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Over the past year, a total of $261,000 has been granted to 101 women in the local community to assist with essential needs such as rent, food, utility bills, gas, and incidentals. This initiative aims to provide valuable support to these women, helping to alleviate financial burdens and ensure that they can access basic necessities during challenging times. The grants have played a vital role in providing practical assistance to local women, emphasizing the importance of community support and solidarity during times of need. #BCAG #BreastCancerAssistanceGroup #BreastCancerAssistanceGroupMonterey #BreastCancer #BreastCancerAwareness #PinkRibbon #womenempowerment #womenempoweringwomen #womensupportingwomen #women #togetherrising #wecandohardthings #Breastcancersurvivor #breastcancersurvivors #earlydetectionsaveslives #breastcancerresearch #breastcancerprevention #breastcancerwarriors #breastcancerfree #breastcancerwarrior #breastcancersupport #breastcancerfight #earlydetection #BreastCancerFacts #SupportBCAG

🤝 Partnering with women-led organizations transforms the fight against GBV. When we work together, we should ensure that GBV response services are: ✅ Sensitive to survivors’ needs ✅ Culturally and community-driven ✅ Reaching the women and girls most in need 🏘️ Community partnerships and women-led organizations are the heart of this effort, bringing survivor-centered support directly to where it matters most. 🌟 How do YOU see the role of women-led organizations in addressing GBV? 💬 Share an example of a community initiative or women-led organization making a difference. 🔄 Repost to spread the message about the importance of survivor-centered support. 📊 Let’s highlight the power of partnerships in creating effective, culturally sensitive GBV response services. #16Days #NoExcuse #SupportingSurvivorsSavesLives

Final chance to apply for a Women’s Participation Grant for 2025! Former recipient and well-respected community organisation, Share the Dignity, used their grant to stock free period products in a Tuggeranong Dignity Vending Machine (DVM). “These machines eliminate having to make the choice between hygiene products and other necessities, a decision that can be especially difficult for those at risk of or currently experiencing homelessness. With this access, we’re reducing health risks and enhancing quality of life in ways that foster dignity and empowerment, which everyone deserves.” Do you have an idea that fosters dignity and empowerment to women and gender diverse people in the ACT? Up to $5,000 of grant funding for individuals and up to $20,000 for organisations. Apply now: https://bit.ly/40Oy9sx

👏 NEW cohort + NEW funding info 💲 Meet UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women's latest cohort of grantee partners: https://lnkd.in/eC4ptvUG "I'm not a recipient, should I still click on this link?" >> YES. A number of new cool info sources are published, including: * Demand analysis. * Regional brief (how much is invested where and in which initiatives). * FAQ where at section 8 will show you alternative funding sources.

Knowledge is power regardless of age and gender.

“Young girls, young feminists, find themselves playing active roles in a time of crisis, but actually find themselves unable to benefit from support,” In this episode of What’s Unsaid by The New Humanitarian, Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah discusses the need for the humanitarian sector to support feminist funds to move money to women and girls on the frontlines of transformative change. https://lnkd.in/ejZe4URn

Are you really capable of alleviating poverty and unemployment? 🤔💼 Doubting your ability to make a difference can be counterproductive. Everyone has been doubtful of themselves at some point or another; it's human nature. At Mission Bridges, we focus on serving women, minorities, veterans, and disadvantaged individuals to break down barriers to business ownership. 🌟 Our tailored programs and support services address the unique needs of small nonprofits, empowering aspiring entrepreneurs from underserved communities to pursue economic independence. 💪 Visit our website: missionbridges.org to learn more and join our community of change-makers. Share or comment if you believe in the power of community impact! 💬 #Empowerment #Inclusivity #EconomicIndependence

Care and domestic work are vital to our economies and societies. It is estimated that unpaid care work adds $10.8 trillion USD to the global economy each year, equivalent to 9% of global GDP. This work is disproportionately carried out by women and girls, and forms a critical barrier for women entrepreneurs who have to juggle it with running a business. Together with CARE International UK, and with funding from Ares Charitable Foundation, we’ve published crucial insights on unpaid care work, its impact on economic and gender justice, and what must be done to build caring economies. Read the report: https://lnkd.in/eh5Tc2rK

Vital this women only Connect Hub in Glasgow not only remains open, but continues beyond its current 3 days. This is more than a resource, but a blueprint of how we can meet women's needs across Scotland. Women's experience of homelessness is different from men, and those needs are not reflected in data and statistics. We therefore do not meet women's needs in resource allocation and service design and delivery. Most drivers of homelessness hit women quicker and harder. It is essential women specific supports, like this are replicated and upscaled and co produced by their own lived experiences.

Things need to change now, how many more examples of this broken system do we need before, real change happens? As Chair of KWILS, I echo Siobhan Mackay's statement that services in Katherine need more government support, long-term secure funding, and whole-system reform.