Celebrate International Women's Day, March 2021 As UN Women says, International Women’s Day is a moment to celebrate “the tremendous efforts by women and girls around the world in shaping a more equal future and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.” And that's exactly what we intend to do. Here's everything you need to celebrate International Women's Day with Room to Read:
Once a Room to Read Girls’ Education Program participant, she is now mentoring girls in Nepal who are struggling with the same obstacles she faced and supporting them through difficulties posed by COVID-19.
Did you miss it? Don't worry - we'll be posting a recap of this discussion hosted by Room to Read CEO, Dr. Geetha Murali, where business leaders across sectors explored challenges and opportunities for empowering the next generation of leaders soon.
Girls in low-income communities are at higher risk of dropping out of school permanently because of the pandemic. We're implementing innovative solutions to keep girls in school.
Educate a Girl
There's no better way to honor women's achievements than by investing in the next generation. If you believe that every girl has a right to receive an education, transform a girl’s future this International Women’s Day by making a donation.
It only takes $15 a month to support a girl's education for a whole year. And when a girl gets an education, she becomes a leader and goes on to change her community, and the world.
Powerful Partnerships to Empower Girls
Right now, more than 98 million adolescent girls around the world are not in school. This is a crisis and we know the single best approach to improving the status of women is through education. Yet, girls are disadvantaged when it comes to getting an education. Cultural bias, gender discrimination and safety concerns discourage girls from learning, and these pressures become even more pronounced when girls reach secondary school.
Room to Read's Girls’ Education Program was founded with the belief that educated women can change the world. Educated women are healthier, earn more income for their families, and are greater contributors to their community and country.
Four Key Components to Girls' Education
Designed with parents and teachers in mind, these activities will help the young women in your life better understand and participate in the conversation around gender equality.
Download TodayGirls need life skills. Thinking critically, empathizing and relying on themselves help them meet day-to-day challenges and make informed decisions. When girls learn these skills and how to use them daily, they become better equipped to handle the challenges they may face, from gender bias to finding time to study. We help girls to discover their own strength, advocate for themselves, and create a new and different path from the one that might be forced upon them. Our program enables girls to learn and practice life skills through classes, workshops and extracurricular activities.
Give Monthly
Some think putting an end to illiteracy and gender inequality in our lifetime is impossible. But not Room to Read. We are fighting against gender inequality in education. We just need the funds to do it. Let’s reverse the notion that the end to these challenges is impossible.
One of the most important investments we can make is ensuring that girls are able to stay in school, advocate for themselves and navigate life's most difficult decisions. It costs just $25 a month to give a girl everything she needs to stay in school.
With your support we can scale faster and transform communities across the globe. Help us reach more children more quickly.
Transformational GivingWe invest in girls’ education for long-term, systemic change. That means sustaining our programs for years, if not decades, and scaling them to a country’s need. To these ends, we focus on girls’ transitions into and through secondary school — that’s where the biggest and most permanent gaps in gender equality in education take place. We also collaborate with government officials at the local, regional and national levels to promote girl-friendly learning environments. These partnerships ensure that our program is complementary of national efforts, sustainable and nationally scalable.
