evacuations, emergency housing and resettlement, vis...

Today, leading advocates for women's rights and gender equality joined together to call on the Biden Administration to act immediately to protect and support Afghan women. Actress and activist Connie ...

We join a growing chorus of global leaders and advocates in raising up the voices of Afghan women’s rights activists who are under imminent threat, and urge the Biden administration to honor its commi...

The Taliban is going door-to-door in search of women’s rights activists. These women fear that they and their families will be assassinated. Immediate action must be taken to safeguard Afghan women mo...

All funding will go to support women and girls in Afghanistan. To protect the personal security of those on the ground during this tenuous time, Vital Voices cannot provide more details about funding ...

The new VAV Fellowship cohort is made up of a diverse group of driven fellows who are dedicated to ending gender-based violence (GBV) in their communities, and countries. At Vital Voices we seek oppor...

In celebration of her commemorative portrait of US Vice President, Kamala Harris, artist Tronja Alejandro joined the Vital Voices Podcast to discuss why she is passionate about using art as a tool to ...

Dr. Rola Hallam, Vital Voices Global Leadership Honoree and British-Syrian advocate, and doctor Kah Walla, Vital Voices Board of Directors Member and a Cameroonian businesswoman and politician joined ...

Laura Liswood, founder and secretary-general of the Council of Women World Leaders, joined the Vital Voices podcast to discuss how she applies ethics and empathy in her leadership style which in turn,...

Grounded in the Buddhist value of living in harmony with nature, Bhutanese social entrepreneur Thinley Choden developed a passion for sustainability in ecotourism early on in her life. Today, this pa...

The Intergenerational Fellowship on Women, Peace and Security in South-Central Europe, or Peace Fellowship, is announcing its 2021-2022 Fellows.

Vital Voices is excited to launch our Speakers Bureau, an online platform with a searchable gallery showcasing select women leaders from the Vital Voices Global Leadership Network.

Dear Global Freedom Exchange and Vital Voices Community,  With heavy hearts, we write to inform you of the passing of one of our own – Dilek Kumcu – a Human Rights Defender and Global Freedom Exchange...

50 Fellows from 28 countries chosen for the International Non-Profit Organization’s Leading Global Accelerator Program for Women Owners of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

Our hearts go out to all affected by the shocking and worsening COVID-19 crisis impacting India.