About
OVERVIEW
Our mission
Women Thrive develops, shapes, and advocates for policies that foster economic opportunity for women living in poverty. We focus on making U.S. international assistance and trade programs prioritize women. We bring together a diverse coalition of over 50 organizations and 25,000 individuals united in the belief that women are the key to ending global poverty, and empowering them is not only right, it?s also the most effective long-term solution to world poverty.
Our topic areas of interest
Poverty, Women, Fair Trade
Our expertise and credentials
Over the past ten years our policy work has impacted millions of dollars in U.S. Assistance and millions of women and families worldwide. Read more about our results and successes here: www.WomenThrive.org/Results
Our research and reporting process
How We Work: Maximizing Policy's Potential to End Poverty
Ending global poverty starts with women. That?s why its so important that our international assistance and trade policies be based on the actual priorities of the women they are supposed to help. Women Thrive Worldwide consults with hundreds of local women?s organizations on the ground in developing countries to ensure that the policies we propose and shape are solving the real problems women face in their daily lives.
Women Thrive believes in the power of collaboration to produce positive and achievable results. Working with our diverse partners, we mobilize Americans and policymakers in Washington, DC to make these solutions a reality for the millions of women around the world struggling to escape poverty.
Our other writing and publications
http://www.womenthrive.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=440&Itemid=126
We’d also like to tell you...
People often ask us why we focus on women. We do because worldwide, women are at the greatest risk of being poor. Research and experience have also shown that women in poor countries are more likely to use their income for food, healthcare and education for their children, helping to lift entire communities out of poverty.
However, women face unequal social and economic barriers that prevent them from earning a living and supporting their families. Women Thrive works to ensure that U.S. policy is addressing these barriers and supporting women?s efforts to find their own path out of povert