"One Woman Initiative" Announces First Grants to Women's Organizations in Five Nations
“This unique collaboration combines the strengths and expertise of the USG with the perspectives and experience from the private sector,” said USAID’s Counselor Lisa Chiles. “Partnerships such as this one are vital to enable new avenues of social and economic empowerment for women.”
In her comments, CAFAmerica CEO Susan Saxon-Harrold cited “Issue Brief: Women’s Leadership in the Muslim World,” published today by CAFAmerica. Saxon-Harrold said: “Many Muslim women today face the same barriers to female empowerment that existed a century ago: little access to education, domestic violence, and few or no legal rights. However, in the past five years, due in large part to women’s increasing activism and participation in all sectors of public life, this picture is changing. CAFAmerica is pleased to be part of the important OWI initiative to help encourage further progress in this realm.”
The details of the five OWI grants announced today are as follows:
