Women's Empowerment
When women lead, whole communities shift. Our job is to get out of the way and back them.
Backing the leaders who are already there.
The women in the communities GHDF works with are already leading — running households, informal economies, and the social networks that hold villages together. Our work is to back that leadership with capital, training, and political voice: cooperatives, livelihoods, reproductive health, and a seat at the decisions that shape their lives.
What we focus on
Cooperatives and livelihoods
Support for women-led cooperatives and micro-enterprises — tools, training, and access to fair markets.
Reproductive and maternal health
Access to family planning, prenatal care, and safe delivery — on women's own terms.
Leadership and civic voice
Training and mentorship for women entering village councils, cooperatives' boards, and local government.
Ending gender-based violence
Community-led prevention, survivor support, and working with men and boys on what needs to change.
Our approach
- Ask first. Women define the priorities. We fund and support what they ask for.
- Fund women directly. Money goes to women-led organizations wherever possible.
- Stay patient. Cultural shifts take a generation. We’re not measuring in quarters.
Work on gender is slow, contested, and hard to measure.
Work on gender is slow, contested, and hard to measure. We publish honest accounts of what’s working and what isn’t in our annual updates.
