Library empowers Girls & Women in coastal Ecuador
About
This Community Library is a hub for self-improvement, collaboration, and creative responses to dire economic and social challenges. Girls, women, and youth join local and international volunteers for remedial reading, computer training, English classes, homework assistance. This transformative meeting space has also fostered intergenerational empowerment through the establishment of the "Women's Circle," where local women advance in cooperative entrepreneurship while their children thrive .
Need
While 73% of girls in canton Jama register in elementary school only 1% reach college and 15% are economically active. Teenage pregnancy is pervasive, leaving young women in dependent situations for the rest of their lives. Therefore, our objective is for our young women to finish high school and enter college. We see the future of our "Women's circle" as a place which will help the women from our community, generate income through different types of enterprises.
Long term impact
Educational assistance increases school graduation and trains girls for skilled labor and professions. Sports and arts programs open an array of healthy opportunities to mingle between genders. Our Library is an example other neighboring communities are replicating. All our educational programs promote gender equality, women's organization and leadership. As a result, we see several women's groups sprouting.
About the Organization
Advance gender equality in order to improve the lives of the most vulnerable population - girls, boys and women - in northern Manabi through formal and informal education programs. Empower girls and women so they may explore their full potential, educate young men so they may be able to challenge the traditional masculinity of a patriarchal society that exposes them to danger, solitude, and violence.
GlobalGiving Categories:
- Gender Equality
- Climate Action
- Education
- Justice and Human Rights
- Digital Literacy
- Ending Abuse
Total Goal
Remaining Goal
What is a Project?
Domestic and international programs and services housed within organizations, addressing specific needs of community groups.