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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 DoThe Latest from EMpower
16 Days Activism Campaign - #WorldFreeFromGBV
EMpower joins the global community in marking the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. This year, the 30th anniversary of the campaign, we asked our Programme staff to imagine and visualise a world free of this violence. We will be featuring their responses throughout the 16 Days on our social channels.
See What They Have to SayA Word with Aasha Pai
Recently, Cynthia Steele, EMpower’s President & CEO, spoke with Aasha Pai, Co-Chair of EMpower's Hong Kong Board of Directors and a freelance consultant in global health strategy, market analysis, and capacity-building for social purpose organisations.
Read the interviewUnderstanding Teen Pregnancy in the Philippines
Our grantee partner Roots of Health, in collaboration with researchers from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, recently published three reports that explore the context of teen pregnancy in local communities, which has been rising.
Learn moreStanding by the girls and women of Afghanistan
At this moment of crisis in Afghanistan, EMpower will make an emergency grant of $10,000 to the Afghan Institute of Learning.
Learn moreCOVID: Youth Speaks Microsite is LIVE!
COVID: Youth Speak amplifies the voices of young people who participated in our COVID One Year Later survey.
Visit the siteEMpower Impact to Date
For 20 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.
1,164
Grants Made
$36 Million
Awarded
784,500
Youth Directly Impacted
2 Million
Lives Touched
We work globally to empower marginalised youth, especially girls.
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. Already experiencing significant poverty, discrimination, violence, and exclusion, young people living at the margins now face the unprecedented challenges of COVID-19. The crisis has 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:
Publications
COVID In Her Voice: A Girl-led and Centred Participatory Research Study
25 girl leaders from 7 Indian cities set out to interview their peers about the impact of COVID-19 on their lives. This report captures findings from the research and actionable recommendations that the girls have put forward to ensure inclusive recovery.
Latest News
- A Word with Aasha Pai
- Posted 17 November 2021
- Understanding Teen Pregnancy in the Philippines
- Posted 15 November 2021
- Learning Together in Hong Kong
- Posted 02 November 2021
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- 16 April 2021
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