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SDG 5: Gender Equality

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263 organisations

The Akshaya Patra Foundation India

India

We endeavour to solve at scale the overarching societal issues of classroom hunger and malnutrition in the country. It is our firm belief that investing in child nutrition and education is one of the most effective entry points for human development. Driven by this belief, we strive to provide children with hot, nutritious and tasty meals every school day as an incentive to come to school. Thus, the vision – ‘No child in India shall be deprived of education because of hunger.’ Currently, we serve over 2.35 million children studying in 25,768 government schools 78 locations in 16 states and…

SDG 5SDG 1SDG 2

Avani Society

India

To develop livelihood programs based on appropriate technology, renewable energy, traditional craft, local resources, and provide health and education services through community-based management systems and provide training and capacity building for dissemination.

SDG 5SDG 1SDG 7

Ummeed Child Development Center

India

To ensure all children with, or at risk of, developmental disabilities reach their maximum potential and be included in society.

SDG 3SDG 4SDG 10

Heifer Project International

United States

Heifer International is on a mission to end hunger and poverty in a sustainable way by supporting and investing alongside local farmers and their communities.

SDG 5SDG 1SDG 2

WomenLift Health

Other

WomenLift Health is empowering women working in global health to use their expertise, power, and skills to improve health and gender equity around the globe. Established in 2019, WomenLift Health aims to advance systemic change in health leadership at individual, institutional, and societal levels.

iDE (International Development Enterprises)

United States

Vision: To Power Entrepreneurs to End Poverty

SDG 5SDG 8SDG 10

Voices of Women Media

Nepal

'From stories to transformation............ Powers in our words and freedom in our dreams' VOW Media aims to build feminist leadership and effect changes in society's treatment of girls & women to create a just world without discrimination. By providing access and opportunities to media, technology, art, and education, we work to enhance individual knowledge and skills so women can voice our own experiences and raise awareness about hidden and silenced issues within their own communities. We are invested in harnessing the powers of stories to reclaim narrative for lasting change. We believe that when stories shift, so does power -…

SDG 5

Mission 21

Switzerland

Mission 21 is a Swiss-based organisation for development cooperation and humanitarian aid, headquartered in Basel and working with partner organisations across Africa, Asia and Latin America. It promotes peace, justice and dignity for all, particularly for vulnerable and marginalised communities, through long-term programmes, humanitarian support and intercultural collaboration.

Desai Foundation

United States

The Desai Foundation aims to empower women and children across 8 states of rural India via community programs that elevate health, livelihood, and menstrual equity outcomes. Currently operational in over 3,700 villages, the Desai Foundation adopts a unique community-centric approach that, at its core, strives to cultivate dignity and confidence in rural women and children. The organization's steadfast belief is that by strategically prioritizing community ownership of its programming, it cultivates the dignity and confidence in rural women and children needed for them to dream beyond their circumstances.

Adarsh Seva Sansthan

India

Our Mission: To uphold the dignity of the oppressed and marginalized through a process of empowerment. Our Vision: A Democratic society free from exploitation based on the principle of equality, liberty and democracy.

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BRAC Bangladesh

Bangladesh

VISION A world free from all forms of exploitation and discrimination, where everyone has the opportunity to realise their potential. MISSION: Our mission is to empower people and communities in situations of poverty, illiteracy, disease, and social injustice. Our interventions aim to achieve large-scale, positive changes through economic and social programmes that enable men and women to realise their potential.

SDG 1SDG 3SDG 8

Muktangan Education Trust

India

To create an inclusive and an empowered world that enables everyone to live in harmony with a right to freedom of expression, respect and with integrity To encourage and support communities, through networking, to reflect and evolve sustainable, learner-friendly, holistic educational programs, drawing on the learnings of the ever-upgrading Muktangan model

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