#CSW61#VGIF wrapping up an incredible two weeks of meetings, discussions and presentations during the United Nation's 61st Commission on the Status of Women. This year's theme revolved around economic empowerment in a changing world of work. #csw#unitednations#vgif#women#economicempowerment#newyork#womenshistorymonth#empoweringwomen#empoweringgirls

💧💧it's #worldwaterday 💧💧 Today we'd like to highlight our grantee - MADRE's Women Waterkeepers of Waspam, Nicaragua - an organization building a sustainable way to provide potable water in rural indigenous communities. "Today, we celebrate this initiative to preserve water and to maintain a healthy relationship between the Miskitu women and their territories, their natural resources, their water." - past VGIF grantee, Rose Cunningham, Women Waterkeepers. #worldwaterday#vgif#indigenousculture#indigenouswomen#indigenousrights#nicaragua#water#cleanwater#women#womenshistorymonth#sustainability

Honor #internationaldayofforests with VGIF, by celebrating the work of Mikono Yetu Center for Creativity and Innovation! VGIF provided funding to empower 50 women in Kahumulo, Tanzania to be active participants in developing solutions to the environmental problems facing their economy. These women planted more than 5,000 trees to shift away from local deforestation and ecological destruction! #womenshistorymonth#internationaldayofforests#enddeforestation#environment#incomegeneration#womenleaders#worldpoetryday#naturalresources#tanzania#climatechangeisreal#environmentalprotection#motherearth