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Women & Girls
Every woman and girl has a right to reach her full potential.
We believe ending extreme poverty is possible — but only if we act now to empower women and girls. When half the population is held back, progress stalls. By following Jesus’ example in serving the most vulnerable people, we remove barriers to people experiencing lasting transformation and fullness of life.
That’s why World Vision has launched the Beyond Access program, built on the belief that ending extreme poverty can be accelerated when families increase their incomes through empowering women.
2030 GOAL
Join us now, as we begin our 2030 plan to equip and empower 150 million women and girls to reach their full potential.
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The need
Women and girls in poverty face more obstacles simply because they were born female, obstacles that keep them from reaching their full potential.
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The global water crisis hits girls and women the hardest. In fact, women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa alone spend nearly 200 million hours per day on water collection – hours they can’t spend getting an education, learning a skill, or earning an income.
In 2024, 122 million girls remain out of school worldwide, limiting not only their potential but the well-being of entire communities. When girls are educated, economies grow, child marriage declines, and maternal and child deaths fall.
An estimated 230 million women and girls alive today have endured female genital mutilation (FGM). That's significantly more than the entire female population of the United States.
Girls are hurt by harmful cultural norms and traditions, including child marriage and early pregnancy. Every year, 12 million girls are married before the age of 18. That's 22 girls every minute.
Our response
World Vision intentionally focuses on women and girls in every aspect of our work because we know that empowering women and girls is the key to lifting families out of extreme poverty.
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We do this by:
Introducing practices and beliefs that shift harmful cultural and social norms and affirm the value of women and girls, helping transform how they are seen and how they see themselves.
Bringing clean water closer to home, freeing up hours each day for women and girls to attend school or earn income. We also equip schools with menstrual hygiene facilities so girls can attend class consistently and with dignity.
Equipping women with business and farming skills, financial literacy and access to financial services. This eases the economic pressure of child marriage and helps lift families and communities out of extreme poverty.
Our impact
As a reflection of God’s love for men and women, World Vision has been a leader in addressing equality for women and girls for decades.
Together with our donor partners, we are making a significant impact in the lives of women and girls globally, empowering them to overcome the unique obstacles they face. We exceed our last goal of empowering 30 million women and girls to live safer, healthier, and more productive lives — reaching 30.1 million — and now we’re aiming to reach 150 million more by 2030.
Here is the progress we have made together towards our audacious new eight-year goal:
35M women and girls reached
35,164,433 women and girls were reached through World Vision's projects across all sectors and countries.
4.6M reached with clean water
4,686,723 women and girls gained access to clean water close to home, significantly reducing the time they spend walking and hauling water.
2.4M empowered economically
2,470,283 women and girls have benefited from access to financial services, savings groups, agricultural training, technology, and markets.
We are blessed to partner with hundreds of philanthropists and advocates and couldn’t do this work without them. And we’re able to reach more people because of our highly collaborative local and global partnerships within private and public sectors.
Sherrie Woodring
donor partner, Virginia
"I trust that my partnership with World Vision makes a difference in the lives of girls and women."
Dana Dornsife
donor partner, California
“The quickest way to empower a woman is to make sure she has clean water. And then, she can soar.”
Sherree Funk
donor partner, Pennsylvania
"Nothing compares with seeing a child drink clean water for the first time. The sparkle in her eyes tells you her life just changed for the better, and you are never the same."
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