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We are EMpower
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
Our 2021 Annual Report
In our 2021 Annual Report, youth share their experiences about the pandemic and what it is they need to recover and rebuild. Travel to Brazil, Ghana, and India to meet young people who are voicing their concerns, living their dreams, and displaying brave leadership.
Read the ReportA Word with Michael Hirschhorn
Recently, Cynthia Steele, EMpower’s President and CEO, spoke with Michael Hirschhorn, a strategy consultant in business and nonprofit organisation management and long-time member of EMpower’s US Board of Directors. They spoke about the intersections of finance and human rights, organisational culture and values, and more.
Read the Full InterviewUK Board Approves the Biggest Grants Docket in EMpower’s History
This spring, EMpower and its UK Board approved $1,267,000 in 21 grants to grantee partners in emerging market countries. The board approved 10 grants totaling $712,000, and an additional $555,000 in 11 grants were approved internally.
Learn MoreEMpower and Dasra Announce Partnership to Advance Youth Leadership in India
Later this year, EMpower and Dasra will release a report “Moving The Needle: Making the Case for Youth Protagonism,” which will underscore the importance of centring young people. This report will be the first of its kind in India.
Learn MoreLearning Journey in South Africa
From April 5–7, EMpower hosted a learning journey on mental health programmes for young people in South Africa. Forty people from 14 organisations from Cape Town and Johannesburg communities attended the convening, which built on research that we conducted earlier this year.
Learn MoreEMpower 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.
1,266
Grants Made
$40 Million
Awarded
863,166
Youth Directly Impacted
2.6 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:
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Learning Communities On the Move
The Learning Communities On the Move model, developed through an EMpower and CARE partnership, lays out a roadmap for organisations and programmes to shift harmful social and gender norms by centring girls' expertise and dynamic contributions. We believe girls should have access to the decision-making spaces that affect their lives and rights and can lead the way in creating sustainable change and lasting impact in communities.
Latest News
- EMpower Awards $733,000 in Nine Grants to Partners in Asia
- Posted 27 June 2022
- COVID Response: How One Corporate Partner Enabled Targeted Action in Latin America
- Posted 23 June 2022
- A Word with Stephen Chang
- Posted 14 June 2022
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- EMpower at Roundtable Discussion on Mental Health
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