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Women’s Microfinance Initiative (WMI)

Women’s Microfinance Initiative (WMI)

Women's Microfinance Initiative's mission is to establish village-level loan hubs, administered by local women, to provide capital, training and support to rural women in the lowest income brackets in East Africa so that they can engage in income producing activities. Take Action »

Business Council for Peace (Bpeace)

Business Council for Peace (Bpeace)

Business Council for Peace (Bpeace) is a non-profit network of business professionals. They volunteer skills to entrepreneurs in conflict-affected countries to help them create significant employment for all, and expand the economic power of women. Take Action »

International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWCA)

International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWCA)

The International Women’s Coffee Alliance (IWCA) strives to create a difference in the world of coffee by empowering women in the international coffee community to achieve meaningful and sustainable lives and encouraging and recognizing the participation of women in all aspects of the coffee industry. Take Action »

Instituto Maria da Penha

Instituto Maria da Penha

The mission of the Maria da Penha Institute is to enlarge and create mechanisms to restrain and prevent domestic and family violence against women. They discuss, deploy and implement special projects of social protection policies to women through education, work and income, and sustainable development. Take Action »

Centro do Imigrante Brasileiro (Brazilian Immigrant Center)

Centro do Imigrante Brasileiro (Brazilian Immigrant Center)

The Brazilian Immigrant Center's mission is to support workers’ struggles in the Greater Boston area around issues of workplace rights and immigration. Through advocacy, education, leadership, and capacity building, BIC joins immigrant workers and their families in the fight against economic, social, and political marginalization and in working to create a more just society. Take Action »

Habitat For Humanity Brazil

Habitat For Humanity Brazil

Habitat for Humanity Brazil (Brazil HPH) is a global non-governmental, non-profit that believes housing is a basic human right and whose goal is to eliminate all forms of inadequate housing. HFH Brazil has developed projects in 10 states and has changed the lives of more than six thousand families. Take Action »

Bahia Street

Bahia Street

Bahia Street's mission is to break the cycle of poverty, violence and inequality through educational projects for women and girls by supporting them to complete the education cycle, from illiteracy to university. Take Action »

Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (IPE)

Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas (IPE)

Institute for Ecological Research (IPÊ) develops and disseminates innovative models for biodiversity conservation that promote socioeconomic benefits through science, education and sustainable business. IPÊ’s methodology is based on dialogue, and involves workshops, consulting, and the reciprocal exchange of information to achieve participatory, sustainable development. Take Action »

Clube de Mães Frei Gil

The Clube de Mães Frei Gil was created by a group of women whose shared experiences with human rights violations, economic difficulty and gender inequality motivated them to take action. Take Action »

Centro das Mulheres de Vitóra de Santa Antão

The Center was founded in 1988 with the objective of developing projects to prevent violence and combat discrimination, and to address the lack of opportunities for rural women. The organization is also responsible for the creation of municipal councils across Pernambuco’s rural areas. Take Action »

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