We partner with local organisations in emerging market countries, and other change-makers, to enable marginalised young people to transform their lives and communities.
Learn About What We DoIf you’re in New York, join us for a fascinating discussion at this year’s UN Commission on the Status of Women on March 19, 2024, where we will share our learnings from decades of experience and bring together our partners and peers to look at how we can all further advance girls’ participation and agency.
RSVP Now!Join us for this webinar on March 11, 2024 as we delve into how non-traditional livelihoods in India progress the agenda of gender equity.
Register Now!The second in our EMpowering Her Voice webinar series aims to unpack the ‘why’ of participatory approaches. We're going to be asking some important questions and holding space to exchange insights, experiences, and everything in between on all things participatory approaches.
Register now!In a new op-ed for Devex, President & CEO Cynthia Steele explains how EMpower's trust-based, long-term, and flexible funding model offers a promising pathway to transfer power to local organisations and how other funders can follow suit.
Read the Op-edIn the latest blog in our Shifting the Narrative series, Jeremy Llewelyn, Chair of EMpower’s Joint Executive Committee, looks back at 2023.
Read NowFor more than 23 years, we have worked alongside local organisations and young people to advance innovative programming and best practices to enable youth to live their full potential.
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There are more than 1.8 billion young people in the world, and many emerging market countries currently have their largest populations of young people ever. And these numbers are only expected to grow over the next 10 years. Experiencing significant poverty, discrimination, violence, and exclusion, young people living at the margins face the lingering effects and challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and continued economic upheaval. The last several years have taken an unprecedented toll on their schooling, health, safety, and livelihoods. Our support to local partners aims to create more opportunities, assets, networks, and safe spaces for young people. EMpower provides financial grants and other value-added support to local organisations in emerging market countries in three interconnected areas that are key to youth development:
Our Adolescent Girls Learning Communities in Mumbai and Delhi—safe spaces where girls can come together and be in the driver’s seat—recently celebrated their 10th anniversary. This toolkit features the voices and expertise of these girls and includes practical and actionable guidance for individuals and organisations planning girl-centred programmes. It includes fresh ideas on how to create and sustain programmes that enable girls to lead, in their own lives and in their communities.
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Our Board Directors and the Leadership Council underwrite all of our Management, General and Fundraising expenses, so 100% of your donation goes directly to empowering marginalised young people.