Since 2008, The Circle has worked with experienced partners to support some of the most disempowered women and girls worldwide. Gender discrimination can affect any aspect of a woman's life, which is why throughout the years we have worked on a broad range of issues, including education, economic and political empowerment, providing services to women and girls affected by HIV/AIDS and guaranteeing the protection of women's fundamental rights.
Women rice growers in Sri Lanka are back home and ready to roll their sleeves up. Against the odds they’re planting rice fields, building a business, and planning a future they thought they’d never see.
In the run up to the 2015 general elections in Myanmar, we supported a project that gave women adequate political and campaigning knowledge and skills, giving them the chance to play a leading role in shaping their country’s future.
Violence against women is the most common form of human rights violation in India. It is such a deeply engrained, socially accepted ‘right’ for men to beat their wives, that women are trapped in a life of violence.
Women in North Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, are now better informed, more confident, and better able to protect themselves from the threat of violence.
In some of the poorest regions of Niger, thousands of children –especially girls– don't get the chance to go to school. Together, teachers, parents and pupils worked hard to fill classrooms and improve standards.
Decades of conflict have left Liberia’s economy in tatters, and have made jobs difficult to find, especially for women. But, with support from The Circle, two groups of women have been building businesses from the bottom up.
Women in one of the poorest regions of Malawi are putting their new-found business skills to good use, borrowing, investing and making a tidy profit that is benefiting the whole community.
Enabling women across Africa to speak freely, be heard, and make decisions that influence their community and their country. It’s a powerful image that is the driving force behind the Maputo Protocol.
The Lawyers Circle brought their skills, experience and knowledge together to support Kenyan Lawyers wishing to protect women from gender-based violence.
Many women in Pakistan do not work and are tied to the men in their family. The Pink Rickshaw Initiative trains women to become rickshaw drivers and allows them to become economically independent and able to send their children to school.